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Simple Strategies for Meaningful Involvement

Engaging employees shouldn’t be hard. Try these ideas.

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Reshoring — What Do You Have To Say About It?

Your insights on reshoring manufacturing operations to the U.S. are wanted. Please share them in the USA Reshoring Survey 2025. The goal of this survey is to understand how policy changes, such as tariffs and workforce training, impact decisions and actions in the industry. Survey results will be shared with the new administration to inform policies that aim to support manufacturing growth.

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My AI Promise to You

Simply put, I will not be using artificial intelligence to help create original content for the Production Machining brand.

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PMTS

Approach PMTS 2025 With a ‘Process’ Mindset

High-volume machining operations are more apt to think about the entire process of producing parts beyond the machine tools themselves. All such technology is presented at the 2025 edition of the Precision Machining Technology Show.

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Cutting Tools

Micro Tooling Key to Polymer Seal Machining

A global supplier of seals in Belgium uses custom micro cutting tools with very sharp edges to help ensure optimal performance of its polymer sealing solutions.

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Machine Shops: Keep CMMC on Your Radar

Machine shops serving the military/defense industry that currently aren’t working toward achieving Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification could soon be caught flat-footed.

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Automation

What’s the Right Bar Feeder for Your Machine Shop?

Machine shops likely have questions about what type of bar feeder makes most sense for their operational needs. One or more of these four might be floating around in your head.

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News

AMT Elects New Board Leadership, Honors Outgoing Members

Michael Cicco, president and CEO of FANUC America Corp., has been elected chairman of the board for AMT. Markus Stolmar, president and CEO of United Grinding North America Inc., joins as a newly elected board member.

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Mastercam Expands CAM Ecosystem With Acquisitions

Sandvik announces Mastercam’s acquisition of Barefoot CNC, CAD/CAM Solutions, CamTech Engineering Services and CIMCO.

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Rego-Fix to Host Inaugural Open House at Machining Center

The Indy Days: Race Into Excellence event takes place on May 14-15 in Whitestown, Indiana, and will feature the latest manufacturing technology from Rego-Fix and its CME partners from around the world.

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Products

Chiron Five-Axis Enables Precise Machining of Large Workpieces

PMTS 2025: Chiron is highlighting its FZ 19 S five-axis machining center, which is engineered to handle the demands of machining large parts.

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Grinding

Studer Universal Cylindrical Grinding Machine Streamlines Performance

Studer’s FavoritCNC universal cylindrical grinding machine has been further developed to feature modern grinding technology with high-precision, simple operation at a cost-effective price point.

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PMTS

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Lathe Enables Continuous Operation

PMTS 2025: The BNA-42SY5 lathe features an integrated auto-compensation system to automatically adjust tooling based on measurements taken at the inspection station.

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Measurement

Why Not Lights-Out Inspection?

Consider a process to enable your CMM to inspect multiple parts unattended, thereby minimizing the impact that part measurement has on your company’s bottom line.

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Medical

The Value of Picosecond IR Laser Marking for Medical

Medical device manufacturers are the primary market for infrared laser markers that deliver pulses in picoseconds to deliver true-black, non-reflective marks on surgical instruments and implantables.

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Might an HMC Make Sense for Your Shop?

Horizontal machining centers can be milling’s version of high-volume production. Here are three questions to ask yourself to determine if that equipment could enable your shop to diversify/expand its capabilities.

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Miraclean Tanks Enable Highly Configurable Cleaning System

PMTS 2025: Miraclean’s cleaning systems consist of individual ultrasonic or static tanks in a standard size that can be organized within a stainless-steel frame.

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Parts Cleaning

3 Common Filtration Questions Answered

Learn about the variety of filters for removing particulates from a cleaning fluid, how to determine cleaning fluid life and more.

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Medical

Meeting Stringent Cleaning Goals With Modular Ultrasonic System

A knee implant manufacturer implements an advanced cleaning system that meets its tight cleaning requirements, including documenting, validating and tracing the entire cleaning process.

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Parts Cleaning

A ‘Clean’ Agenda Offers Unique Presentations in Chicago

The 2024 Parts Cleaning Conference, co-located with the International Manufacturing Technology Show, includes presentations by several speakers who are new to the conference and topics that have not been covered in past editions of this event.   

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Parts Cleaning

Industrial Cleaning Shop Zeros In on Precision

This parts cleaning company is elevating its efforts to become a technical cleanliness expert, which presents an exciting, yet sometimes arduous, journey. The ongoing education of the team as well as significant investments in equipment and processes attribute to this shop’s success.

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Parts Cleaning

Kyzen Solvents Provide Safe Parts Cleaning

The SLV901 and SLV803 solvents are formulated to maintain cleaning efficacy while providing a safe, environmentally friendly alternative to processes that use PFAS and HFCs.

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