The Transition to No-Lead Brass
By: Chris Felix -Production MachiningAdjustments to feeds and speeds, coolant, tooling and scrap management all play a significant role in allowing a productive switch to unleaded brass.
Craftsman's Cribsheet: 30 Potential Causes of Part Length Variation on Screw Machine Parts
By: Miles Free -There are many different ways that part length can vary when using a cut-off tool on multiple-spindle automatic screw machines.
PMPA Membership Improves your Productivity and Profitability
The Precision Machined Products Association helps your shops be productive and profitable.
Stark State College Increases Students' Employment Prospects through Building Industry-Recognized Credentials
Since its inception in 1960, Stark State College in North Canton, Ohio, has maintained its mission of providing regional manufacturers with students prepared with skills in the engineering technology industry.
PMPA Member Enoch Precision Machining Owes Longevity to Wise Investments, Product Diversity
Portland, Oregon-based Enoch Precision Machining’s humble beginnings date back to 1949 in the home of founder, Seth Young.
Business Success: Sustainability, Not Lowest Price
By: Miles Free -什么问题你的团队永远消失your shop? Can you name one? Two? More?
An Update to OSHA’s National Emphasis Program on Amputations
By: Miles Free -In this latest update, NAICS code 332710, machine shops and most other 332 NAICS code categories are listed as targets.
Process Owner Day Instead of Labor Day
By: Miles Free -Today, I celebrate the process owners, such as the machinists, that can tear down and set up a multi-spindle cam machine in less than 2 hours.
Popular Heat Treat Colors for Steel Chart is Back
By: Miles Free -My “Temper Colors for Steel Chart” post remains very popular, so I thought I'd repost the chart illustrating the heat treat colors for steel.
Causes of Part Length Variation on Screw Machine Parts
By: Miles Free -There are many different ways part length can vary when using a cut-off tool on multi-spindle automatic screw machines.