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May, 2002

Features

Set Up To Succeed

A shop owner shares setup tips that improve manufacturing operations.

Table for Two

Rotary tables serve up both speed and torque for multitasking machining centers.

Turning on CAM technology

Advanced turning systems demand targeted CAM software and high-end operator training.

Tech Trends

American Machinist congratulated on 125 years

AMERICAN MACHINIST received a Congressional recognition award in a ceremony commemorating its 125th anniversary. U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich presented the award to Publisher

Designed for efficiency

Speed — both in and out of the cut — is key to the performance of the new NV5000 vertical machining center from Mori Seiki, Irvine, Tex. The machine design, says the company, is efficient...

What tradeshow-attendance drop-off?

The aisles were packed at this year's Spanish Machine Tool Biennial (BIEMH) show held in the Bilbao International Exhibition Center. A total of 1,797 companies from some 74 countries exhibited...

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Harness making goes ultrasonic

The Axiom Group, based in Ontario, Canada, manufactures wire harnesses and plastic components for automotive door mechanisms, but the company's usual methods for crimping and soldering splices on...

Rivet maker secures customers

Material Management Group, Appleton, Wis., a national inventory-management-systems provider, supplies OEM customers with Class C items such as rivets, fasteners, fittings, and electrical components....

VMC brings gear machining in-house

For Southern Technology & Services Inc. in Houma, La., jack-up systems for offshore oil rigs are a mainstay, making up about half of the company's workload. Jack-up systems, or jacking rigs, lift...

Welding cell adds flexibility

Square D Co., Lexington, Ky., a stamping and assembly plant, makes safety switches that are housed in rectangular boxes made of cold-rolled steel, stainless steel, or galvanneal steel. Square D spot...