Machine shops have become centers of high technology, but in the minds of most Americans, machine shops are dark, dingy places the are likely to have dirt floors and thick oil hanging in the air and dripping off of the equipment.
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NASCAR is certainly the big dog of auto racing in the United States, but for every NASCAR team there are a thousand other teams that go auto racing every week. Read the full story here
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Amid intensifying global competition, machine shops are searching for ways to automate processes, compress delivery times, and reduce costs. Read the full story here
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According to the latest analysis of the CAM software market produced by CIMdata, Inc., Mastercam from CNC Software Inc. with more than 135,000 installations, is more than twice as popular as its nearest competitor. Read the full story here
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A large portion of the work at Grauch Enterprises in Philpsburg, Pa., includes more than 650 different items for the U.S. Department of Defense. The parts, called “knobs,” are actually switch bolts for the “Ma Duce” M2 .50-caliber World War II-era automatic, tripod or vehiclemounted, belt-fed, recoil-operated, air-cooled machine guns. Read the full story here
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