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10 New Machine Shop Ideas Emphasize Speed, Efficiency

Nov. 10, 2016
Speed is important in cutting, turning, and grinding, of course, but it’s also a decisive factor in machine set-up, programming, order processing, customer-response, and so many other aspects of the work that machine shop owners, operators, programmers, and others do every minute of every working day.

Speed is important in cutting, turning, and grinding, of course, but it’s also a decisive factor in machine set-up, programming, order processing, customer-response, and so many other aspects of the work that machine shop owners, operators, programmers, and others do every minute of every working day.

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Robert Brooks has been a business-to-business reporter, writer, editor, and columnist for more than 20 years, specializing in the primary metal and basic manufacturing industries.

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