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Auto TIG: Automating TIG welding is becoming more feasible

Fabricating & Metal Work

TIG welding is a very clean process, but it requires high consistency. For many fabrication shops that perform TIG welding, the switch from manual to automation is a promising option. For those shops, it’s helpful to understand the pros and cons involved, with the pros definitely outweighing the cons.

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Five-Axis CAM Strategies Cut Cycle Time for Two Shops

Modern Machine Shop

While some manufacturers feel an understandable degree of anxiety over being acquired by a larger company, success stories abound when larger machine shops with canny owners build on the strengths of their acquisitions. This commonality has helped them work together to more efficiently manage production pressure for their parent company MMG.

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The Hidden Champion Inside Beverage Operations – is Waiting to be Found by YOU!

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We didn’t make you wait until the of the article because we believe your time is important). Because compressed air is 20 times more expensive to generate than electricity. Because compressed air is 20 times more expensive to generate than electricity. without any impact to downtime, line efficiency, or production output.

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Refining Shopfloor Processes for Mission-Critical Parts

Modern Machine Shop

Even a Top Shop can benefit from process refinement, and in the four years since Pacon Mfg, Inc. Steve McClure, CEO of PACON, says that while meeting location repeatability is relatively simple, reaching the perpendicularity and flatness tolerances are more difficult.

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WILA USA Lives Press Brake Productivity

Fabricating & Metal Work

WILA’s state-of-the-art clamping and crowning systems offer the ultimate solution when it comes to efficiently changing tools, whether hydraulic, mechanical or pneumatic. The company isn’t looking to sell fabricators on every press brake tool that exists — WILA wants to prevent tooling just sitting unused at a shop.

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How Rising Demand is Changing Electric Car Manufacturing

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Share By any measure of today’s automotive landscape, demand for electric vehicles is on the rise — an increase that is poised to continue as the technology underlying EVs becomes more accessible, accepted and affordable. We will explore those changes in this article. Electric vehicle demand is driven by real metrics.

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MMT Articles You Loved in February

Mold Making Technology

right) Kid Caddie MMT felt the love in the air from our readers in February. From hot runners to 3D printing and even a story about a man’s dream to enjoy golf with his family—we believe we have a little something for everyone in our February lineup of most-viewed articles. Learn more about Corey.