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Onshoring, reshoring, nearshoring: these terms are showing up with increasing frequency in the news and online. But is there evidence that these are real?
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Miles Free

Director of Industry Affairs, PMPA

Is a ‘Side Hustle’ on Your Horizon?

I’ve written about machine shops that have created a separate business for fun, as a complement to their existing operation or as a means to leverage their manufacturing prowess. Here’s a bit about a few of them.
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Measurement

The Value of CMM Controller Retrofits

In this case, new controllers for two coordinate measuring machines — one 26 years old — with new programming software offers the possibility to enable multisensor inspection of critical, turned aerospace components.
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Cutting Tools

Kyocera Turning Inserts Provide Fracture, Wear Resistance

The KBN010 high-speed CBN grade gives users more flexibility, range, performance and tool life when turning hardened materials.

NEWS

Haimer Partners With TCM Group to Distribute Tooling Technology

The TCM Group will rely on Haimer as a strategic supplier in the field of toolholders, shrinking, balancing and presetting machines in the core business of tool management.

Cutting Tools

Tungaloy Boring Bar System Features Vibration Dampening

The BoreMeister boring bar system features a variety of exchangeable heads and shanks for internal turning, profiling, threading and grooving.

NEWS

Big Daishowa Tool Program Equips Schools

The company’s 2023 Tools for Schools program provided $23,300 in tooling certificates for local high schools, vocational schools and colleges.

Automation & Robots

SMW Mechatronic Grippers Automate Key Processes

The Motiact mechatronic gripper series is designed to perform precise, consistent, accurately monitored gripping operations in automated work cells.

Grinding

Junker Grinding Machines Feature Modular Design

The Platform 3 series of modular grinding machines is designed to provide increased flexibility and cost-effectiveness.

NEWS

Shelton Machinery Launches TSM Group

Shelton Machinery, Concept Machinery and Municipal Machinery have partnered to form TSM Group, a new parent organization under which the three companies will now operate.

Parts Cleaning

Kyzen Solvents Provide Safe Parts Cleaning

The SLV901 and SLV803 solvents are formulated to maintain cleaning efficacy while providing a safe, environmentally friendly alternative to processes that use PFAS and HFCs.

NEWS

Motion Industries Appoints Senior VP of Strategy, Markets

Chris Cleland will lead Motion’s strategy development for its business groups, as well as the e-commerce and digital teams.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining February 2024

Precision Machining activity contracted a little slower in February, resuming its path inching toward flat.

NEWS

Okuma America Corp. Appoints New VP of Engineering & Factory Automation Group

Wade Anderson will lead Okuma America Corp.’s engineering department, which includes applications engineering, product engineering and quality assurance teams.

Swiss Steel Group Grades Provide Increased Hardness

The company’s Ugima range of steel grades is designed to provide easy machinability and reproducibility.

NEWS

ProShop Provides ERP Technology to Purdue Engineering School

The ProShop Digital Ecosystem will be used as the inventory management and ERP system at Purdue University’s Industrial Engineering School.

Measurement

Starrett Measurement Systems Provide Repeatable Results

The company’s optical and video-based measurement systems combine high-resolution images, intuitive software and precision mechanical platforms.

Cutting Tools

Broaching Tool Technology For Lathes Used to Slot Inconel Parts

This shop finds value in using an indexable-insert-style broaching tool to create blind-hole slots in heat-treated Inconel aerospace parts on a CNC lathe.

Transfer Machines

Edge Technologies Bar Feeder Provides Optimal Stock Support

The FMB Turbo RS 4-45 bar feeder provides reduced vibration, a boost to maximum rpm, better surface finishes and the ability to hold tighter tolerances.

NEWS

Gardner Business Media Introduces New Editorial Roles Covering Robots and Sustainability

Julia Hider is named correspondent for robots and autonomy, while Hannah Mason is named correspondent for sustainability in manufacturing, with both writers reporting on those topics across the Gardner Business Media brands.

Measurement

How Well do You Know Granite Surface Plates?

Here are some tips for choosing, maintaining and customizing a granite solution that will best meet your shop’s particular inspection needs.