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  1. Scalable software does not cut corners One of the largest full-service, cut-to-...
  2. Globe Grinding Corp., a small, specialty grinding shop in Farmingdale, N.Y., wants t...
  3. Grasson, Tom American Machinist 02-01-2000 Editorial: Cell phone off-buttons are ...
  4. Knox, Maggi American Machinist 02-01-2000 Disputed union election upheld Byline: ...
  5. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Grinder to help company with global growth...
  6. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Linear encoder readhead gets into tight sp...
  7. In 1991, Thomas & Betts Corp., a maker of connectors, fittings, and wiring acces...
  8. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Fast, accurate file importing improves pro...
  9. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Quick points Byline: Anonymous Volume: 14...
  10. Many companies minimize downtime by cutting, grinding, and sharpening their own cutt...
  11. On October 7, 1996, the United Automobile Workers filed a petition with the National...
  12. 100 years ago in AMERICAN MACHINIST Have you ever wondered what the recip...
  13. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Precise and versatile Byline: Anonymous V...
  14. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Grind carbide-tipped tools Byline: Anonym...
  15. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Retrospective Byline: Anonymous Volume: 1...
  16. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Flexible production Byline: Anonymous Vol...
  17. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Powerful family Byline: Anonymous Volume:...
  18. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Cutting tool digest Byline: Anonymous Vol...
  19. New president at Komet Komet of America, Schaumburg, Ill., has appointed Erik K...
  20. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Manufacturer steers toward vertical turnin...
  21. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 More capacity, smaller package Byline: An...
  22. Kern, Roy American Machinist 02-01-2000 Ask Roy: Questions and answers Byline: K...
  23. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Sharp drills, taps, and more Byline: Anon...
  24. Smith, Patricia L American Machinist 02-01-2000 So you want to buy a robot Byline...
  25. Boring bars Criterion Machine Works, Costa Mesa, Calif., has added a large bor...
  26. Basing the decision on price alone could be a mistake. Although not as old as d...
  27. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Visual inspection Byline: Anonymous Volum...
  28. Multispindle machine spotlight Mere work in less time and space The RL-25...
  29. Presetters under control Parlec Inc., Fairport, N.Y., has enhanced its 912, 100...
  30. The who, what, when, where, why, and how of CMM calibration. Many machine shops...
  31. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Software leverages the Internet Byline: A...
  32. What you need to know before purchazing the machines that mind machines. Robot...
  33. Machine tool consumption nears end of weak year November U.S. machine tool cons...
  34. Welding failures Q From ERW tubing, we manufacture hydraulic tube assembl...
  35. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Letters Byline: Anonymous Volume: 144 Num...
  36. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Software handles multiple program files B...
  37. Microcadam, developer of Helix Design System CAD/CAM software, has announced the ope...
  38. Renemmele Engineering performs micromachining operations for high technology applica...
  39. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Machine of the month: High-accuracy machi...
  40. Anonymous American Machinist 02-01-2000 Coolant mist removal Byline: Anonymous Vo...
  41. Bates, Charles American Machinist 02-01-2000 To push or pull barstock Byline: Bat...
  42. A new tool reportedly installs dowel pins fast and efficiently, measuring the height...
  43. Most of us have heard about the numerous Websites designed to sell a host of consume...
  44. Lipowski, Melissa American Machinist 01-01-2000 Team key culture shock Byline: Li...
  45. Knox, Maggi American Machinist 01-01-2000 Company ordered to arbitrate union's pay...
  46. Machine tool builders have taken great strides in developing high speed machines, sa...
  47. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District No. 10 re...
  48. T-nut idea gets around My idea is a T-nut made quickly and easily on a lathe. T...
  49. Joan Krom worked for VAW of America Inc., a firm in upstate New York. On February 11...
  50. Bates, Charles American Machinist 01-01-2000 Space available Byline: Bates, Charl...
  51. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 CAM system manages details of manufacturin...
  52. Knox, Maggi American Machinist 01-01-2000 Used machinery broker loses suit for fin...
  53. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Maximize profitability job-by-job Byline:...
  54. The largest telescope mirror to be lightweighted using a mechanical cutting process ...
  55. Robert Hughes is president of USA Machinery Corp., a Pennsylvania company that buys,...
  56. Treating a painful, deformed, or unstable spine sometimes requires bone fusion surge...
  57. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Software sets sail Byline: Anonymous Volu...
  58. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Milling slims down heavyweight mirror Byl...
  59. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Making faster machines Byline: Anonymous ...
  60. For the second time in our history, AMERICAN MACHINIST is marking the beginning of a...
  61. New centers open Centaur Precision Tools Inc., Miami, has established three reg...
  62. From 1949 to 1986, Empire Level Manufacturing Co. manufactured levels and other meas...
  63. Campbell Grinder Co., Muskegon, Mich., a manufacturer of grinding machines, wanted t...
  64. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Small eccentric pin grinding gets easier ...
  65. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 New spindles beef up grinder line Byline:...
  66. Big tool shanks KPT/Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., off...
  67. R.M. Taylor Inc. (RMT) contracted to design and construct conveyor systems at severa...
  68. A manufacturer of refrigerated compressed air dryers wanted to produce its products ...
  69. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Retrospective Byline: Anonymous Volume: 1...
  70. Short holes in no time The Holeshot is a new stub drill line from OTM, Wapakone...
  71. While all see changes as imminent, not everyone agrees on the impact. In an ef...
  72. Firm, Don American Machinist 01-01-2000 Buying machine tools on the Net Byline: F...
  73. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Select the most cost-effective design Byl...
  74. Grasson, Tom American Machinist 01-01-2000 Let's not bury our heads in the sand B...
  75. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Jobshop helps cure nagging back pain Byli...
  76. VIVE LA DIFFERANCE In the November editorial, you asked if you were missing som...
  77. October U.S. machine tool consumption totaled an estimated $529 million, according t...
  78. One company completely changes its culture for manufacturing commodity parts C...
  79. 100 years ago in AMERICAN MACHINIST An article in the January 11, 1900, ...
  80. Knox, Maggi American Machinist 01-01-2000 Arbitrator could modify penalty imposed ...
  81. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Gears blackened in-house Byline: Anonymou...
  82. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Cut machine time and extend tool life Byl...
  83. Fristik, Joseph A American Machinist 01-01-2000 Happy New Year Byline: Fristik, J...
  84. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Core/cavity splitting is no longer time-co...
  85. With greater demands being placed upon machine shops and production floors, explains...
  86. Walter completes acquisition in U.S. Walter AG, Germany, and Waukesha Cutting T...
  87. Through reindustrialization, a once closed and contaminated nuclear processing plant...
  88. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Measure height of dowel pins Byline: Anon...
  89. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Big opening day for Italian builder Bylin...
  90. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Letters Byline: Anonymous Volume: 144 Num...
  91. Manufacturing software has long been associated with Indy and Nascar racing, but Par...
  92. The GT-011 is a flexible, compact eccentric pin grinder designed for manufacturing s...
  93. Mark Andy Inc., Chesterfield, Mo., is a manufacturer of rotary printing and die cutt...
  94. Knox, Maggi American Machinist 01-01-2000 Land buyer barred from suing previous ow...
  95. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 High tech affair draws crowds Byline: Ano...
  96. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 Taking the heat off productivity Byline: ...
  97. Anonymous American Machinist 01-01-2000 The modern toolmaker's microscope Byline:...
  98. Marking machine increases productivity The Monode Model AM25 semiautomatic etch...
  99. Mandelli Industrie Spa opened Ma new factory in Piacenza, where it will make mechani...
  100. Cut machine time and extend tool life Mastercam's HighFeed Machining function a...
  101. A new vision inspection line, in product development for over four years, has caught...
  102. Knox, Maggi American Machinist 01-01-2000 Payment delays fault of contractor, not ...
  103. Virtual cams replace conventional cams The MultiDeco 20/6 is a six-spindle, 18-...
  104. Simply installing a carbide-tipped bandsaw blade doesn't guarantee that it will outp...
  105. Workholding spotlight Full line of chuck jaws Hardinge now offers a full ...
  106. Plug-in browser puts data on-line ST-Viewer is a tool for sharing Step-based 3D...
  107. Diamond tooling is a good fit for many nonferrous and abrasive applications. W...
  108. As one builder sees it, the key to high speed is a horizontal machining center. ...
  109. Software keeps employees informed on hazardous material The Fort Smith, Ark., d...
  110. Spindle products Milling and I.D./O.D. grinding Swiss company E. Fischer ...
  111. Answers In the November issue, the Break-time challenge asked: What are the ke...
  112. Two spindles and two turrets equal one setup and plenty of profit. Gunter Krone...
  113. As the end of the 20th century approaches, many individuals and organizations have l...
  114. According to one pattern shop, today's graphical NC toolpath programming systems off...
  115. With input from one of its best customers, an EDM manufacturer improves on the desig...
  116. A COSTLY SOLUTION FOR CUSTOMERS I was surprised at the vehemence of the people ...
  117. Americo Buonanno III was an employee of a recycling transfer station in Johnston, R....
  118. The advent of linear motion guide ways has increased the machine tool designer's res...
  119. Machine tool introductions focus on customer needs Toyoda Machine Works recentl...
  120. From 1970 to 1977, Pollution Abatement Services of Oswego Inc. received various chem...
  121. Special tool has pull for lathe bushings Our shop had to replace the tapered lo...
  122. Christopher Walk worked as a clay loader for Continental Clay Co., a company that mi...
  123. Easy riding with automatic gaging Harley-Davidson Motor Co.'s new motorcycle en...
  124. Machine tool consumption trails 1998 September U.S. machine tool consumption to...
  125. Burnback. Wire stubbing. Porosity. Erratic feeding. These common problems plague fab...
  126. Cone-Blanchard Corp., Windsor, Vt., Motch Corp., Cleveland, and REFORM Maschinenfabr...
  127. What part will consolidation, service and support, the Internet, and distribution pl...
  128. 100 years ago AMERICAN MACHINIST Be careful what you wish for, you just m...
  129. Rofin-Sinar Inc., Plymouth, Mich., has introduced a new, high speed remote welding s...
  130. Koyo Machinery U.S.A., Plymouth, Mich., recently celebrated the opening of its new 1...
  131. It takes a high precision machine to produce the triggering mechanisms that tell exp...
  132. Hobbing machine The Pfauter P60 hobbing machine from The Gleason Works, Rochester, f...
  133. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Engineering have developed a...
  134. Motoman Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary and 10,0...
  135. A new finishing process significantly lengthens the life of cutting tools and other ...
  136. To generate complex profiles on a CNC machine, our shop made a copy turning tool wit...
  137. TIMCO, an FAA-approved repair facility, conducts periodic inspections and heavy main...
  138. New features have boosted the performance and reliability of PRO/PM shock absorbers ...
  139. The Japanese government has been changing the way business is conducted in Japan. It...
  140. Scanning CMMs measure production parts more accurately than touch trigger CMMs. ...
  141. Vapor degreasers Similar in operation to a two-sump cleaning unit, the B-452R ...
  142. Gulf Metals Industries Inc., based in Houston, Tex., buys, sells, and processes scra...
  143. A new type of abrasive product, Engineered Abrasives, has been introduced by Norton ...
  144. The Forerunner from MCM (Machining Centers Manufacturing) S.p.a., Vigolzone, Italy, ...
  145. Faster speeds and feeds aren't the only ways to slash cycle times Conquest Twi...
  146. Sacrifice to the engine gods In the November 1899 issue, the editors of AMERICA...
  147. In 1991, J.F. Shea Co. Inc., Kiewit Construction Co., and Kenny Construction Co. of ...
  148. In the October issue, the Break-time challenge asked the best way to determine the c...
  149. Reducing weight in bike parts without sacrificing durability and strength has been a...
  150. Software optimizes feedrates Analyzer software from Fadal Machining Centers, Ch...
  151. Bell Helicopter Textron, Ft. Worth, Tex., is constructing the first civil tilt-rotor...
  152. WHOOPS! In the October issue, AMERICAN MACHINIST incorrectly answered a letter...
  153. A number of German companies, including Exeron Multi GmbH, Mikromat GmbH, and System...
  154. When automotive suppliers have to ship components such as engines, which are heavy a...
  155. The Gildemeister Group recently held the grand opening of its new technology center ...
  156. Cutting products Cutting tools on the Net Cuttools.com Inc., Oakland, Cal...
  157. Landing a high-performance fighter plane on a runway the size of a football field --...
  158. Companies wanting to grind cutting tools no longer have to use two or three machines...
  159. Defiance Innovations Ltd. Co., St. Louis, manufacturer of high-speed machining cente...
  160. Royal Von Puckett worked for HJB Mint Oil. In 1977, HJB bought a boiler manufactured...
  161. Benchtop machining, not too big, not too small VisiMark Inc. of Worcester, Mass...
  162. A new probe changer promises to reduce setup and calibration time on scanning coordi...
  163. Sodick Inc., Mt. Prospect, Ill., has opened its new EDM Division headquarters. Sodic...
  164. Gislaved Gummi AB manufactures rubber products, including rubber gaskets. James West...
  165. A new line of linear motor controls is designed specifically to control brushless li...
  166. August U.S. machine tool consumption totaled an estimated $435 million, according to...
  167. Using a strategy that would have made its founder proud, Colt has cut production cos...
  168. Digital bore gaging system The #781 AccuBore from The L.S. Starrett Co., Athol,...
  169. A successful machine shop owner recently told me that his business was about competi...
  170. New aluminum finishing technology The PM Plus Series 539 aluminum finisher from...
  171. Answers Last month, Break-time challenge asked the question: Outside of an app...
  172. Passing this test reduces costs and increases productivity. To improve its cust...
  173. From its origins working out of a garage in 1987 to its current multimachine operati...
  174. Carbide coatings on tool steels are often regarded as brittle, diminishing the impac...
  175. July U.S. machine tool consumption totaled an estimated $501 million, according to A...
  176. Acquisitions shuffle company rankings within the top 15. #1 Most of the changes...
  177. Ross Controls of Troy, Mich., manufactures air valves and systems. The company routi...
  178. Joint venture measures up QI Tech and Brown & Sharpe, two manufacturers of ...
  179. Leyshon Miller Industries (LMI), Cambridge, Ohio, is a mechanical engineering design...
  180. According to one cutting tool manufacturer, coating an insert with hundreds of ultra...
  181. Power Magnetics, located in Torrance, Calif., manufactures transformers and power co...
  182. Giddings & Lewis, Fond du Lac, Wis., has established a new business unit, Advant...
  183. Otilio Romero operated a multipurpose press brake for Remcor Products Co. in Glendal...
  184. Automated part loading/unloading isn't just for the large shops. By incorporating ga...
  185. When the senior project engineer of an automotive supplier in Ontario was asked to f...
  186. EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE I found your editorial about Continental Airlines and custome...
  187. Hwacheon Machinery America has announced an open house to celebrate five years in it...
  188. Lakeside Non-Ferrous Metals Inc. leases land from the Port of Oakland, Calif., where...
  189. There is general consensus that at least 80% of all equipment wear and premature fai...
  190. The Physics and Astronomy Research and Development Machine Shop at the University of...
  191. Anilam Inc., Miramar, Fla., has introduced its comprehensive training program, In Co...
  192. On September 2, 1992, Anthony Priolo, a mechanic employed by Tyco Industries Inc., l...
  193. EDM that works alone When Chelar Tool and Die combined robot and EDM, it was ba...
  194. 100 years ago in AMERICAN MACHINIST What would life be like without refrigerati...
  195. The world's largest all-forged steel hydraulic press weighs 2,650 tons, stands more ...
  196. CNC Engineering Inc. and CNC Innovations Inc., both located in Enfield, Conn., have ...
  197. Many companies have chosen ERP systems to facilitate their operations. Despite the b...
  198. Pure parts reduce contamination Pure aluminum cast-in heated parts provide high...
  199. Shops making medical parts usually use cutting tools that are quite small and manufa...