Published March 18, 2024
November 2016 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #50 The ability of a material to deform plastically without fracturing is called ductility. In the materials usually machined in our shops, ductility is measured by determining the percent of elongation and the percent reduction of area on a specimen during a tensile test. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
Published November 2017 By PMPA Staff In 1967, Milton E. Harris, owner of J. Harris and Sons, was approached by a salesman from a small steel products shop outside of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, who convinced Mr. Harris to buy the company and adopt its name, Laurel Steel Products. VIEW ARTICLE
Released May 4, 2020. Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller go over some key topics pertaining to this new “working from home” thing that our country is dealing with! SHOW NOTES
Released July 18, 2022 Miles Free selects 10 of 20 very important issues in the Federal Government’s Spring 2020 Regulatory Agenda and shares with Carli Kistler-Miller and listeners the potential impact these issues have on the precision machining industry and PMPA Members. Show Notes Link: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain
Released June 6, 2022. Miles and Carli Kistler-Miller share four tips on how to gain employee acceptance to change-without acceptance, the change is doomed to fail.
Understanding the $155 Million National Labs Steel Project: Why It Matters Tasking the right people for a job leads to organizational excellence. by David Wynn Director of Technical Services & Industry Affairs, PMPA Published March 1, 2026 Download Magazine Article The Department of Energy recently announced $155 million in funding for two…