Published April 2019
By PMPA Staff
The name “Thorrez” comes from a Flemish word meaning “towers,” but that is only one reason why C. Thorrez Industries chose to use medieval towers as the company logo
Parts are what the front office sells to customers, but chips are what we produce to make those parts. In this session, Miles will challenge you to reexamine your machining practice by learning to see and understand what the chips that you make are telling you about the process. Vocabulary of chip types, conditions and…
Published June 2011 By Miles Free III Recently, I had a chance to see the future of our craft when I was asked to serve as a judge of the Pennsylvania State Championship of the Formula OneTM Technology Challenge. VIEW ARTICLE
Published January 2013 By PMPA Staff AMT Machine Systems, Ltd. provides innovative, modular motion control components and systems to the automation industry. VIEW ARTICLE
PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast: Interview with PMPA’s New Executive Director Emily Riley Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller & David Wynn put PMPA’s new Executive Director Emily Riley in the interviewee chair to talk about her journey to becoming PMPA’s Executive Director, her takeaways from her first week on the job and moving PMPA forward.. …
PMPA Business Trends February 2025 Conflicting data points toward optimism for the future. Sentiment remains elevated and positive. The average hours worked continue to increase. PMPA member shops are busy doing work that matters. February Business Trends Index came in at 131, a 5.1 percent drop from January. Even though Sales declined in February when…
PMPA Craftsman Cribsheet #133: Identifying ISO Workpiece Material Groups Published November 1, 2024 By David Wynn, Technical Services Manager, PMPA Download/View Cribsheet When you look at a box of inserts, you see a colored coded set of letters and numbers for our feeds and speeds. What does all this mean? There was a time…