Upset Testing- Steel in Compression
Not seen much these days, but upset testing is a way to characterize material behavior under compressive loading and the presence or absence of surface imperfections.
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Are Industry Sales Tracking Closer to Real Time Manufacturing Orders?
Lousy forecasting by OEM customers beats Lean and JIT every time, leaving the OEM’s supply chain bloated with inventory and starving for releases.
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PMPA Washington D.C. Trip- A Members View
Mike Reader, President of Precision Plus, shares his take on PMPA’s recent 2 day Capitol Hill Fly-in. On Tuesday, March 15th, I flew to our nation’s capital to join nearly a dozen other business leaders from our trade association, Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA), for 2 days of work on the hill. The purpose of…
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ISM PMI Indicates Manufacturing Industry Growth Resumed in March 2016
Manufacturing sector growth resumed in March after 6 consecutive months of contraction according to the latest ISM PMI report.
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Scissors Lift Fatalities Prompt OSHA Safety Alert
If you have a Scissors Lift in your shop you need to know about this OSHA alert.
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Blog | Break Room | Engineering | Front Office | Shop Floor
Lean Explained In Just 2 Photos
Two photo’s demonstrate the value of Lean
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February Precision Machining Shipments Level With January- PMPA Business Trends
The good news is that our index’s remaining level beats the Industrial Production DECREASE reported by the FED for February of 0.5 %.
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3 Keys to Productive Drilling
Here are three of my favorite and most shared ideas to get the most from drills in your shop. Keep the drill short. Get the feed rate right. Replace the drill on schedule before it dulls. Keep the drill short. Drills need a rigid setup. Having extra length can lead to deflection and drill wander. There…
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ISM PMI Manufacturing Index February 2016- Manufacturing Contraction Continues
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in February for the fifth consecutive month, while the overall economy grew for the 81st consecutive month, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. We admit that manufacturing is one definitive pocket of recession- 5 consecutive months of contracting economic activity is by definition “recessionary.” Strong consumer…
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Automate to Elevate- Not Eliminate!
The point of automation is to let you elevate your existing talent to their highest and best use.