5C Collets Are Cool- Somma Tool
7 reasons why 5C collets are cool: easy set up,concentricity,precision,accuracy,high holding force,versatile, customizable as emergency collets.
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A Precision Machining Valentines Message
Here’s what the precision machinists back in the day at Veste Coburg put together for when their cupids went hunting. We encountered this muzzleloading longarm at Veste Coburg a splendidly grand castle in Germany on our visit last year. Veste Coburg was known as the Frankische Krone (Franconian Crown) and in its day hosted Martin Luther…
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NRC Approves 2 New Reactors- Are Environmentalists Happy?
The United States needs to have a serious discussion about how to intelligently manage and minimize all risks. Until then, it’s polemics and pseudoscience as usual.
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Why Service Trumps Quality And Price
Nobody sets up their machines based on quality or service. They set up their machines based on delivery (service.)
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About That Unemployment Rate…
The unemployment rate they talk about in the press is the U-3 rate. The unemployment rate that the people in the country are really feeling is called the U-6 rate. The U-6 rate includes the unemployed, the marginally attached, and persons who are actually employed but who work fewer hours than they would like.
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Plant Manager or Profitability Engineer?
We don’t need to manage our plants, we need to better engineer our profits. The gap between your technology’s capability and its current level of operational attainment is where your hidden profits will be found.
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USA Leads Global Recovery-Evidence
PMI data shows USA leading global recovery.
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World Steel Production 2011- 1.5 Billion Tonnes
Crude steel production reported by the World Steel Association was 1,526.9 megatonnes in 2011, up 6.8% over 2010. This is a new record for global crude steel production. By our calculations this 1.5 billion tonnes of steel is approximately 0.22 of a tonne per person or about 486 pounds per person for each of the 6.9 billion folks on the planet.
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Can Your Robot Do This?
Robots don’t always have to be anchored at a fixed location as these videos show.
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WTO- China Raw Material Exports Broke Trade Rules
The WTO found in favor of the United States, European Union and Mexico in July following a complaint that China had failed to meet the promises it made when joining the WTO.