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Steel, Master of Them All
Steel may be the master of all materials but it is engineers, machinists and other manufacturing craftsmen who make our modern world modern.
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A Question You Won’t Answer
How much time do you spend justifying your shop’s existing equipment? How much should you spend?
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OSHA Top 10 Citations for 2011
Top ten OSHA citations for all industry 2011.
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Blog | Break Room | Engineering | Front Office | Shop Floor
What’s The Correct Investment In Preventive Actions?
It is impossible to overestimate the contribution of preventive actions in manufacturing.
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2010 Workplace Injuries And Illnesses Data Released By BLS
Incidence rates for injuries and illnesses combined among private industry establishments declined significantly in 2010 for total recordable cases of job transfer and restriction: and for cases of days away from work, job transfer or restriction together remained unchanged from 2009.
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Business Intelligence Seminar For West Coast Precision Machining Companies
If you are a precision machining company on the West coast- we’d love to have you join us next Wednesday. PMPA is producing a half day business seminar on a wide variety of topics including industry outlook and capital spending forecast, market trends and new developments in raw materials, regulatory update, and tools available to aid your competitiveness.
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Right Skills Now Launches Pilot Machinist Training Program
Right Skills Now will provide training to give qualified applicants relevant skills to start a career in precision machining and advanced manufacturing.
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7 Reasons Why Cycle Time Isn’t The Cost Driver In Your Precision Machined Parts
Cycle time is a major determinant of price per piece, but it may no longer be the main one. Seven characteristics specified by the customer may actually be the real cost drivers. Critical sales and estimating, if they are to be successful, recognize and challenge those assumptions that add cost, but not value, to our precision machined products.
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OSHA Issues Employer Rights and Responsibilities Guide
OSHA has just issued a new Employers Rights and Responsibilities Guide. You might as well download this guide and start preparing, this agency’s “New Sheriff in Town” vision delivers on the promise of high enforcement…
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Understanding Compressive Stress in Steel
Compressive Stress is important in the forging, stamping, coining, and cold heading industries as compression stress is used to change the shape of the product, unlike machining, where the shape is made by subtracting material by some means of stock removal. When steel’s compressive strength is exceeded, the steel will fail in a brittle fashion, and it will shear, usually at a 30 to 45 degree angle.