Obama’s exclusive reliance on diplomacy forfeits U.S. monetary policy to Beijing, renders impotent U.S. fiscal policy, and visits enormous pain on American workers.
The recent announcement will be proclaimed as Victory by the administration who has been impotent in managing this issue to the pain of American Workers and manufacturers.
423,000 jobs, $24.6 billion in annual payroll, $136 billion worth of products sold.
Just three facts that make a Medical technology focus important for your precision machining business.
Austenitic Grain size is an important determinant of steel properties, just as is chemical composition.
Here are 5 aspects of austenitic grain size that engieers should be familiar with.
Manufacturing Recovery: The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index shows a 16+ point gap between the 3 month and 12 month moving average. This makes a convincing case for cautious optimism for sales at the “New Normal” that we find ourselves.
If forced vibration is what you have, confirming the integrity of the machine tool and its power train is a critical first step. Reducing the feed per revolution is one way to determine if it is the variation in the cutting process that is forcing the vibration. Changing the SFM or rpm’s by at least 25% is also something to try (increase or decrease!)
To eliminate self excited chatter decrease the length of the tool in the cut, and substitute more rigid tooling and support materials (a carbide boring bar deflects less and can make three or more times heavier a cut than one made of steel for example) .
Nickel improves toughness simplifies thermal treatment, increases hardenability lowers dsitortion in quenching and improves corrosion resistance of steel.
The Injury and Illness Prevention ‘Plan-Prevent-Protect’ Program is a significant expansion of these kinds of requirements in the Labor Department. The proposed regulatory actions require employers to develop programs
Ryan at Change The Perception discovered this CNN video about Machining. Here’s the Video. Ryan, thanks for sharing this video about the New Blue Collar. About how we make a difference by making things. Thanks for your work to help our industry Change the Perception. And a tip of the hat to CNN Edition…
The PMPA Business Trends Index of Sales for March 2010 reached the 100 mark.
That 100 value means that our sales level in March 2010 is essentially the same as our average sales for the year 2000, which is the base year (2000=100) for our index calculation.
“When machinists think that there is a problem with the material that they are trying to cut, if the cutoff tool is fine but another tool is not, it’s probably not the material.”