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Published April 2006 By Miles Free III I have a friend who owns a small business in southern Florida. He ...
Published June 2006 By PMPA Staff Founded in 1966, Permac Industries started out as a small screw machine shop with ...
Published June 2006 By Miles Free III The need for training in our shops and businesses is indisputable. VIEW ARTICLE ...
Published July 2006 By Miles Free III Two incidents early in my career started me on the path to learning ...
Published November 2006 By Ron Herrera Are you tired of receiving phone calls from your customers requiring you to have ...
Published December 2006 By PMPA Staff In 2006, Fordsell Machine Products Co. reached a business milestone. VIEW ARTICLE ...
Published May 2007 By Miles Free III Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is often mentioned in conversations between shop owners, but it ...
Published May 2007 By Miles Free III A Letter addressing phenomenons in the precision machining industry. VIEW ARTICLE ...
Published June 2007 By PMPA Staff Ray Industries, Inc. specializes in precision thread rolling, as well as precision machining of ...
Published July 2007 By Miles Free III Why is this here? Will I use it this minute? Will I use ...
Published August 2007 By PMPA Staff Automatic Products Corporation (APC) is a leading provider of precision-machined parts produced on automatic ...
Published October 2007 By PMPA Staff Accu-Swiss, Inc. is a custom manufacturer of precision, CNC-machined products, as well as a ...
Published July 2008 By Miles Free III Workmanship is an important term that’s often relied upon as the final arbiter ...
Published December 2008 By PMPA Staff As a PMPA technical member, Boston Centerless supplies precision ground bar materials and grinding ...
Published March 2009 By PMPA Staff Watkins Manufacturing has been doing business in the Cincinnati area since the late 1800s ...
Published April 2009 By PMPA Staff In 1957, Robert E. Morris founded what is now Tsugami-Rem Sales. VIEW ARTICLE ...
Published June 2009 By PMPA Staff 2L Technologies is one of the newest members of the PMPA, having been founded ...
Published July 2009 By PMPA Staff In 1925, EMC Precision Machining was started by Mr. Ohlemacher’s great grandfather and a ...
Published August 2009 By PMPA Staff Northwest Oil Company is a supplier of industrial lubricants and specialty fluids, including cutting ...
Published November 2009 By PMPA Staff Enoch Manufacturing Company is one of the largest custom precision machining manufacturers on America’s ...
Published December 2009 By PMPA Staff Micron Manufacturing Company of Walker, Mich. recently celebrated its receipt of the 2009 Shingo ...
Published January 2010 By Miles Free III It’s January; the time when most of us resolve to do things better ...
Published March 2010 By Miles Free III EMC Precision Machining, a longtime PMPA member, was a stop on President Barack ...
Published April 2010 By Miles Free III The precision machining industry provides leading safety technology that makes a difference in ...
Published April 2010 By PMPA Staff Hangsterfer’s Laboratories offers a wide array of metalworking fluids for manufacturers—more than 200 different ...
Published May 2010 By PMPA Staff This year marks the 140th anniversary of the W. H. Bagshaw Company, America’s oldest ...
Published September 2010 By Monte Guitar When thinking about implementation of requirements, do not think about compliance, but about usefulness ...
Published October 2010 By PMPA Staff Chase Brass & Copper Company traces its origins to a business established in 1837 ...
Published November 2010 By Miles Free III Engineering and process changes are a fact of life in our precision machining ...
Published January 2011 By Miles Free III How will you face 2011? VIEW ARTICLE ...

 

References

Released February 22, 2021 Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller overview wear in your shop: how it's determined and why it ...
Released February 15, 2021 Miles Free and PMPA’s Marketing & Event Assistant Joe Jackson share some personal experiences as it ...
Let's Talk Automation John Tuohy from FANUC America John Tuohy of FANUC America will review all things automation such as ...
Which Tasks Should Be Considered for Automation/Robotics and Why CJ Biena from Robotic Advantage CJ Bienia of Robotic Advantage will ...
NTC - Print Submission Form Monday July 15, 2013 Form for submitting a print for the National Technical Conference. (Complete ...
Plastics Machining Manual Copyright 2013 Compiled by plastics producers and processors. Includes machining data tables. 53 pages (1967) CONTENTS What ...
Button Lean Set-Up Case Study (Micron Manufacturing) Copyright 2012 The Lean Team's Implementation at Micron Manufacturing. VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
Bar Straightness Calculation Wednesday January 31, 2007 Bar straightness tolerance varies by diameter, grade, and thermal treatment. The determination of ...
Lean Self-Assessment Spreadsheet Copyright 2006 Lean Leader Certification Workshop Outline VIEW/DOWNLOAD ...
ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS Copyright 1997 Based on a series of articles appearing in Machine Design Magazine (1962) ...
On-The-Job Instruction Manual for Screw Machine Operators and Setup Men - Acme-Gridley Tooling Setup Guide Copyright 1996 This manual is ...
Specifying and Measuring Cylindrical Knurls Copyright 1995 Specifying and Measuring Cylindrical Knurls Basically, knurling is broad tolerance cold forming or ...
ON-THE-JOB INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR SCREW MACHINE OPERATORS AND SETUP MEN - BROWN & SHARPE SECTION Copyright 1995 This manual is ...
THREADING AND FORMING / THREAD DATA HANDBOOK Copyright 1985 This handbook was compiled for users of Landis Thread Cutting and ...
National Acme Operator's Safety Manual for Acme-Gridley Single and Multiple Spindle Bar and Chucking Machines Saturday January 01, 1977 National ...
ON-THE-JOB INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR SCREW MACHINE OPERATORS AND SETUP MEN - ACME-GRIDLEY SECTION Copyright 1969 Machine-specific manual presents basic principles ...
HANDBOOK FOR OPERATORS - ACME GRIDLEY MULTIPLE SPINDLE BAR MACHINES Copyright 1961 This handbook emphasizes personal safety while acquainting the ...
HANDBOOK FOR OPERATORS OF ACME-GRIDLEY MULTIPLE SPINDLE BAR MACHINES Copyright 1961 This handbook covers models R, RA and RB Acme-Gridley ...
Browne & Sharpe Set-Up & Operations Copyright 1959 A series of 14 booklets for Browne & Sharpe Training and Set-Up ...
Relationship of Thread Percentage to Thread Strength in Tapped Holes Copyright 1950 Report determining the percentage thread necessary for normal ...