December 18, 2013 - Volume 07 Issue 24 |
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Emuge Launches New Thread Milling Program Emuge Corp. has introduced an extensive, expanded thread milling program for oil and gas manufacturing applications, including a new line of innovative solid carbide thread mills and insert thread milling systems. The recent additions to the Emuge product offering for energy applications significantly broaden the range of high performance solutions for users to meet and exceed growing oil, gas and petrochemical manufacturing challenges.
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Happy Holidays!
The staff at Tooling & Production would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! As we look back on 2013, we are encouraged to report that the metalworking industry remains at the forefront of an improving economy. With the recent report that U.S. manufacturing growth is at its fastest pace in 2 1/2 years, the outlook for 2014 is bright.
The same can be said for us here at Nelson Publishing. Our eNewsletters -- Tooling & Production (T&P), Modern Applications News (MAN), and the Manufacturing Center Product Spotlight have experienced exponential growth over the last few years. Our lists of subscribers and advertising partners have expanded at a rapid rate. We are grateful. We are also excited by the thought of even brighter days ahead. But first, we wanted to take one final look back at some of the more interesting happenings in the past year.
While T&P's proud history dates back to 1934 and MAN's to 1967, we are excited to begin the 8th year of our eNewsletter program in this "Best of 2013" issue. We have compiled two "Top 10" lists -- the Most Interesting Features and Most Interesting New Products, as judged by our readers. We hope you enjoy these stories and catch some helpful information you may have missed the first time around. Again, we want to thank you for your loyalty to our publications and we'd like to wish you a successful and prosperous 2014!
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"Top 10" Most Read Features |
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Aerospace Version of CNC Controller Helping Pilot a Massive Joint Effort to Manufacture the U.S. Military's F-35 Fighter When you decide to build an aircraft piece by piece, in different places, on different machine tools and assembly systems, then ship all those pieces to another location for final production, challenges abound. In the case of the F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter designed to replace the F-16, A-10, and Harrier jets, among others, these production challenges have been shot down by a machine tool control that "pushes the envelope" for CNC design, engineering, and application technology. Full Article |
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Oilfield Technology: The Perfect Machining of Threads on Delivery Pipes and Casings Two innovative oil reserve technologies are delivery pipes and casings. To create the connection safely and in perfect alignment depends on the threads on the pipe ends. With its USC turning machines, the specialists from EMAG Leipzig have not only created a tool that specializes in this application but also developed complete solutions that guarantee component quality and process integrity. Full Article |
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"Top 10" Most Read Product Spotlights |
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