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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!
After a year of watching endless campaign ads, more investigations, contentious hearings, and migrant caravans, we hope you're able to ignore the outside noise and spend some quality time with your family and loved ones over the holidays.
For the 2nd straight year, the economy provided some of the best news. GDP growth returned to the plus side of 3% while unemployment and consumer confidence continued their march to positive records. The manufacturing industry is ending the year on an encouraging note as the USMTO just reported that the latest two-month total for orders was the highest in program history. In addition, the Institute for Supply Management's index just came in at a robust 59.3%.
We believe the machine tool/metalworking industry will continue to play a vital role in this healthy economy. With Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, Robotic Automation, Digital Manufacturing, and Artificial intelligence setting new trends in the industry, the outlook for 2019 is bright.
The same remains true for us here at Nelson Publishing. Our eNewsletters -- Tooling & Production (T&P), Modern Applications News (MAN), and the Manufacturing Center Product Spotlight continue to grow. In January, T&P begins its 84th year of serving the machine tool industry!
In what has become our annual tradition, we have put together our "Best of 2018" issue. We have compiled two lists -- the Top 10 Most Read Features and Top 10 Most Read Product Spotlights, 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 2019!
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Fastest, Most Cost-Effective Way to Mark Firearms
Before mass production of firearms became commonplace, each gun was handmade and engraved with decorations or images on the metal of the lock, barrel and hardware of the gun. Today, as gun owners continue to want pieces with artistic flair, manufacturers are turning to technologically-advanced laser engraving systems to apply the decoration with increasing skill and precision.
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5 Cobot Myths Debunked
Collaborative robots, otherwise known as cobots, have wowed the machine tool industry with their unique capabilities representing some of the most exciting advancements in robotic technology today. Yet there are still a lot of misconceptions about what cobots actually do -- and more importantly what they don't do. To help clear up the confusion, the experts at Universal Robots take on the five most common cobot myths.
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Universal Fixturing System Key to Leaner Inspection Process
What is the value of a leaner inspection process to your plant? Would you spend $1000 to save $100,000? Dwighd Delgado, Owner, Strategic Operations Solutions, and a certified Quality Engineer, writes about a fixturing system he found reduces some of the "8 wastes" found in the area of inspection.
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World's Most Wear-Resistant Metal Alloy
Researchers have engineered an alloy that is 100 times more durable than high-strength steel and in the same class as diamond and sapphire. In addition, the scientists discovered a crazy twist: this new metal may also create its own lubricant.
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So What Happened to the Ohio Brake Manufacturer Who Decided to Go Lean?
Some people believe that lean manufacturing is incompatible with computerized systems, but that's not true. Lean is incompatible with complicated computerized processes that add non-value-added steps to production. But a well-thought-out solution, like MES, can provide easy, simple and efficient solutions to some common manufacturing problems. That's the case at Carlisle Brake and Friction.
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World's Largest Jet Engine
3D printing and advanced composites are just two of the key factors in the development of the world's largest jet engine. GE's mammoth 134" engine recently took its maiden flight over the Mojave Desert. As wide as the body of an entire Boeing 737, the engine is expected to receive certification next year.
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These Aren't Your Daddy's Vise Jaws!!
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