Online auctions can be a great way to find and purchase supplies and equipment for your shop, especially when looking for good deals or obscure tooling. After inputting a few keystrokes, you’ll usually find exactly what you’re looking for. The only thing left to do at this point is bid on the item and hopefully [...]
Opening a business and keeping it open has never been an easy task. There are many different ways a new business can fail. Although the statistics for opening and keep a new business open are getting better, each year new shops open and close, mainly because of a few key errors on the part of [...]
SolidWorks, an industry leader in the field of 3D CAD technology, will be holding SolidWorks World 2008 International User Conference & Exposition in San Diego in January 2008. This year’s conference is claiming to be the most expansive yet. The conference will be held in San Diego from January 20-23, 2008 and will feature [...]
A couple months ago we covered a new coolant Swiss company Blaser introduced. Blasocut® BC 230 is touted by the company to allow for superior stability and long-term sump life for improved machine up-time. However, in our shop tests we found other findings worth reporting. We replaced our coolant in a few of our test [...]
Back from a short hiatus, Jay Pierson fills us in on where he’s been and what is coming up for future shows. Plus a surprise announcement about the future of CNC-Today.com.
This week we cover Polygonal Turning and Rotary Broaching. These two technologies have been available to the industry for decades, however don’t often see much use or consideration in everyday production. We’ll talk about what it takes to bring these technologies into everyday shop use. Jay Pierson hosts.
Author: Moussa Ahmad Source: BI-ME and media reports UAE. Abu Dhabi Basic Industries, known as ADBIC, plans to invest up to US$23 billion in new manufacturing projects which include Aluminium smelters, and petrochemical plants. ADBIC’s Chief Operating Officer Jim White said last week in an interview that his company will build a 700,000-ton per year [...]
In this episode our host Jay Pierson interviews his father, Joel Pierson as he recounts a business nightmare of his own. Remember we’re still looking for your stories to share for future shows. Join us next week as we cover Polygonal Turning in more depth.
Machine, machine, grind. This is the typical manufacturing flow in most shops when working with materials that are prone to distortion because of internal stresses in material. Bonal Technologies is putting an end to that with their Black Magic line of distortion controllers. Their products use small amounts of mechanical energy waves to vibrate the [...]
This week we throw out an open invitation to send us your manufacturing nightmares! These can range anywhere from Vendor Customer relations to difficult jobs. Stay tuned… the best (or worst) story might have a prize coming to them. Our host Jay Pierson ties in one of his nightmare stories into some key points.
