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Articles in Sept, 2008 issue of Modern Applications News

• Maybe a cape would make us more popular: it says something about our culture when an annual comic book convention draws 30,000 more people than the United State's largest biyearly manufacturing show
  by Pete Nofel
• Lincoln Electric hosts President Bush
• Hurco unveils 12 new machines at 8th annual technology seminar
• Consent decree allows flow international and Omax merger
• New Hardinge president reaffirms commitment to industry
• China trade imbalance hits all states
• Mania
• Manufacturing technology consumption up 17.2 percent year-to-date
• Industrial equipment demand is strong, but depressed
• Minimum wage rises
• Factory automation design company opens India office
• June sees highest layoffs in almost five years
• The bull of the woods
  by J.R. Willams
• Raw materials and energy are top mid-manufacturer concerns
• If it ain't broke, fix it anyway: it can pay to take a look at adequate jobs and see where improvements can be made
  by Dave Sterling
• Life and machining: all are one: there are lessons in cutting grass that can be transferred to cutting stainless, grasshopper
  by Ben Mund
• 2008 Readers' Choice Awards
• Test anxiety: rough milling 15-5 PH stainless gave a shop the fits, so it called in its suppliers to see what solutions they offered. Each offering was tested and, surprisingly, the shop chose the second-fastest cutting tool
• What happens in Vegas … should follow you home: the FABTECH show is an opportunity to see more than 800 exhibitors and attend sessions that will help hone business skills and technology. Don't let what happens in Vegas, stay there
• It takes a flexible attitude to find rigidity: using a VMC's rigidity to gain large work paid off for a shop that was flexible enough to invest in a new machine
• Core strength: switching to metal-cored wire for its welding operations increased both quality and productivity for a manufacturer
• Dabbling in grinding's 'black arts': there's more to grinding than specs and feeds. For a shop entering a new business area, there's some "magic" involved in knowing how to grind mirror finishes
• Punching up productivity: adding a new punch press was the catalyst for modernization at a precision sheet metal shop
• MIG gun includes all replacement parts
• Milling tools now for steel and cast iron
• Clamping system has repeat accuracy of 0.01mm
• Power sources for the sub arc process
• One-stop shopping for X-Y-Z machine protection
• PCBN grade increases productivity by 35 to 60 percent
• Saw eliminates abrasive particle dispersion
• Precision and rigidity for Swiss-style and lathe tooling
• Customer partnership means two-way trust: developing a strategic partnership means opening communication and trusting each other
  by Scott Ashworth