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Few would argue the value of a good education. In fact many believe that the majority of our society's woes could be greatly improved if our educational system was more effective and efficient.

We’ve all seen the headlines about major retailers, financial institutions and even government agencies attacked by cyber thieves and spies. Most of us know someone who is a victim of identity theft. But what if someone accessed your business data? Could they disrupt your CNC machine shop business activities? Learn trade secrets? Or cause severe damage to your credit rating and customer relationships? Sadly, it happens all too often, and frequently because we don’t exercise greater care with the passwords we rely upon to safeguard important information. Here are 7 common password mistakes and how to avoid them:

The human body, your vehicles, and just about anything with moving parts need regular maintenance to keep them healthy. Naturally this is true of all CNC machine tools, even the highly reliable machines built by Haas. The difference is that parts and service for your Haas machines are as near as your local Haas Factory Outlet with all of these advantages:

Over the past several years titanium alloys have become a popular choice for structural and other parts for the aerospace and other industries. However working with titanium is challenging due to its physical characteristics and chemical composition. For example, titanium is a poor conductor of heat and more heat is generated when machining titanium than many other metals.

Every new part brings its own set of challenges to the machinist. Not the least of these is the metal to be cut, milled or drilled. Extremely hard metals like H-13, S-7, M-2, or CPM, and exotic metals like Titanium, Inconel® or Incoloy® can be particularly difficult.

It’s a CNC machine shop owners’ dream: Making parts overnight with little or no labor cost. Now think about the other advantages: Long overnight runs can make your daylight machine time more flexible, so you can make more short runs that require changeovers, work on more complicated parts, or respond to an urgent order from one of your customers. Plus, machine operators can use their time more efficiently by setting up overnight production while daytime runs are in progress.

Carefully monitoring costs is not a matter of choice for CNC machine shops. It’s a necessity. A modest increase in material, labor or cycle times can mean the difference between a competitive bid and a losing one. In the same way, any cost savings may help a shop win and retain customers as well as adding to the profit line on the P&L statement.

Demo Days at your Milwaukee Haas Factory Outlet is fast approaching, so be sure to register today.

Summer is upon us and, in most parts of the country, that means heat and humidity are on the rise. For CNC machine shops, increasing temperatures and humidity levels are more than a physical discomfort. They represent a real danger for the electronic components of machine tools, computers and other shop equipment.

When the U.S. automotive industry faltered in 2008, machine shop owners Jason and Amanda Hudkins used their existing CNC machines and expertise to begin manufacturing their own line of archery equipment. Today Athens Archery makes and sells hunting bows to customers around the world.