by Michael Barnes | Mar 27, 2014 | News
Machine tool orders fell in the United States in January 2014 to $360.31 million, according to the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report issued by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). As reported in IndustryWeek, U.S. orders dropped 25.2% in...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 20, 2014 | News
United States manufacturing technology orders for June 2014 totaled $405.73 million, up 12.6% from May but down 2.1% from the same period in 2013, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) as reported by manufacturing.net recently. The...
by Michael Barnes | Sep 10, 2014 | Product Information
This rant for quality all starts with cheap underwear. I was shopping at a low-cost box store with my wife and stumbled upon a three-pack of boxers for under $5. I couldn’t resist. I didn’t consider the brand or where it was manufactured … all I knew was they had my...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 16, 2014 | Product Information
Constant surface speed is a turning center feature on LeBlond RKL Series manual lathes that allow the machine to automatically determine the appropriate spindle speed in revolutions per minute (rpm). The machine determines the current diameter position as well as the...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 4, 2014 | News, Product Information
LeBlond Ltd., a supplier of LeBlond manual lathes, K.O. Lee equipment and OEM service parts, is offering a promotion until September 30, 2014 on K.O. Lee Expanding Mandrels. Customers can save up to 20% off list price or as much as $600 on Expanding Mandrels with...
