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China Adds Precision Strike To Capabilities
. 39). The PLA's near-term goals appear to be greater asymmetric capabilities to target U.S. naval assets in the western Pacific and in space as part of an anti-access strategy. Long-term, however, greater precision will be a feature of most new weapon systems. China's growing C4ISR capabilities were
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Blade stopper takes powder-metal prize
powder-metal companies garnered many top honors at the recent international P/M design competition. BURGESS-NORTON. HAWK PRECISION. PACIFIC SINTERED METALS. ADVANCED MATERIALS. FANSTEEL AMERICA SINTERED TECHNOLOGIES. CAPSTAN ATLANTIC. PRECISION POWDERED METAL PARTS. The Metal Powder Industries Federation
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Diversity in Part Production
of the business lines having two shifts.". Mechanical vs. Hydraulic. To get the precision they need for many of their products, especially the stamped metal diaphragms used to make bellows, Hudson Tool and Die has been shifting away from mechanical presses to hydraulic ones. A recent purchase was a Pacific Press
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Hydraulics Presses Offer Greater Job Control, Speed, Easier Setup & Small Footprint...
versatility Homac Manufacturing is continuing to changeover to hydraulic presses. A mix of Pacific Hydraulic C-Frame presses have been equipped with CNC controls (for safer and simplified operation with higher precision), faster press cycles with "throughout the stroke" controllability, and other
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MICRO:June 98:Industry News:Order Desk
systems. Based in Irvine, CA, Newport specializes in vibration control, optics, and precision positioning components. A chipmaker with a fab in the Pacific Northwest has bought wafer-isolation equipment valued at more than $9 million from Asyst Technologies, the vendor reported. The order includes SMIF
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Biggest design, manufacturing expo trumpets automation and miniaturization
Five shows Medical Design & Manufacturing West, WestPack, Electronics West, Pacific Design & Manufacturing, and the new Automation Technology Expo (ATX) West will join up at the Plastec West Pavilion at the Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Arlink Worldwide, Burlington, Ont., Canada
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Powder metalstake on new shapes
received a U.S. Dept. of Energy research grant to commercialize its titanium matrix-composite material for die-casting tooling. The material has the potential to increase the service life of tooling by a factor of five, Dynamet reports. Pacific Sintered Metals (PSM) establishes the Polyalloys Div
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MICRO: Critical Materials
manufacturing sites around the world. One of the plants that went through the evaluation process, Merck Singapore, realized that the instrument's improved performance, especially for elements that are difficult to determine, could give it an edge in the highly competitive Pacific Rim semiconductor industry