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    [Changzhou] Late spring in Changzhou Science and Education Town. Wang Jianjun, workshop director at Xinke Precision Molds, stared at the tangled mass of aluminum chips clogging his CNC machine, pressing the emergency stop button for the third consecutive time. During trial production of Tesla bat...

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    In a workshop at an automotive parts supplier in Detroit, operator Mark Stevens recently noticed a subtle change: a box of straight flute drill bits that had been gathering dust for years was back on the CNC machine’s tool magazine. This wasn’t nostalgia—it was a calculated choice. Wh...

  • That $85 Tap Snapped Like a Twig”: Why Old-School Machinists Still Swear by HSS

    “Third time this month,” muttered Tony Castellano, watching carbide shards rain into the chip pan. The job was simple—twelve M8 threads in 303 stainless. The carbide tap lasted exactly four holes before shearing clean. His apprentice, wide-eyed, reached for another $85 replacement. To...

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    When a smartphone mold, a titanium knee implant or an EV motor housing needs internal threads, production engineers increasingly reach for a tool that looks like a tap but is built from cemented carbide. Known simply as carbide taps, these threaded cutters are quietly replacing conventional high-...