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What Kinds Of Tools Does A Machinist Use?

A machinist is someone who is tasked with using machine tools to produce or amend metal parts to suit different industrial applications from shipbuilding and power generation use to electric motor components and industrial valve...
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What is CNC Milling?

Milling is just one of the many crucial machining processes used to shape metals and other materials into the desired shape and dimensions. In milling, a cutting tool which rotates at a high speed is...
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What is CNC Turning?

Let’s first work to give an understanding of turning. Turning is a machining process in which the workpiece (like a metal part) is rotated at a high speed, while a cutting tool is used to...
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What is a CNC Machine?

Machine tools to cut, shear, bore or grind metallic parts for use in the manufacturing sector have existed even before the Industrial Revolution. But early machine tools were driven by hand using levers and gears;...
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What is a Machine Shop?

There is some confusion when the term ‘machine shop’ pops up; some people think it is where a machine is produced. However, that’s not true. A machine shop is simply a place, location, building, company...
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Nashville Design2Part show on November 9-10, 2016

Come see us at the Nashville Design2Part show on November 9-10, 2016. “Attending Trade Shows is one of my favorite parts of the job”, says Mark Hayman, Director of New Business Development. Exhibiting at trade shows...
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Continuous Improvement

We are pleased to congratulate, Anthony and Kyle, our two most recent graduates of the NTMA-U Apprenticeship program. Kosmo is proud to partner with the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) and the Virginia Department...
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Job Fair

Kosmo Machine Inc. will be holding a job fair at our location on Thursday, Sept. 8th, 2016 from 9AM-4PM. We are seeking to recruit experienced CNC Machinists with Mill and/or Lathe experience. Please note that...
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