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Recession deniers proved wrong
Our economics editor gives his verdict.
By David Blanchflower Published 24 May 2012 12:14So the recession deniers were wrong again. As I predicted, rather than GDP growth for the first quarter of 2012 being revised up it was actually revised down by the ONS today from -0.2 per cent to -0.3 per cent. Output in the production industries was -0.4 per cent, manufacturing was flat while services grew by+0.1 per cent while construction was -4.8 per cent. The fall in construction is very serious and, according to a report of the Bank of England's agents this week, "in large part due to declining work for the public sector".
Over the last six quarters that I have called the Osborne Collapse the economy has shrunk by -0.4 per cent. He inherited an economy for Alastair Darling that grew by 3.1 per cent over the preceding four quarters. Here's the chart. Four of the last six were negative:
There is every prospect that the next quarter will be negative also even if the euro area doesn't implode. If it does things will be much worse.
David Cameron in a speech on the economy on the 17 May 2012 said:
"Despite headwinds from the Eurozone, we are on track...We are moving in the right direction.
This is total balderdash. The economy is tanking and the coalition appears totally lost on what to do about it and they still don't have a growth plan. Saying they have a Plan A doesn't do it. We are now paying the price for them not having or implementing a plan B.
Today is the time to do three things:
- Cut VAT to 17.5 per cent.
- Cut National Insurance on anyone under 25 to zero for two years.
- Announce a program of £50bn of infrastructure spending on shovel ready projects. Local authorities can bid for the money for any project already through the planning process. The Monetary Policy Committee can fund it via Quantitative Easing.
It really is time for the cabinet to start working hard.
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Does anyone have an opinion on the declining US economy? Has the huge simplistic stimulus (and enormous borrowing) help them ... even a little bit?
They would have been better off to have saved the money, cut the state, allowed the economy dependent on the state to contract and then leveraged the ensuing improvement in competitivenss of labor to create wealth producing jobs. They could have used strategic QE to support critical areas of the economy and should have raised sales taxes to progressively lower the cost of labour and create jobs for those who do not have them . Oh dear I am sounding like a Tory Troll.
Borrow, spend and print more money is obviously going to result in better short term economic figures, but where will borrowing and spending get us in the long term? The lesson for the next generation so far is clear, borrow and spend, don't be sensible with your money and the system will favour you.
Oh look, more insight from our resident economics expert.
If Bozo555 took the time to actual read up on the economic data that gets churned out, he would see revenues ( another important factor magically ignored ) actually declining.
We have seen revenues from VAT, Income Tax and Corporation Tax come in lower over the last few months, meaning the government actually borrowing more.
When you kill the recovery and put the economy into recession, despite having two bouts of QE, you are going to have to borrow.
It seems chump isn't familiar with words like " Income" or " Receipts "
Bozo555 also missed the CBI Manufacturing Survey released this week, showing domestic orders in decline. Orders for exporters are holding up, so if he is stupid enough to blame a " Worldwide Economic Problem " or " Eurozone issues " he would be better served to not going down that path.
How about defending your original comment Cretin?
Don't you understand what happens if revenues decline?
Didn't you understand the explanation of why government's borrow? It is not down to spending, I appreciate you have swallowed the conservative narrative of spend, spend, spend without looking at the whole picture.
But again, why has domestic demand for manufactured goods declining?
Fox , I'm not going to take lectures from you about defending posts given your track record. I've fully exlained my thinking in previous posts, why can't you answer what effect the tripling of house prices had on the poor and low paid?
Yes you are buddy boy, try swinging back to your original comment.
Your thinking, what thinking is this chump?
You talk about borrowing and spending, and tragically fail to explain why government's actual borrow.
Governments of all political persuaion have to borrow if tax receipts fall, didn't you get the email cretin?
What happens if spending more doesn't result in the sustained recovery we're hoping for? How much more QE should we have on top of the hundreds of billions we've already had? How long should rates remain at all time lows? And what effect do you think the tripling of house prices had on the economy, consumer debt levels and the ability of the poor/low paid to buy houses?
I know you are thick Bozo555, but please remember what you have written, it does help.
Lets examine your words, hell, you might understand what you have written.
" The lesson for the next generation so far is clear, borrow and spend "
Again you seem to fail to understand what has been written by you. You are dishonestly trying to say that spending is the only link to borrowing. With you being a total wally brain, has it never occurred to you, that government revenues have the ability to decline.
Are you trying to tell me government revenues, both month on month, and year on year cannot decline, is that what you are trying to tell me?
So Fox, no answers, and more insults. The lessons I am talking about are for the next generation i.e. consumers, people who borrow and spend get all the help through monetary policy, people who take out big mortgages etc. It's not surprising you get confused if you don't even know whose posts you're reading.
I'm not sure what you have against my opposition to high house prices and high debt levels, it's very strange. Why don't you try explaining your posts for a change?
The lesson, well it is not economics, more economic entertainment.
I am confused, so you now are saying to me, the original comments talked about consumers, not government. Strange how it has taken days for you to come up with the " new " argument, why is that?
But let go through initial comments , not what you are trying to rewrite.
Borrow, spend and print more money is obviously going to result in better short term economic figures, but where will borrowing and spending get us in the long term?
Sorry Bozo555, all this talk, is about the actions of government, and how it influences consumers.
If you actual understood, that government's borrows when revenues drop, not solely the domain of spending.
I'm not surprised you're confused Fox if you don't even think there was a house price boom during New Labours period in power, even the Trend In Real House Prices figures seem to confuse you.
I haven't re-written anything. I notice you've failed again to answer anything yourself.
That okay Bozo555, first you ignore you initial rant, now you are not prepared to defend your latest " theory"
I see I have failed, of course, you only borrow because you spending, it has nothing to do with declines in revenues.
Not really the definition of success chump.
No Fox, I stand by my initial comments, funny comments coming from you. My record of explaining my posts makes yours look pitiful. I don't duck basic questions repeatedly either.
What effect did you think the tripling of house prices had on the poor and low paid , consumer debt, and the health of the economy? It's strange that you haven't answered.
And do you seriously think all time low interest rates don't have a supportive
effect on house prices? Do you also not think high interest rates have a negative effect on house prices? Hopefully you'll answer something one day.
You are standing by your initial comments, not really Bozo555. As usual, they seem to have magically changed. One minute your ranting about borrowing being the fault of spending, the next minute, it was a discussion about consumer economics.
If you only understood economics Bozo555, it would help you avoid so many self inflicted howlers.
Ok Fox, I notice you have no answers just insults as ever. My comments haven't changed, it's your interpretation which is confused.
You keep saying I lie and post howlers, yet can't provide any credible examples. Remember the Trend In Real House Prices figures you used to try and ridicule me with? Is that your idea of understanding economics? You disappeared when I pointed out what the figures actually meant.
I also see you've disappeared from the topic where you're ridiculing me again for saying low rates are helping prop house prices up, check out the figures I posted up from Nationwide. It's hard to argue in the face of fact isn't it?
I see insults is it now, you rant away, failing to understand that declining revenues can result in increased government borrowing.
If you want to peddle a dishonest narrative that government's borrow solely because of spending, go ahead and be a wally brain.
You have point blank refused to rebut my argument, that when revenues declines, government's have to borrow.
Just remind me why we see house prices decline on a monthly basis, and year on year,during a time when we have 0.5% interest rates?
It is a shame your facts are like you, twp faced.
Fox, you've come to that conclusion yourself so you can argue it with yourself as well.
On the house price front you're on to a loser there. Here are the Nationwide stats again seeing as you disappeared from the last thread I posted them on, remember house prices were in freefall in 2008:
2009: House prices RISE 5.9%
2010: House prices RISE 0.4%
2011: House prices RISE 1.0%
And only down slightly in 2012 so far.
If that's not enough here's some more stats from the DCLG:
2009: House prices RISE 2.9%
2010: House prices RISE 3.8%
2011: House prices RISE 0.1%
2012: House prices up 0.7% in January and Average house price a whopping £206,523
I'd say that house prices were propped up judging by the facts. I don't think I'm the one making myself look silly. I wonder if you'll disappear as usual now I've proven myself correct yet again in the face of your pitiful ridicule.
Really Bozo555, no rebuttal then old chap, is your caps lock on the blink?
Are you able to write rise in lower case.
Don't you understand words like " declining revenues "
You look silly on a hourly basis, that is why your mother still feeds you and your consumption of beverage is out of a sippy cup.
I see you using the Department of Communities and Local Government stats, why is that, you want to inflate your argument?
Why have you never used the DCLG before,are you that desperate?
Lets me starting using facts old chap.
Nationwide House price index average house price £166,022
Please explain you didn't want to mention the Nationwide average house price?
Land Registry House price index £160417
Thanks for showing how desperate you are, it is highly amusing.
I see you have no answers, I have proven myself correct, it is clear house prices have been propped up and all you can do is talk about my use of CAPS lock, that's what I call desperate. I wrote in CAPS to make it clear to you what happened because you don't seem to understand. I used the DCLG to back my point up further, which it does.
I see you're trying to pick non existent holes in my argument instead of carrying on with your initial ridicule, which I have shown up for what it is. Let's use the Nationwide average house price as well if you like, £166,022 or the Land Reg £160417 , still very high. That's a lot of times the average salary, do you not think that is a lot of money for the average house?
What effect do you think the tripling of house prices had on the low paid and their ability to buy homes to raise a family in? You cannot answer.
Unanswered question after unanswered question.
Oh look another house price index under two hundred thousand Bozo555.
Strange that isn't Bozo555, how all the indexes I find are well below his index.
So that's no answers again, no surprises there. Pick any index you like Fox it doesn't matter, you're flapping again because I've proven myself correct, prices are still high you cannot deny that or can you? You can't even answer a simple question and you are going nowhere with this argument.
You yes it does chump, three major indexes well the below the one you wanted to talk about, surprise surprise.
I take it the Halifax wasn't whopping enough cretin?
Flapping around, no, more like shooting your argument down.
Better luck next time chump.
Sorry Mike for butting in.
I just had to point out Foxy is completely full of la merde.
Matt - pls could you explain your numerous previous posting about US using borrowing to boost their economy and how it had saved their economy? Look now - they have the massive - Labour style - extra debt and a sliding underlying economy.
The UK has been kept safe from Labour and --- whey hey --- structural deficit is falling and the underlying economy (ignoring the GDP due to output of the state) is growing.
Are you going to eat your words "If you want to peddle a dishonest narrative that government's borrow solely because of spending, go ahead and be a wally brain". Perhaps not ... some governements borrow solely because of spending INORDER TO win votes. But you know that even if your friends keep it a secrete from you.
Fox, I've proven myself correct using an index you've used yourself, plus another one, and you're still at it. I'm using the wrong kind of facts now am I? You're arguing for the sake of it.
Take any index, prices are still high. I will continue to show up your pitiful ridicule, if you think it will stop me from posting you will be disappointed.
Come on Bozo555, the wrong kind of facts?
I appreciate you are dim, as usual it is a case of what is missing. For some reason, you decided the quote the Department of Communities and Local Government house price index.
Until now, you have never ever mention the DCLG, fact or fiction Bozo555.
The three indexes I have mentioned, have all come in at least 15% lower then then DCLG figures, how very convenient.
I am very disappointed in you on a daily basis, your evasion, your " All I Said "
your " I type too fast "
Why haven't you asked Prof Blanchflower why the consumer confidence survey and retail sales declined in Apr 12?
I leave the ridiculing to your good self Bozo555, your a past master.
I used the Nationwide stats to prove myself correct, an index you've used, plus another one, there is no pleasing you whatever stats I use. This is desperate ridicule, if people can't mention anything they've mentioned before no one would say anything.
So when you say prices dropped in 2010 and 2011 which stats are you using?
So is that yet another big fat no, your not prepared to tell me why decided to usedthe Department of Communities and Local Government index?
Strange how the other 3 indexes coming in at a whopping 15% lower.
No pleasing me, I know Bozo555, it is you lack of honesty, with comments like " All I Said" and " I type too fast "
When are you going to ask Prof Blanchflower why the consumer confidence and retail sales declined in Apr 12?
That's pitiful Fox, I've already told you, I used it to illustrate my point up further, use any index you like, funny comments coming from you who can't answer basic questions.
Whatever you say you can't change the fact that house prices tripled under New Labour which had an adverse effect on many peoples lives.
illustrating are we Bozo555, like Rolf Harris?
Changing the facts? What an hilarious statement. Your point, that you are inbred?
Again lets go back to me comment, until very recent you have never used the DCLG index, but you being you, decided to use a index that is a " whopping " 15% higher then other 3 indexes.
What other indexes have you got in store?
Dismal. You're arguing against facts. There's no getting away from the tripling of house prices under New Labour however much you try and deflect the points I make.
Recovering from a major financial crash and three decades of irresponsible government spending was always going to take a long time. Whatever this government does, there's no way that any policymakers can cure the patient's disease in the short term. At best, they can reduce the fever, but if they make the wrong moves, the fever will only get progressively worse. The underlying UK economic problem is there is very little wealth creation. Successive UK governments thought they could remove manufacturing and replace it with cheap far eastern imports. The economy would survive of the financial service industries. That's all well and good for Chinese capitalist and importers and warehouse owners but disastrous for the school leaver and the unemployed. The only answer is to invest again in manufacturing to increase job opportunities and exports. If the Germans can produce quality goods at a competitive price that sell in overseas markets, why can't British companies? The problem is our manufactures obsession with quality not quantity, we need and can have both. The role of the state is to facilitate business and provide and maintain infrastructure. Not to become a job creators in its own right. We need a vibrate and competitive private sector in order to afford our public services. The previous Labour government's near total disregard for manufacturing, combined with its featherbedding of a grotesquely bloated public sector nearly brought this country to the point of bankruptcies. Before we start the blame game and point the accusing finger. Where is the lefts economic alterative to responsible government? What would Labour be doing differently? Those within the Labour party who call for more government borrowing and an end to responsible government, those that call for a massive increase in the government payroll, are deluding themselves. When the treasure chest in empty a more imaginative and innovative ways are required to stimulate grow: tax and squander are no longer an option.
"Osborne Collapse" - very apt.
Oh David.
"He inherited an economy for Alastair Darling that grew by 3.1 per cent "
Yet again... you know what Im going to say ... yet again you omit that tiny little detail of the £600Bn that the last government borrowed to pay for growth and votes. And the tiny little detail of the enormous structural deficit which underpinned the fiscal expansion.
Today is the time to do three things:
1. Raise VAT to 22.5 per cent. Hypothicate the money progressively to reducing the cost of labor (reduce PAYE and NI for the least well paid. Cut corporation tax as we have been so slow at this the rest of the World is overtaking us on CT rate cuts). This will create jobs and enhance the UK's appauling fiscal multiplier. An indirect benefit will be that the stimulus of funding the deficit will be more efficient i.e. it will reduce the structural element of the deficit.
2. Cut National Insurance on anyone under 25 to zero for two years. = YEP. I'm with you.
3. Announce a program of £50bn of infrastructure spending on shovel ready projects. Local authorities can bid for the money for any project already through the planning process. The Monetary Policy Committee can fund it via Quantitative Easing. YEP. I'm with you. QE will reduce sterling and improve the relative competitiveness of labor.
The 5% differential in VAT of a rise is substantiall and the cash collected would allow more rapid and more substantil in roads into taking people out of the tax system altogether. It would penalise imports and give relative advantage to exports : i.e. a VAT rise would create more jobs compared to a VAT cut.
If QE is injected into the ecomony, higher VAT is needed to mitigate asset inflation (this is complicated to ecplain but you understand)
I dont accept your proposition that a VAT cut would create as beneficial a stimulus as using the money to reduce labor costs instead. Cutting workforce jobs would both redistribute wealth and extend demand for UK labor. i.e. Cutting VAT will destroy jobs in the medium term because it encourages imports. We saw from the last VAT cut that it did not work - the outcomes was as I describe it.
Doesn't sound like a good idea to me to increase VAT. In fact utter nonsense. Taking the poorest out of tax system to compensate does nothing for them as any gain will be oiffset byt a regressive VAT. Further, the poor don't have the spending power to promote growth as most of their income goes on neccesities not consumer goods, products and services that will create job. In effect all that would happen would be the squeezed middle would be squeezed even further, reducing expenditure and excaserbating the problem.
You have missed the point.
Reducing the cost of employing people by cutting employment taxes will stimulate demand for them. It will allow businesses to pay less and employ more people.
Cutting payroll taxes needs paying for. Raising VAT does this and the money can be used to compensate the lowest paid. You are wrong that a fiscally neutral VAT increase would be regressive.
Although fiscally neutral, raising VAT to pay to reduce labor costs would result in increase demand for labor and more jobs - it would stimulate growth.
VAT is an input tarrif. High VAT discourages people importing and encourges home produced goods and exporters.
But it does not win short term votes so Labour would not support it even though it is progressive.
In regards to VAT, I doubt the government will increase it as Labour will have a field day, an already unpopular government will try at all cost not to rock the boat anymore.
It will not be reduced because Labour will have a field day but as you have indicated, it's only a short term measure which seems to be Labour's policy. ie. borrow more money to ease the burden on families in the short term to gain votes and confidence from the electorate with no sight of the long term benefits and the goal of stability.
But to add to this, even if the VAT was slashed, consumer confidence is at an all time low, people are paying off their credit cards and saving money rather than spending it and it's the mindset that will be hard to reverse. Throughout the last decade people have been conned into thinking that prosperity will never end hence Browns 'no more boom bust', encouraged to spend spend spend, however the truth has hit home. Labour were wrong, they contributed to this mess, Labour and Balls cannot be trusted with the economy. Time for them to have a massive reshuffle, out with the old, out with Milliband.
Therefore I think keeping it at 20% is the only sensible option for the govt.
It would be interesting to know what does David Blancflower thinks will happen within the Eurozone. Another article pelase.
So much for the mess they inherited from Labour. The opposite is true. They inherited a recovering economy and promptly stuck the boot into it.
The last government borrowed £600Bn. The was no magic Darling growth - take away the growth of the public sector and the real economy was shrinking e.g. under Labour UK industry shrank at its fastest rate since the 1970's.
Out of interest, how much do you propose borrowing?
Out of interest Inastew, really, didn't you get the email, the country is in recession.
Since May 2010, the country hasn't grown at all, why is that? Plan A promised annualised growth of 2.8%
Dont you get it . Full Stop.
The economy was in recession under Labour from early in the last decade. The growth in GDP numbers was due to growth of the state squeezing the private sector out of the market for resources. It was a big disaster.
So what did New Labour blame the Euro crisis on and credit crisis on?
Go Fox, dare you, tell me how much New Labour would borrow to put everything right?
BTW Congratulations on your hero Tony Blair being a good God Father for the Murdochs.
I certainly get it Inastew.
My hero Tony Blair, I thought Gordon Brown was my hero, is that another U-turn chalked up by you.
The economy is in recession Inastew, please remember that, Osborne killed the recovery and handed the country negative growth.
Didn't Plan A guarantee economic growth?
I hereby call for a vote of no-confidence in the "government".


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Its been an interesting couple of weeks for a few of us with myself, Craig and David all volunteering as tournament support at various venues. David Dukelow was out handmowing greens morning and night for the Open de France at Golf National in Paris. Craig Parry spent his time up at Castle Stuart, hand mowing [...]
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Magnetic clamping technology has strong attraction
With MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology, set-up times for ferromagnetic workpieces can be reduced significantly.
01.04.2008 - Fast setup, secure clamping, precise machining. What in the past met with minimal acceptance especially with respect to milling is increasingly becoming an insiders tip for reducing set-up times and simultaneously improving the machining results. MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology from SCHUNK, the specialist in toolholding, workholding and gripper technology located in Lauffen, is based on the use of electropermanent magnets and bundles decisive advantages: magnetic clamping enables machining of the workpiece from five sides, without having to be clamped a second or even a third time. Large and small workpieces can be clamped safely on the same magnetic clamping plate. MAGNOS can also be adapted optimally to the contour of the workpiece. Thanks to electropermanent magnets, the power supply is necessary only for activating and deactivating the magnets. Handling of the system could not be easier: the ferromagnetic workpiece is positioned, the current is activated and in a fraction of a second the permanent electric magnet provides for secure holding even after the current has been switched off again.
Short payback period
With MAGNOS, the workpiece is clamped within seconds. Fine adjustment of the clamping elements or changing the setup of the workpiece during the machining process are eliminated. Comparison measurements among users of MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology have shown that set-up times can be shortened by as much as 30 to 50 percent, significantly reducing machine downtimes. The investment costs for the new workholding technology therefore often pay for themselves within a very short period.
Synergy of permanent and electric magnet
After activation, the electric permanent magnet provides for secure holding without electricity.
Electropermanent magnetic clamping technology from SCHUNK is based on the physical phenomenon of the force of magnetism, which is used for high precision and control in this workholding technology. The development of the electropermanent cycle is the ideal combination of permanent magnets and electromagnetic forces. The advantages are superior to both conventional magnetic clamping technology and electromagnetic clamping technology.
For optimum magnetic holding power, the flux area should be as large as possible. The workpiece must at least partially cover at least one magnetic north and one magnetic south pole, where the following general rule applies: the larger the surface or the more poles that are covered by the workpiece, the greater is the magnetic holding power. Larger workpieces do not necessarily have to cover the same number of north and south poles.
In electric permanent magnet clamping technology, the bonding force between the magnetic clamping plate and the workpiece is established within a fraction of a second. A further, continuous energy supply is not necessary. After disconnecting the control unit, the workpiece is clamped permanently, evenly and safely for an unlimited time.
Long-lived design
The sophisticated and high-quality design of the magnetic chucks ensures a long service life.
MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology consists of ultra-high-quality square poles, which are arranged as north and south poles in a checkerboard pattern. The stable steel base body made of C45 is manufactured as a monoblock construction in state-of-the-art machining centers. Its stability, rigidity and robustness prevent vibrations and provide for excellent machining results and for a long service life of the magnetic clamping plate.
The reversible AlNiCo magnets are embedded in a coil. The perfect, even winding and a special insulation ensure a controlled and even magnetic flux.
Special insulation which is cut exactly to fit the base body ensures the exactly defined pole-reversible magnetic flux of the square poles. The magnetic clamping plates contain numerous magnetic coils, which surround a pole-reversible AlNiCo magnet. The perfect, even wire winding and additional special insulation ensure a controlled and stable magnetic flux. The stable MAGNO square poles, made of steel with a galvanized surface, are fastened s safely to the electromagnetic coil. A bore hole in the middle of the square poles is used to fasten pole extensions to the plate surface. In a special high-end sealing process, the spaces between the poles are filled with high-strength synthetic resin, which protects the components in the interior of the magnetic clamping plate against corrosion. It is also resistant to aggressive cooling emulsions.
Numerous standardized magnetic chucks
A large selection of standardized magnetic chucks in pole sizes 50 x 50 mm, 75 x 75 mm and 100 x 100 mm covers a large number of standard SCHUNK applications. It is also possible to combine several MAGNOS magnetic chucks with each other. Both horizontal and vertical clamping set-ups are possible.
Up to 105 tons of holding power per square meter
Magnetic chucks from SCHUNK are available in two different versions: M1 and M2. The holding power with an air gap of 0 is 15.2 daN per square centimeter of pole surface. A MAGNOS chuck with 48 poles measuring 50 x 50 mm therefore has a holding power of ca. 18 t. The total holding power per square meter is then an impressive 105.6 tons for a pole size of 50. The chuck type M1 with a high density of the penetrating magnetic field is sufficient for 80 percent of all applications. M2 chucks have an even higher density of the penetrating magnetic field, which ensures high holding forces even with an enlarged air gap. This means decisive advantages especially in the machining of cast and forged parts, and of twisted materials. SCHUNK offers an M2 version for all pole sizes.
Low tool wear and high surface quality
As opposed to conventional clamping, MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology holds the workpiece firmly but gently, so that it fully retains its dimensional stability.
Since the workpiece is clamped evenly over the entire surface due to the high holding force of the electric permanent magnets, MAGNOS effectively minimizes vibrations during machining. This improves the surface quality and significantly increases the precision of the workpiece.
During rough machining, magnetic clamping technology achieves parallelism of less than 0.02 mm.
Parallelism up to 0.02 mm can be achieved on planar workpieces by means of magnetic clamping technology. To achieve this, the first surface is first roughened. Then the workpiece is turned, roughened, released and smoothed. The workpiece is then turned again and the first surface is smoothed. Due to the longer life of the cutting edges, MAGNOS also reduces tool costs significantly.
Solid and yet gentle
MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology is suitable for horizontal or vertical clamping set-ups.
Planar clamping via the permanent magnet prevents deformation of the workpiece. This is a major advantage especially with thin-walled or sensitive workpieces. Workpiece distortion, deformations due to concentrated clamping forces or damage to the surface are practically impossible.
MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology is used in the manufacture of moulds, and in plant engineering and machine construction. It is suitable for all applications that require machining of ferromagnetic parts. The system is especially advantageous when working with larger workpieces, such as those found in the printing industry.
Perfect adaptation to workpiece contours
The poles of the magnetic chuck can be adapted individually to the workpiece - a significant advantage of magnetic clamping technology in moldmaking, for example.
Where different clamping heights and workpiece contours are used, magnetic clamping technology again is one step ahead: pole extensions allow the magnetic clamping plate to adapt to the individual workpiece in order to ensure that it is held securely. Separate supports and shims are no longer necessary. This significantly reduces the set-up time and provides for secure holding during 5-sided machining.
5-sided machining with minimum set-up times. MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology ensures that the workpiece is accessible on five sides while being held absolutely securely.
SCHUNK recommends that exchangeable pole extensions always be used together with magnetic clamping plates. These comparatively low-cost wear parts ensure optimum 5-sided access. Wear on the surface of the high-quality quadratic pole plate is also reduced. Rigid pole extensions are used with smooth and even workpiece surfaces. On very uneven workpieces, on the other hand, such as scaled surfaces or flame-cut parts, the mobile pole extensions, in combination with three rigid pole extensions, compensate the uneven areas, so that the workpiece is not distorted during clamping.
Due to flexible pole extensions, the magnetic force can be deflected.
Due to the unique modular design of the EASYTURN pole extension, the magnetic clamping force can be moved in the horizontal and vertical axes, depending on the workpiece clamping setup. This flexible axis alignment in two directions is enabled by the connection of a fixed pole with a spring core, a buffer zone and a reversible coupler. Corresponding to the setting, the flexible upper part of the pole adapts to the workpiece by an angular movement upwards or sideways. By reversing the coupling 180°, the magnetic force is changed 90° from horizontal to vertical. The magnetic force is then exerted laterally onto the workpiece. In this manner, uneven or round workpieces can be securely clamped from two sides.
Low investment costs, flexibility and independence
MAGNOS magnetic clamping technology can be used independent of a particular machine, requires little advance planning and no system technology or system integration. No intervention in the machine programming is necessary. For this reason, magnetic clamping technology is also suitable as a supplementary clamping solution in modern production processes.
MAGNOS in combination with quick-change clamping system
In combination with the SCHUNK UNILOCK quick-change clamping system MAGNOS is even more efficient. Maximum flexibility in production and an enormous reduction in set-up times are convincing arguments for such a combination. The magnetic chucks can be changed within seconds with repeat accuracy < 0.005 mm. Moreover, clamping on the magnetic chuck with a SCHUNK UNILOCK interface ensures maximum holding force together with exact positioning of the magnetic chuck on the machine table. The system is controlled by a separate control unit.
Lifting magnets with identical technology
Magnetic clamping solutions from SCHUNK are used successfully as lifting magnets in the intralogistics sector. With low impact and high power, they are the ideal solution for the transport of sensitive or thin-walled workpieces. Mechanical damage to the surface or form, as can be caused by single-point fastening with conventional lifting gear, is eliminated.
Magnetic clamping technology for robots
Innovative: The magnetic gripper MAU from SCHUNK ensures secure and solid holding during handling of ferromagnetic workpieces.
SCHUNK offers an innovative solution based on magnetic clamping for the handling of ferromagnetic workpieces. The MAGNOS magnetic gripper MAU from SCHUNK opens up an entirely new perspective: Adapted to a robot arm, the lightweight magnetic chuck provides safe holding in minimum space. The magnetic gripper makes handling of ferromagnetic workpieces childs play. The electric permanent magnets can be activated within seconds. They hold the workpiece absolutely safely even in case of power outage.
Comprehensive quality requirements
As the world leader in toolholding and workholding technology, quality and customer service are top priorities at SCHUNK also with respect to magnetic chucks. The solid construction of the magnetic chucks from SCHUNK ensures a long service life. The control unit is likewise compact and rugged, which is especially important in the event of frequent switching processes. SCHUNK also offers a repair service for the economical repair of magnetic chucks regardless of the manufacturer. This is SCHUNKs contribution to establishing this innovative technology on a broad basis.
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Flexibility in production is a crucial competitive advantage. Only companies that can respond to demand with flexible yet absolutely precise production can supply their customers rapidly with a constantly increasing variety of products without needing to build up expensive and inefficient stocks.
Pneumatics or mechatronics? It all depends!
To date, pneumatically driven gripper modules have been used primarily in gripper technology. Recently, however, more and more electric grippers have been coming onto the market. Both competing systems have powerful arguments in their favor.
High-Performance-Cutting (HPC)
Hard on the outside, clever on the inside: Toolholder systems developed especially for HPC that have strong rigidity as well as good vibration dampening provide clear benefits for HPC.
The importance and the use of cleanrooms in assembly and handling are constantly increasing.
Clamping Force / Torque
We are frequently confronted with torques on a daily basis, even though we do not recognize them as such.
Convenient robot or attractively priced spindle gripper?
A significant potential for increasing efficiency in modern machining processes is the automated loading and unloading of the machines.
Polygon clamping technology - round pegs in polygonal holes
The principle behind polygon clamping is surprisingly simple. The know-how that makes it work is however highly advanced.
A package for everything
Packaging is a universal function that is required in practically every industry and meanwhile is so important that it has become a separate industry itself.
Magnetic clamping technology has strong attraction
Workpiece clamping with electroermanent magnets reduces set-up times by up to 50 percent and brings about significant advantages especially in the manufacture of large parts.
Quick-change systems speed up production
Changing systems for components such as grippers and tools add a high degree of flexibility to production processes
Vibration damping
Improves surface quality and reduces wear on the tool and spindle.
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THE ICE COMETH: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this image of a frost-encrusted Phoenix lander in July, a month before it entered a dormant "safe mode" for precautionary reasons.
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For the past few months, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been little more than deadweight—a body as massive as a small car, zooming idly in orbit high above the surface of the Red Planet. After the orbiter's computer suffered a series of unplanned reboots, mission engineers decided in August to hold the probe in "safe mode" to buy time to look for the trouble source while the spacecraft remained in the protective state of limited functionality.
The MRO came out of safe mode December 8 and resumed science operations December 16, but the origin of the resets remains unknown, says mission manager Dan Johnston of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "We're still trying to hunt down the root cause of the safing events," Johnston says, referring to the unplanned reboots that occurred in February, June and twice in August. Broadly speaking, the resets were related to power glitches in the spacecraft's command and data-handling subsystem.
During the long layoff, the MRO operators patched over a potentially crippling vulnerability that had been identified in the process of diagnosing the orbiter's unusual behavior. "What we discovered was that in a very, very low probabilistic scenario that could be brought on by this anomaly that we've seen, the spacecraft's flight computer could be put back into a prelaunch mode," Johnston says. "And that would basically cut us off from communications with the spacecraft—it would be back in a mode where it would want to talk to the launch vehicle on the launch pad."
The orbiter's science instruments are back on line and seem to be functioning well, but it is "actually maybe more expected [than not] that this event will happen again," Johnston says. The spacecraft's travails highlight the difficulty of working remotely in the inhospitable environment of deep space. Down below, on the equally forbidding surface of Mars, the MRO's past and present robotic co-workers, Phoenix and Spirit, bear that difficulty out, as well.
The Spirit rover, nearing the six-year mark in its exploration of Mars, has been stuck in a soft patch of soil for the better part of 2009. (Opportunity, a twin rover of the same vintage, soldiers on robustly on the other side of the planet.) Spirit's controllers, who have been conducting experimental maneuvers to try to free the robot since November 17, quickly lost the use of one of the rover's six wheels when it stalled just days into the extraction effort. But another wheel, which had been immobile for more than three years, came unexpectedly to life on December 12. Rover driver Scott Maxwell noted on Twitter that Steve Squyres, a planetary scientist at Cornell University and principal science investigator on the rover mission, "has proposed that there's a law of conservation of working wheels on Spirit."
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Kristina Kennedy-Maroney, 23, now of Hicksville, Ohio, is charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of child endangerment. Kennedy-Maroney will stand trial beginning January 2 in Appanoose County.
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When she was 14 years old, Kakenya Ntaiya entered the cow pen behind her home with an elderly woman carrying a rusty knife.
As a crowd from her Maasai village looked on, Ntaiya sat down, lifted her skirt and opened her legs. The woman grabbed Ntaiya's most intimate body parts and, in just moments, cut them out.
"It (was) really painful. I fainted," recalled Ntaiya, now 34. "You're not supposed to cry."
For generations, this ceremony was a rite of passage for every Maasai girl, some as young as 10; soon afterward, they would marry and drop out of school.
About 140 million girls and women worldwide have been affected by female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision. The procedure is commonly based on religious and cultural beliefs, including efforts to prevent premarital sex and marital infidelity.
While female circumcision and child marriage are now illegal in Kenya -- new laws banning genital mutilation have contributed to a decline in the practice -- officials acknowledge that they still go on, especially in rural tribal areas. Despite free primary education being mandated 10 years ago by the Kenyan government, educating girls is still not a priority for the Maasai culture. According to the Kenyan government, only 11% of Maasai girls in Kenya finish primary school.
"It means the end of their dreams of whatever they want to become in life," Ntaiya said.
But when Ntaiya endured the painful ritual in 1993, she had a plan. She negotiated a deal with her father, threatening to run away unless he promised she could finish high school after the ceremony.
"I really liked going to school," she said. "I knew that once I went through the cutting, I was going to be married off. And my dream of becoming a teacher was going to end."
Dreams like Ntaiya's weren't the norm in Enoosaen, a small village in western Kenya. Engaged at age 5, Ntaiya spent her childhood learning the skills she would need to be a good Maasai wife. But her mother encouraged her children to strive for a better life, and Ntaiya heeded her advice, postponing the coming-of-age ritual as long as she could. When her father finally insisted, she took her stand.
Ntaiya's bold move paid off. She excelled in high school and earned a college scholarship in the United States. Her community held a fundraiser to raise money for her airfare, and in exchange, she promised to return and help the village.
Over the next decade, Ntaiya would earn her degree, a job at the United Nations and eventually a doctorate in education. But she never forgot the vow she made to village elders.
In 2009, she opened the first primary school for girls in her village, the Kakenya Center for Excellence. Today, Ntaiya is helping more than 150 girls receive the education and opportunities that she had to sacrifice so much to attain.
The Kakenya Center for Excellence started as a traditional day school, but now the students, who range from fourth to eighth grade, live at the school. This spares the girls from having to walk miles back and forth, which puts them at risk of being sexually assaulted, a common problem in rural African communities. It also ensures the girls don't spend all their free time doing household chores.
"Now, they can focus on their studies -- and on being kids," Ntaiya said. "It's the only way you can give a girl child a chance to excel."
Students receive three meals a day as well as uniforms, books and tutoring. There are also extracurricular activities such as student council, debate and soccer. Class sizes are small -- many schools in Kenya are extremely overcrowded -- and the girls have more chances to participate. With these opportunities and the individual attention they receive, the girls are inspired to start dreaming big.
"They want to become doctors, pilots, lawyers," Ntaiya said. "It's exciting to see that."
Just 4 years old, the school already ranks among the top in its district.
"Fathers are now saying, 'My daughter could do better than my son,' " Ntaiya said.
As a public school, the Kakenya Center for Excellence receives some financial support from the Kenyan government. But the majority of the school's expenses are paid for by Ntaiya's U.S.-based nonprofit. While families are asked to contribute to cover the cost of the girls' meals, an expense that can be paid in maize or beans, Ntaiya covers the costs of any students who cannot pay.
Each year, more than 100 girls apply for approximately 30 spots available in each new class. Parents who enroll their daughters must agree that they will not be subjected to genital mutilation or early marriage.
Many families are willing to accept Ntaiya's terms, and that's the kind of change she was hoping to inspire. It took her years to drum up support for the project, but eventually she persuaded the village elders to donate land for the school.
"It's still quite challenging to push for change. Men are in charge of everything," she said. "But nothing good comes on a silver plate. You have to fight hard."
Chief John Naleke, a village elder, can testify firsthand to Ntaiya's powers of persuasion. As recently as 2006, he claimed there was no need for girls to be educated. But she managed to win him over; he's now an important partner in her efforts.
Naleke said Ntaiya's accomplishments and spirit have made her a role model, noting that villagers also respect the fact that she didn't forget her promise.


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Rarely in a movie theater do you feel a sharp intake of breath then hear a round of applause at the end of a film.
The tough New York crowd at the opening day of "Lincoln" however made clear their feelings after the Steven Spielberg film ended.
I think most of the applause had to be for Anglo-Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis's portrayal of America's most beloved president.
Day-Lewis didn't just play Lincoln he inhabited him, giving him a sense of humanity and deep emotion all too rare in the usual hagiographies.
We have always know Day-Lewis to be capable of great art in his Irish movies, as Christy Brown in 'My Left Foot' or Gerry Conlon in 'In the Name of the Father' The Guildford Four movie, but as Lincoln he surpasses his own high standards.
This all too human, Lincoln, deeply grieving the death of his son, arguing constantly with his clinically depressed wife, walking the empty halls of the White House late at night too troubled to sleep is a powerful portrait.
Above all the nobility of his cause comes through. Has there ever been such a struggle in this country as the battle to end slavery?
Day-Lewis plays Lincoln as a deeply divided soul, wondering whether the best objective is to end the war and deal with slavery later as most of his advisors urge, or force the 13th amendment through, come hell or high water.
The interior life of Lincoln is revealed, the man who disliked and was disliked by his father, the rough and ready plainsman ready with a bawdy joke or a funny story, the conflicted father when his oldest son wants to sign up for the army he is commander-in-chief of, the wordsmith like no other composing his Gettysburg Address and second inaugural speech, two of the most powerful pieces ever written
Day-Lewis al portrays Lincoln as a cunning politician, ready to use whatever tools at his disposal to pass the 13th Amendment banning slavery.
He is not too "Honest Abe" to countenance blatant bribery, not too proud to plead cajole and beg votes from Democrats he needs, not too saintly to let loose with profane invective and lashing out when his cabinet disagrees with him.
His genius was that it was all for a greater cause, can there ever have been a more worthy one?
He recalls seeing a boatload of black slaves in chains going down the Mississippi river when he was a child. It let a permanent mark on him.
This film will touch everyone who sees it and I urge you to go and bring your loved ones. It shows how magnificent a leader and yet how ordinary a man our most beloved president was. It touches the soul as surely as Lincoln did to so many in his own time.
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Beaugeste | Dec 04, 2012, 06:27 AM EST
Wait a second - didn't Irish catholics riot in New York after the emancipation declaration and the draft? Didn't they lynch blacks during that riot and burn down an orhanage for black children? Weren't irish catholics the most under represented group in proportion to population in the union army (according to James McPherson)? Not really something to celebrate on an Irish Catholic centred website is it?
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solasduran | Nov 10, 2012, 10:56 PM EST
Am looking forward to this greatly!
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JethroBodine | Nov 10, 2012, 05:02 PM EST
"I have urged the colonization of the negroes, and I shall continue. My Emancipation Proclamation was linked with this plan. There is no room for two distinct races of white men in America, much less for two distinct races of whites and blacks."
"I can conceive of no greater calamity than the assimilation of the negro into our social and political life as our equal."
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cillowen | Nov 10, 2012, 02:00 PM EST
Lincoln's republicans became Repugnant with time their flipper magee candidate speaks only for the 53 perecenters more correctly in service to the 1 percenters. Honest Abe has gotta be spinning like a top.
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Murph46 | Nov 10, 2012, 12:28 PM EST
Abe Lincoln -Staunch Republican!
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irishfree1916 | Nov 10, 2012, 12:07 PM EST
It sounds like Academy Award time for Day Lewis athird time! I hear Sally Field might have her third Award also for playing Mrs. Lincoln! I also can't wait to see it!
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EireLass | Nov 10, 2012, 12:04 PM EST
They don't make Presidents like they used to!
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Rebelforce | Nov 10, 2012, 12:03 PM EST
"I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."
----Abraham Lincoln, from a speech during a debate with Douglas in Charleston, Illinois on September 18, 1858 (Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 3, pp. 145-146)
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like2tweet | Nov 10, 2012, 11:50 AM EST
cant wait to see this movie
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PhlutiePhan | Nov 10, 2012, 11:48 AM EST
The well deserved claim to fame of Lincoln was "compassion and forgiveness". This was followed by the "call to action" of JFK. We are now inundated with the destruction of religion after the hypocrisy of Willie C with the world Marxism of our new "Captain America".
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The past year I have been considering whether or not my career is suitable for having a dating life. I really love my job and for a young guy, have near maximum possible experience. Age 23 is the youngest I could legally have started this career and I am 25 with two years experience over three different companies in three different cities. Everywhere I have been, I have done extremely well. Ive been very blessed to have gotten where I have gotten. In my last interview for my current job, there were about 30 people interviewing for 3 jobs for external candidates. I was one of the top choices and got the job over people decades older than myself and far more experience.
For all the good decisions I have made career wise, it is a career field with odd hours especially for someone junior on the union seniority list. Weekends off can take 15 years for me to get assuming I stayed here. If I moved to another, bigger company which is highly likely in coming months or years, it will be the same or worse. Working hours for someone junior without a line, tend to be 0300AM-0100PM time frame or weekends working 1300PM-2300PM. Occasionally, there will be midnight shifts thrown in and possibly a 0800AN-1800PM shift. It might take me a year or two just to get a normal set schedule with my seniority. In the previous companies, it has been somewhat similar.
Before I started this journey, things seemed to be turning a bit of a corner. I lost 90 pounds. True, I probably was way too skinny but I was starting to build my fitness level and slowly began getting myself in shape. With my career and the odd hours, frequent travel, and the largely sedentery nature of the job, I have thrown those positive gains back. A stressful, sedentery job where you sit for 10 hours straight a day makes it hard to not gain weight. Hopefully, I will be able to start to change this but with a highly variable schedule and possible moves to new cities, I cant guarantee it will happen quick.
Even with all that, the schedule and stressful nature of the job makes it hard to find time to meet new people and date. Changing cities doesnt help but companies in my field are spread all over the country. I dont have the luxury to pick and choose cities if I want to advance. The odd working hours and weekend shifts means that I am working when most people my age are out and having fun. Most church events also happen either when I am working or sleeping.
I also work extra days often either for voluntary OT or by junior assignment.
Sometimes, I wonder if my hard work is all for nothing in terms of trying to save money in order to start a family. Finding a Catholic woman is hard enough but when your time is limited by work, I wonder whether or not my choice of career was the wrong decision. Sure, I enjoy it but I also want more than just this job in life.
I know that I have many blessings and am thankful to have my job when many other people wanted it but I am not sure if God is trying to tell me that I need to find another career field or that I am not called to be married.
Does anyone else feel married to their jobs in a certain sense? My family feels like my co-workers. We are a small brotherhood in this business.
Hey Matthew,
Your job sounds pretty stressful and I hear a lot of doubts in what you're writing. I guess my own advice would be (1) really take a look at whether this career choice is truly a strong passion (it sounds like it is and if it is, then keep at it because what makes you passionate in this world can be a good indication of your calling in this life), (2) if you feel overwhelmed, take a serious look at what you can cut down (eg: do you really need to do volunteer OT? Or can you stop doing a few things here and there that are not required for your job so you can do other things: sleep, go to church events, or just take a breather on the weekend to take a stroll and breath).
Those are just some suggestions and these come from someone who also has a busy schedule. I'm a medical student, but in my hectic schedule I have found ways to (1) recognize my own personal passions in my career and (2) finds ways to say no so that I can finally say yes to things I do want to do and that which I need (eg: gym, stroll outdoors, brunch with friends, or a simple nap).
Don't get discouraged. Just keep going, but take a serious look at what is necessary and what can be compromised without compromising who you are.
God bless.
Hmm... I think it has more to do with attitude and priority. I'm going into architectural engineering which is kind of a crazy and time consuming career but to me, my career is infinitely less important than finding my future spouse and spending time with her. So I would simply refuse to let my career be an issue. So my problem isn't really MY career- it's her career that the problem. I find that nowadays women are too busy persueing big careers and traveling the globe and are not willing to just settle down, relax and let a good man perue her. Although nowadays the econemy hits hard and there usually needs to be 2 breadwinners, careers should always be subordinate to relationships and all relationships subordinate to our ultimate relationship with God.


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