Knowledge Center Articles

Does your facility have the necessary supplies to keep workers safe from unexpected hazards? Two experts weigh in.

With the proliferation of lithium-ion batteries in today’s marketplace, it seems wherever you turn there’s a new device using this technology. From automobiles, e-bikes and scooters to cordless power tools, radios, flashlights, and yes, even cell phones, their usage is everywhere. It’s no surprise then that there’s also been a rise in the number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries.

Each wear pattern tells a story about your machining process. Some are expected, like flank wear, while catastrophic fractures are warnings you don’t want to ignore. Here Seco breaks down the most common types of wear, what causes them, and how to troubleshoot or prevent them.

The Knowledge Center’s monthly series aims to help manufacturers move beyond reactive approaches and make more informed, data-driven decisions across their operations.

In this episode of Tooling Up, host Toni Neary is joined by Uwe Burkardt and Sebastien Granges from Tesa Tech to explore how the TESA-Hite and TESA-Hite Magna height gauges are helping manufacturers bring reference-grade measurement directly onto the shop floor.

A federal heat safety standard could be coming soon. Here’s what employers need to do now to be ready for it.

Secondary containment means different things to different people. The first thing you need is a basic understanding of what secondary containment is. You also need to understand how your secondary containment needs are tied into the specific Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation or regulations that apply to your facility.

Watch this short video as OSG demonstrates their HY-PRO® CARB VGM3-AL-LN end mill series.

Once temperatures fall below 32 degrees, it's even more critical to prepare for extreme temperatures by wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) designed to keep you warm, dry, and comfortable. This protection only comes when you choose PPE made with high-quality material.

In milling, selecting the proper insert geometry is an important decision because it affects many parameters from stability to surface finish and power consumption.

Calibration is often misunderstood as “just” paperwork, a sticker, or simply adjusting tools. But what if calibration is actually about performance, traceability, and trust in your measurement data? In this episode of MSC Industrial Supply’s How To series, host Jacob Sanchez steps inside Mitutoyo’s calibration lab to uncover what calibration really means.

As data centers scale to support AI, cloud computing, and high-density workloads, the most urgent engineering problem isn’t square footage — it’s heat. Thermal loads have increased dramatically over the past five years, and ventilation systems are now core components of reliability, efficiency, and uptime strategy.