DMG MORI Event Showcases “Machining Transformation”
DMG MORI’s Chicago Innovation Days event featured technologies designed to address the difficulties manufacturers face today.
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UltiMaker Targets Light Industrial Applications With 3D Printer Designed for the Factory Floor
The company’s Factor 4 3D printer introduced this week is designed to complement conventional manufacturing equipment including CNC machining and automation.
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Embracing Automation: Strategies for Small to Medium-Sized Machine Shops
Business drivers for automating to help navigate workforce challenges and boost profitability.
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Seeing Is Believing: 3D Vision System Enables Bin-Picking Robot
With the help of a 3D vision system and robotic arms from FANUC, MetalQuest was able to automate a physically challenging bin-picking task.
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Industry Analysis: Machining Semiconductor Components
With many machine shops anticipating long-term growth in demand from the semiconductor industry, it is worth the time to heed the advice of manufacturers who have already been servicing this end-market for years.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 6: Why, and How, Hardinge is Reshoring Machine Tool Production
In this episode of Made in the USA, several executives and senior staff at Hardinge give their first-person account of how they formulated the plan to shift the manufacturing of its milling and turning product lines from its Taiwan plant to its plant in Elmira, New York, the major challenges they encountered and the rewards that made it worth the effort.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 4: A Measured Approach
The L.S. Starrett Co. has been manufacturing precision measurement tools in Athol, Massachusetts, since 1880. Attention to U.S. manufacturing often focuses on reshoring manufacturing from other countries, but Starrett never left. The facility in Athol employs hundreds and produces thousands of tools that remain vital for measurement in machining and other fields.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 3: The Robots Come Home
The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries by automating production.
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Tooling Tech Group Appoints Director of Purchasing
Tooling Tech Group is appointing Dan Collings as its director of purchasing across all TTG divisions.
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Keyence Multi-Sensor Measuring System Targets Quality Control in Metrology
IMTS 2024: Keyence introduces the LM-X Series Multisensor measurement system for high-performance measurement, automated inspection processes, accuracy and quality control.
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Open Mind CAD/CAM Software Increases Programming Efficiency
The HyperMill 2024 CAD/CAM software enables increased NC programming efficiency in applications ranging from 2.5D machining to five-axis milling.
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Mazak Celebrates 50 Years of Manufacturing
Mazak is celebrating its 50th anniversary of manufacturing operations in Florence, Kentucky.
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Horn Turning Grade Performs in Applications With Variable Hardness
The new SG66 carbide grade is suitable for reliably processing highly temperature-resistant and other difficult-to-machine steel alloys.
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Techniks Tool Group Shrink Fit Toolholders Enable Flexible Machining
IMTS 2024: Standard, slim nose, coolant ported, thick walled and modular toolholder systems are available through Techniks Tool Group.
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