November 2022 Issue

November

November 2022

Digital Edition
Simple Workholding for Robotic Automation
Cover Story

Simple Workholding for Robotic Automation

Robotic automation relies on reliable workholding, and these modular pneumatic jaws make it simple.

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Features

Featured articles from the November 2022 issue of Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2022 Review: Attention to Automation Extends Beyond the Robot and the Machine
Turn/Mill

IMTS 2022 Review: Attention to Automation Extends Beyond the Robot and the Machine

The advance toward increasingly automated machining can be seen in the ways tooling, workholding, gaging and integration all support unattended production. This is the area of innovation I found most compelling at the recent International Manufacturing Technology Show.

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Metalworking Activity Flattens in September
Economics

Metalworking Activity Flattens in September

It has been nearly two years since the Gardner Business Index for Metalworking was 50.

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Little Wins Create Value in Additive Manufacturing

Little Wins Create Value in Additive Manufacturing

How to create value with a multi-level approach to additive manufacturing.

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Performance Digital Comparators Offer an Alternative to Bench Amplifiers
Measurement

Performance Digital Comparators Offer an Alternative to Bench Amplifiers

Electronics today allow for matching the linear variable differential transformer performance and digital indicator size into a new digital comparator that provides even more value than traditional bench amplifiers.

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Sharing the Manufacturing Narrative With Policymakers

Sharing the Manufacturing Narrative With Policymakers

Conversations with policymakers represent a chance to communicate our challenges, showcase our passion and impact them with our pride in American manufacturing.

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Process Modernization is Scary but Necessary

Process Modernization is Scary but Necessary

When done correctly, process modernization can help secure a shop’s future in the industry and open new opportunities.

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A Unique Additive/Subtractive Process for Injection Mold Components
CNC Tech Talks

A Unique Additive/Subtractive Process for Injection Mold Components

This hybrid machining approach takes advantage of the benefits of deposition 3D printing while using CNC machining to overcome its limitations.

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How to Start a Swiss Machining Department From Scratch

How to Start a Swiss Machining Department From Scratch

When Shamrock Precision needed to cut production time of its bread-and-butter parts in half, it turned to a new type of machine tool and a new CAM system. Here’s how the company succeeded, despite the newness of it all. 

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Integrated CAD/CAM Promotes Process Efficiency, Traceability
CAD/CAM

Integrated CAD/CAM Promotes Process Efficiency, Traceability

High-requirement markets are not only searching for good parts — they're searching for proof of good parts. CAD/CAM software can help.

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IMTS Takeaways From the Modern Machine Shop Editorial Team
Automation

IMTS Takeaways From the Modern Machine Shop Editorial Team

The first in-person IMTS in four years left the MMS editorial staff with a lot to digest. Here are a few of our takeaways from the show floor.

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The Job Shop Is the First Half of the Business

The Job Shop Is the First Half of the Business

By day, NTL Industries went from a lathe and a mill in a home garage to an 11-employee enterprise in under five years. By night, it tackles a new future.

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