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Comau Introduces Racer3 Robot
This lightweight, high-speed design provides robotic options for companies of all sizes involved in a wide variety of industrial applications.
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Video: Robot Gripping by Granular Compression
An alternate approach to robot gripping readily conforms to the shape of many different target objects.
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Aligned for Precision
To precisely condition the form, shape and finish of an inside diameter of a workpiece, no machine tool outperforms an ID grinder if (and only if) key components of this grinder are properly aligned. This article outlines the importance of this alignment, explains how to recognize the symptoms of misalignment and describes what corrective steps to take.
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When the Chips Are Down
Once the chips begin piling up, how does your company deal with them? While there are as many different approaches as there are machine shops, the most efficient systems share a few important traits.
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2 Minute Video: Advantage of Twin-Pallets/Dual-Station Vises
This short, simple video demonstrates one way to maximize spindle up-time using a pallet-changing VMC.
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How One College Meets the Need for Trained Manufacturing Hands
One obstacle to training the next generation of machine operators and engineers is exposing them to the variety of machine types and controls they are likely to encounter when they are hired. A community college in Illinois has the answer—training machines from Emco Maier with exchangeable control panels.
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Video: Vertical Machining Centers at Taylor Guitars
Equipment most of us associate with metalworking is used in this famous guitar maker’s production woodworking application.
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Learn about 3D Printing of Large Parts at Amerimold 2015
At next week’s Amerimold show, Dr. Chad Duty will give complementary showfloor presentations on “Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM).” Dr. Duty, a leading researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will discuss how polymer-based additive manufacturing processes enable the production of large parts—parts as large as a full-sized car body. This technology promises to take time and money out of the tool and mold manufacturing process.
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Mechanical Mockups for Maintenance Training
Maintenance is critical to the continued operation of military jets. This company has found a way to enable training without going to the expense of using a working engine.
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Multitasking Levels, MTConnect and Additive Mrf. Part of Tech Center Event
A recent open house at Mazak’s Chicago-area facility included not just various machines but also various ideas for thinking differently about machining.
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Video: Machine Tool Serves as its Own Robot
Schunk’s Gripper with Spindle Interface device enables a machine to load and unload workpieces on its own. See how.
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Automated Laser Scanning Using a Collaborative Robot
This device is said to be the first programmable laser scanning system to enable automated 3D scanning, dimensional measurement and dimensional gaging leveraging a collaborative robot platform.
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