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Radar-Based Collision Protection
Researchers are working toward radar-based collision protection for machine tools. Here are some thoughts about what a development such as that might mean.
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Learning Manufacturing and Funding Education
Read through Marshfield High School’s list of college scholarships, and one of the listings you’ll see is the “Marshfield Pirate Shop Scholarship.” The Pirate Shop is this Oregon school’s manufacturing instruction program.
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Harnessing the Holding Force
Inserts engineered to augment the vise’s effectiveness allow work to be held rigidly on a tiny clamping area.
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New Sights at Absolute
An Oktoberfest celebration at Absolute’s Mason, Ohio technical center featured new product lines from Precihole and Nexturn, as well as an automated cell demonstrating the company’s capabilities as a FANUC Authorized Integrator.
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In Need of “Floor-Ready” Prospects?
This collaborative training initiative gives shopfloor prospects the chance to contribute right away.
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Video: Meet the MT Ambassadors
AMT—the Association For Manufacturing Technology produced this video to introduce its “MT Ambassadors,” young manufacturing professionals making the case to other young people about the rewards of manufacturing careers.
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Machining with Robots
Several exhibitors at the recent EMO show in Hannover, Germany, featured demonstrations of robotic arms wielding live cutting tools such as end mills or face mills. Perhaps the most dramatic demo was presented by Delcam to showcase this CAM developer’s PowerMill Robot Interface.
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10 Things That Caught My Eye at Gear Expo
Check out a slideshow of equipment spotted at the 2013 edition of Gear Expo, the show’s largest edition in more than a decade.
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Video: Machine Shop of the Future
Siemens produced this attractive video to illustrate what it sees as a likely representation of the machining facility of the future.
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Crystallizing a New Approach to Today’s Turning Needs
A recently developed insert grade turns concepts for production turning operations on their heads. Shops cutting steel workpieces in high volumes may have to realign their thinking accordingly.
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Doubling Down on Setup Reduction
Angle heads still find plenty of use for reducing setups, even in shops using sophisticated multi-axis machine tools.
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Building Olympians, Layer by Layer
A 3D printer from Stratasys was used to create customized hilt grips for Japan’s Olympic fencing team.
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