Articles
X-Class Machine Tools Offer Affordability, Rigidity, Stability
DMG/Mori Seiki’s X-Class machine line has been designed as a result user feedback on the company’s popular N Series.
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A Clean Fire Prevention Alternative for Machine Tools
This environmentally friendly fire-extinguishing system does not lead to ozone depletion. Plus, it is said to be ten times more effective in extinguishing fires than halon.
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EDM Energy Conservation Without the Effort
Most machine tool energy conservation systems simply track power consumption, placing the burden of actually reducing energy use on manufacturers. GF AgieCharmilles aims to change that with the EconoWatt II, an automated system for wire EDM.
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Watchful Eye
Standalone hydraulic vises like these repeatedly (and easily) provide 17,600 pounds of clamping force.
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Job Shop Uses 3D Wire Bending and CNC Machining To Find Its Niche
Marshall Manufacturing melds CNC machining and 3D bending to create intricate medical components from small-diameter barstock and tubing. Customer needs spurred the shop to carve out what has become a successful medical-manufacturing niche.
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Who Won The Bike? Bob Did!
One of the things I like about IMTS is the festive, fair-like quality of what exhibitors do to draw attendees to their booths.
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Long Part, Short Machine
The system includes an unloader long enough to accommodate the machined work as it passes out the other side.
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Something Not Seen on Swiss-Types
Probing on Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Swiss-types like this enables Renishaw to better align manufacturing with true production requirements.
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Industrial Production Up 4.1% in December
Consumer durable goods industrial production in December was up 4.1 percent compared to December 2009.
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iPads Keep Shopfloor Supervisors on the Shop Floor
Watch this video to hear how Hadronics Inc. came up with the idea of using Pocketview and the E2 software on iPads.
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