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For This CNC Machine Shop, Growth is Both Wonderful and Hard
JD Machine’s sales have nearly doubled since 2013 when it was a Top Shops winner. Developing a workforce to support that growth is a challenge the shop is meeting head-on.
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Coronavirus Demands a Data-Driven Response
CNC machining businesses are justifiably concerned about the COVID-19’s effect on metalworking supply chains, but they are not helpless. Data illuminate the path ahead.
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DMG MORI Invests in the Future by Providing Integrated Solutions
During a recent open house event at DMG MORI’s factory in Pfronten, Germany, the company highlighted advances in digitalization as well as automation and additive manufacturing.
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What’s the Correct Reading?
A CMM, a bore mic and an air gage measure parts differently and may provide different values, yet all of them may be correct. Here’s how.
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Video: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Manufacturing and Machining
The machine tool monitoring that many CNC machining facilities are doing today could be a first step toward their use of machine learning. In this conversation, MMS’s “Data Matters” columnist Matt Danford speculates on the coming role of AI for refining machining processes.
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February Metalworking Index and the Impact of the Coronavirus
As efforts to counter COVID-19 affect the global supply chain, Gardner Intelligence is carefully tracking their potential impact on the industry.
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4 Things to Incorporate in CAM-System-Generated CNC Programs
Streamline G-code programs created by CAM systems.
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Robots Get Hand-Eye Coordination
Artificial vision, touch and intelligence help collaborative robots cope with the unpredictable.
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Taking an Automated Aerospace Approach
A flexible manufacturing system helps an Indiana job shop run a high mix of aerospace work for long stretches of time and function more like a contract shop.
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Continuous Improvement Must Be Continuous
It’s easy to do the work to improve your facility and then want to sit back to see how things go. Unfortunately, this leads to complacency, which is hard to overcome.
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3D Printing’s Value-Add Keeps Adding Up
Additive manufacturing impacts every stage of production at this flexible yet highly automated CNC machining business.
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Modern Is Everywhere
The manufacturing community is spread across a multitude of businesses around the world. Modern Machine Shop goes to where the stories are — talking with job shops, cutting tool manufacturers, machine tool builders, OEMs, service providers and more. Follow the story of manufacturing wherever it leads.
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