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Turning Machines

Buying a Lathe: Spindles and Tailstocks

A key consideration when buying a new turning machine involves its spindle. Here’s an overview of what you need to know. 

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Turning Machines

What Is Single-Lobe Peeling?

A manufacturer of large turn-mill machines has developed a bar-peeling process to complete large, progressive cavity pump rotors in one setup.

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Holemaking

Collet Chucks Overcome Distortion for Automated Gear Machining

To accommodate its customers’ need for just-in-time orders of small batches of gears, this company’s automated manufacturing cells rely on collet chucks that overcome a common distortion issue arising from tapping and heat treatment. 

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Grinding

July 2018 Product Spotlight: Grinding

This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on various grinding machines and equipment for all sorts of applications. 

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Automation

Robotics Is at the "KORE" of STEM Education

The Kuka Official Robot Education (KORE) program presents high schools, technical centers, community colleges and universities with the support and opportunity to incorporate certificate-based robot education on Kuka products.

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Measurement

The Modular Multi-Gage Concept

Modular, multi-gage measuring devices work with a wide range of workpieces and and are ideal for short-run production in which flexibility and change-over are key.

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Additive, Data-Driven Technology Advance Aerospace Manufacturing

In addition to economic forces, the technologies shaping the future of manufacturing show particularly significant promise for manufacturers of aircraft parts.

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10 Takeaways about the Industrial Internet of Things

What will it look like for manufacturing to embrace and make use of interconnected hardware? Here are some clues.

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Turning Tools

Using Cameras to Align Tools and Spindles on Swiss-Type Lathes

Installing cameras in the spindles of a Swiss-type lathe can simplify the alignment of tools with the main and subspindles as well as the alignment of those spindles with each other.

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Additive Manufacturing Is Driven By Materials

The July issue of Additive Manufacturing magazine looks at the ways that materials are enabling 3D-printing technology and opening up new applications.

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CAD/CAM

Manufacturing News of Note: July 2018

Successful tests of computer-aided manufacturing with barrel-nose cutters, Siemens PLM switches to new distribution regime for NX software and other industry news. 

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NTMA Members Spotlight Shop Additions

While traveling with some members of the National Tooling and Machining Association, a few highlighted recent improvement efforts from which their operations have benefited a good deal.

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