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Automation

Video: Robot Lets Short-Run Shop Take on Large-Quantity Work

The robot needing no guarding on the shop floor offers an accessible way for a shop to expand its capacity by running unattended through nights and weekends.

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Beyond Machine Monitoring

The networks of connected shopfloor devices that underlie implementations of data-driven manufacturing come together on many levels. Connecting machine tools to a monitoring system is just one of those levels.

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Top Shops

2016 Benchmarking Executive Summary Now Online

Findings from this year’s Top Shops benchmarking survey can be accessed in this digital Executive Summary.

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Accessible Horizontal Band Saws Emphasize Stable, Accurate Operation

Behringer Saws will highlight its compact and versatile HBE Dynamic-series horizontal band saw with features designed to improve performance and precision while maximizing user convenience and safety.

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Economics

GBI: Metalworking September 2016 – 48.4

Continued moderate contraction indicates the industry has improved.

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Measurement

When a Turn-Mill Doesn’t Turn

LeanWerks uses innovative probing, tooling and workholding strategies to enable its turn-mill to machine castings complete, in effect turning it into a five-axis machining center.

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Workholding

Using Additive Manufacturing to 3D-Print Fixturing, Machine Tool Components

Machine shops can consider 3D printing technology a handy way to make custom fixturing and other components.

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Workholding

Inner-Diameter Part Clamping Offers Lathes Complete Outer-Diameter Access

Royal Products' CNC expanding mandrels provide access to the entire outer diameter of the workpiece.

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On Power, Torque, Speed and Hogging Titanium

The T-Rex spindle from Fives Giddings & Lewis is designed for high-torque and low-speed cutting critical for hogging titanium.

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Inventory Systems Boost Lean Manufacturing Efforts

Computerized, point-of-use storage and dispensing systems help this shop target waste that is difficult to measure and often labor-intensive to eliminate.

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Chances for Hybrid Manufacturing in Oilfield Applications

A contract manufacturer is finding uses for a hybrid additive manufacturing and five-axis milling machine for oilfield drills, valves and other end-use components.

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Keeping a Shop Network Safe

Concerns about cyber security should not stop shops from installing machine-monitoring systems.

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