MMS Blog

13 Sep 2012

Crash Protection for Machine Tool Spindles

Jakob Antriebtechnik is showing its new spindle collision protection system at Booth W-1779. Personnel from GAM, Jakob’s North America marketing partner, are at the booth to demonstrate the system and answer questions.

Basics 13 Sep 2012

Tooling Tips for Turreted Machines

Increasing the number of usable cutting tool edges is one way to make turreted machines more productive. This quad square shank holder from Eppinger Exsys enables roughing and finishing tools to be mounted in one station.

13 Sep 2012

Boeing Headlines Advanced Manufacturing Center

This year’s Advanced Manufacturing Center celebrates that connection with a display that offers attendees and exhibitors the opportunity to network, collaborate, learn and, most importantly, join together in celebrating a revitalized, active manufacturing industry.

13 Sep 2012

Drink Up Tooling Expertise at the Knowledge Bar

Seco cutting tool experts to meet with attendees in a forum-based setting to share their knowledge and present on a variety of metalworking topics.

13 Sep 2012

IMTS Giveaway Heralds Wider Efforts in Chicago

Hyundai WIA’s donation of an F400VM VMC to the Humboldt Park Vocational Educational Center (HPVEC) of City Colleges of Chicago is only the first step in its long-term efforts to strengthen manufacturing education in the Chicago area.

12 Sep 2012

Gardner Projects Even Better Year in 2013

While most people in the machine tool business are pretty satisfied with U.S. sales of late, it now looks like 2013 is shaping up to be an even stronger year for machine tool consumption.

12 Sep 2012

CAM Software Keeps “Grave Digger” Alive

Talking shop with visitors to Mastercam’s Booth E-3340 all day Wednesday and Thursday is a departure of sorts for Pablo Huffaker, a monster truck driver whose public appearances are typically more about pulverizing metal than shaping it. However, when he’s not crushing cars, buses or even mobile homes from behind the wheel of the crowd-favorite Grave Digger, he and the rest of the team at the RaceSource fabrication shop in Tomball, Texas, rely extensively on Mastercam CAM software to keep the black-and-green behemoth in working order.

12 Sep 2012

Dürr Ecoclean Makes Buying Cleaning Technology a “Snap”

Dürr Ecoclean is rolling out its SnapPlanner 3D virtual planning tool at IMTS to help machining manufacturers select the ideal cleaning technology based on a number of input factors, including equipment cost, personnel, number of shifts and other variables.Once this data has been entered, the SnapPlanner software then calculates load and basket sizes, volumes, and weights for the various cleaning machines so that Dürr Ecoclean can help manufacturers make complex capital equipment buying decisions more manageable.The company says SnapPlanner’s focus is tailored to the industrial parts cleaning customer rather than the larger automotive systems customer.