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How to Reduce Cycle Times by 70% and More on Your Existing CNCs and Dramatically Improve Tool Life Too

By employing advanced high efficiency milling techniques for the entire machining routine, SolidCAM’s iMachining technology can drastically reduce cycle times while vastly improving tool life compared to traditional milling.

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Workholding

When To Use A Collet Chuck

Don't assume the standard chuck is the right workholding for every lathe application.

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How to Determine the Currently Active Work Offset Number

Determining the currently active work offset number is practical when the program zero point is changing between workpieces in a production run.

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Waking Up to a World Without Manufacturing

The world now knows what those of us in the manufacturing sector have known all along: the incredible importance of U.S. manufacturing to the overall economy. 

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Automation

Machine Demo: MW35 with iFLiPP - Faster Functionality Meets Furious Productivity

MW35's lightning-fast loading and unloading pace of three seconds is enhanced by the patented iFLiPP automated orientation feature, eliminating changeovers and machine downtime. (Sponsored)

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Overcoming Barriers to Machine Shop Automation

Industrial automation using robots has improved productivity for operations large and small — so why do some manufacturers shy away from it?

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Automation

Hybrid Metal 3D Printer Enables Quick-turn Prototyping

IMTS: Matsuura Machinery’s Lumex Avance hybrid metal 3D printers are said to enable lights-out production for highly accurate parts from metal powders.

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Measurement

How to Choose the Right Cut Off When Measuring Roughness

Measurement results for surface finishing parameters can vary depending on the filter parameter (Lc), also known as the cutoff.

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Turning Machines

Buying a Lathe: The Basics

Lathes represent some of the oldest machining technology, but it’s still helpful to remember the basics when considering the purchase of a new turning machine. 

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The Job Shop Is the First Half of the Business

By day, NTL Industries went from a lathe and a mill in a home garage to an 11-employee enterprise in under five years. By night, it tackles a new future.

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Understanding G27, G28, G29 and G30

Take a closer look at these reference position commands.

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Laser & Waterjet

Industrial Fiber Laser Solutions for Marking and Traceability

IMTS22: Dapra’s latest industrial-grade fiber laser marking and engraving technology provides reliable performance, fast cycle times and outstanding flexibility to fit any manufacturing environment.

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