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The Right (Machine) Tool for the Right Job
This high-production shop uses both mechanical and CNC Swiss machines to make parts, but which machine is right for which job?
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Putting People First: a Profitable Strategy
Treating people fairly and valuing their contributions isn't only the right thing to do. It’s also a direct path toward greater profitability, as shown by this Top Shop.
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Flexible Approaches to Gearcutting
Multitasking machine performs multiple gear-cutting processes without the need for a dedicated hobbing machine, providing high-mix gear producers with improved flexibility.
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TAITRA Event Highlights Advanced Manufacturing Strategies
At this year’s TIMTOS, the participating companies highlighted their automation and Industry 4.0 capabilities as they demonstrated a range of manufacturing technologies.
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Is It Time to Reconsider Regrinding?
The advance of automation makes in-house cutting tool regrinding more accessible. An automated measurement cycle adjusts the tool path in grinding operations to make regrinding simpler to program and easier to automate.
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New Grinding Machine Utilizes Unique Kinematics
A novel grinding machine uses three rotary tables stacked off-center to provide full control over the grinding wheel’s X and Z axis, as well as its angular position, creating an unusual solution to grinding.
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Choosing a Five-Axis Machine Tool With Automation in Mind
While much focus is placed on the machinery that moves parts, the features most important for automating five-axis machining are arguably found in the machine tool itself.
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4 Questions To Ask When Moving to Live Tooling
Live tooling is often seen as a niche solution, but there are a number of different processes that are improved by introducing live tooling.
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Online Conference Provides Hands-On Experience With Machines
Mazak’s All-Axes Live teleconference provides shop owners with the opportunity to have as close to a hands-on experience as social distancing will allow.
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Hard Milling Replaces Hand Grinding in Finishing Die Components
A focus on repeatability, geometric capabilities and speed led this manufacturer of fine-blanking machines and components to embrace hard milling as its go-to finishing process, eliminating hand grinding.
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High-Energy Barrel Finishers Efficiently Deburr Complex Parts
Mass Finishing Inc. has developed high-energy barrel finishers that automate the process of deburring complex parts, saving time and eliminating the need to deburr parts by hand.
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A Job Shop Approach to Automation
Through patient research and smart investing, this job shop has slowly grown its capabilities and is moving toward lights-out manufacturing for prototype work.
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