Mark Albert

Mark Albert Editor Emeritus

CAD/CAM

Video: Keeping 3 + 2 Machining in the Clear

When using a five-axis machining center for 3 + 2 (positional) machining, the programmed tool path must be checked carefully to avoid collisions and optimize results. This video shows how Delcam PowerMill’s new Dynamic Machining Control improves this process.

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Factory in the Country

Where do you find some of America’s best and most interesting manufacturing plants? In the middle of cornfields.

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CAD/CAM

Keeping 3 + 2 Machining in the Clear with PowerMill’s Dynamic Machine Control Toolbar

Dynamic Machine Control helps the programmer find the most advantageous workplane orientation, cutting tool tilt angle and tool length in order to speed the process of optimizing a 3 + 2 program.

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Measurement

Raising the Bar with Ballbar Testing

Few manufacturing companies rely on ballbar testing to maintain machine tool accuracy as thoroughly as Silfex. Now, advanced training and a move to a Renishaw QC20-W wireless system have enabled the company to take the benefits of ballbar testing to a higher level.

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Clemson U. Grad Student Wins MTConnect Challenge

Valerie Pezzullo won $100,000—the top prize in a national contest designed to promote innovative uses of the MTConnect open operability standard—for her application that monitors cutting conditions to reduce or prevent chatter.

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Discover More—And I Did

The time I spent at the Discover More with Mazak Midwest event in Schaumburg, Ill. was designed to help attendees discover new tools and techniques for staying ahead of the manufacturing curve. Here are four good ideas that caught my attention.

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How to Promote Careers in Precision Manufacturing

Step one: create a great manufacturing training program with good instructors and a well-equipped machining facility. Step two: create a compelling video that sells the program to high school seniors about to choose a career path. The ITAMCO Manufacturing Education Center at Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Indiana has both steps covered.

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What Is Data-Driven Manufacturing

Decisions that control the manufacturing process should be based on facts, not guesses, wishes, theories or opinions.

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Data-Driven Manufacturing Moves Ahead at Mazak

“We thought we knew what our utilization was, but now we know for sure.

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The MFG Meeting Opens in Arizona

History, style and springtime converge as a fitting backdrop for one of the most important gatherings of industry associations.

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Three Cheers for Gears

As a class of workpieces, gears may be one of the most important, and certainly one of the most interesting, in the manufacturing industry.

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How Happy Is Your Shop?

We may not be able to measure with certainty the level of happiness in a workplace, but it is an undeniable factor in personal and corporate productivity.

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