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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.
WatchFactory 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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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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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.
WatchWhat 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.
Read MoreThree 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.
Read MoreHow 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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