Matt Danford Former Senior Editor
Rigid, Reliable Machines Aid In-House Production
This plastics industry manufacturer relies on machines from Toyoda to produce twin-screw extruders and other production equipment in-house. This strategy saves the company money and enables it to respond flexibly to changing market conditions, among other benefits.
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Happy Birthday to “Modern Machine Shop!”
For more than 80 years, “Modern Machine Shop” has worked to connect buyers and sellers of manufacturing technology.
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New to Swiss-Types? You’re Not Alone
As builders push Swiss-type lathes to new levels of versatility, increasing numbers of job shops are adopting these machines for the first time.
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Spark Control Pushes Wire EDM Boundaries
Precisely controlling and monitoring each individual spark enables this wire EDM machine to cut hardened, high-temperature alloys with high precision.
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Airing Dirty Laundry
A manufacturer we recently profiled plans to enable customers to track their jobs through the shop floor in real time. Will the benefits of such a policy outweigh the potential pitfalls?
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Five-Axis Machine Blends Power, Small Work Zone
A manufacturer of blisks and impellers needed to quickly find a new five-axis machining center, or risk losing a lucrative job. Two new VMCs fit the shop’s requirements and provided unexpected benefits. (Includes video.)
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Making Customers the Focus of Customer Events
The format and focus of Mazak’s “Discover” series of events exemplifies how supplier-customer relationships have evolved over the years.
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A Look Inside Fanuc Robotics
A video clip produced after a ceremony celebrating the sale of Fanuc Robotics 100,000th robot in the Americas provides brief overview of the company, its technology and its facility.
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Swiss-Type Sculpting Serves Complex Parts Complete
With capability for continuous cutting using a swiveling B axis tool post, this Swiss-type lathe enables users to machine complex, sculpted geometry without moving parts to another machine.
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ERP Synergizes Disparate Departments, Applications
Despite access to a sophisticated ERP system, this company still used manual methods for managing critical resources. Expanding its use of that system has streamlined operations and synergized disparate software applications and departments.
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Pulse Power Boosts Electrolytic Machining Accuracy
An advancement of electrolytic, or electrochemical, machining (ECM), precision electrolytic machining is a non-contact process that provides an even more accurate alternative to conventional chip-making processes for jobs involving intricate geometries, difficult-to-machine materials or stringent surface finish requirements.
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EDM Energy Conservation Without the Effort
Most machine tool energy conservation systems simply track power consumption, placing the burden of actually reducing energy use on manufacturers. GF AgieCharmilles aims to change that with the EconoWatt II, an automated system for wire EDM.
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