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Re-envisioning Automation
The Future of Machining - 2005 Add vision systems to robots, and fundamental aspects of the process deserve a second look.
Read MoreDifferent Perspectives On Production
The characters below are all fictional, but they are based on many people I've met. Together, they illustrate attitudes at work in manufacturing today.
Read MoreWhen Probing Is Pivotal
Software for using the probe at angles expands the productive capabilities of this plant’s five-axis machine.
Read MoreExtreme Tool Setting
A plant performing 79,000 tool setups per year measures these tools with one presetter and two gatekeepers.
Read MoreMachining Centers Reconsidered
A stable customer relationship gave this shop the chance to fundamentally change its equipment.
Read MoreA Time To Tap, A Time To Mill
Thread milling and tapping are two methods for machining threads in a hole. Tapping is more popular, but thread milling has several advantages that might be important in your application.
Read MoreAre Declines In The Dollar The Wages Of Sin?
A tsk-tsk-ing, judgmental tone tends to infect media reports of America's trade deficit, foreign debt and declines in the value of the dollar. Americans consume too much, the story goes.
Read MoreBeyond Low Bidding
This online marketplace seeks to communicate information instead of brokering transactions. Because the site doesn't use an auction model, low bidders tend not to get the work.
Read MoreThe Off-The-Shelf Alternative
This job shop sees standard products, developed internally, accounting for a growing share of the shop’s business. The latest standard product may be the “big gun” in more ways than one.
Read MoreCAM Software For Turning With Wiper Inserts
A wiper insert can achieve a smooth finish while turning at a high feed rate, but the insert's complex geometry makes programming accurate tool paths difficult. A CAM company working with a supplier of wiper inserts has addressed this problem.
Read MoreAt The Intersection Of Molds, Manufacturing, And A Smooth And Comfortable Shave
As absurd as it may sound, I think I am going to write a letter or an e-mail to the company that makes my shaving cream. I have some constructive feedback about the design of the container.
Read MoreDifferent Directions In Machining Center Motion
Some machining centers have begun to appear that use resultant motion in less elaborate ways. That is, these machines use the resultant motion of different elements moving in different directions to achieve the motion along X, Y or Z, but they do so within machining center designs that are considerably more like standard machines.
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