Automation
Automated Boring Head Delivers Lights-Out Control of Fine Hole Making
An app to assist machinists in finish boring was the beginning. Now, servo control allows the app’s adjustments to be made automatically, allowing the process to run unattended.
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Manufacturing News of Note: December 2017
SW North America opens a new facility to strengthen its automotive presence, Walter and Starrag focus on aviation and power turbines, and other manufacturing news.
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FANUC Makes Its 500,000th Robot
The company is also planning on almost doubling its production capacity in 2018 with a new facility.
Read MoreCECIMO Reports Positive Economic Trends, Focuses on AI Infrastructure
The European machine tool builder association reports that its members experienced a smaller sales downturn in 2016 compared with the global average.
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Knee Milling Center Provides Programmable Three-Axis Control
Milltronics USA is introducing the VK4II CNC knee mill.
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Abco Adds Visual Components’ 3D Simulation to Service Offerings
The automation systems provider will now offer software to help clients visualize and simulate potential factory automation layouts.
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HMI Provides On- and Off-Site Touchscreen Monitoring
Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s GT25 Wide HMI is a human-machine interface that monitors and controls machine components with a graphical touchscreen that connects to equipment such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), VFDs and servos.
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Grinder Reduces Setup Time for Helical Screw Workpieces
Holroyd Precision’s TG 350 rotor grinding machine is designed to provide accuracy, speed and repeatability through greater levels of automation and reduced setup time.
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T-Bed Improves Versatility with Programmable Boring Bars
The Giddings & Lewis T-bed horizontal boring mill is available with a range of contouring heads and programmable boring bars.
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The Link Between Gaging and Tool Cost Savings
New software delivers the next step for Renishaw’s programmable gaging system: a mechanism for changing cutting tools when they are truly at the end of their life, not after an arbitrary number of pieces have been run.
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