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CNC Tech Talk: 2 Lesser-Known Ways to Trigger the Skip Signal

Here are two lesser-known ways to trigger the skip signal.

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CAD/CAM

Executive VP of Mastercam Retires

Working with his brothers, Brian Summers helped to start CNC Software in the early 1980s out of a home office.

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Basics

Inside the Sinker EDM Process, One Spark at a Time

Successful sinker EDM operations rely on understanding the relationship between each individual spark, the electrode and the workpiece. 

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Communication Clears Machine Monitoring's Morale Hurdles

When pen-and-paper methods of tracking job efficiency left AccuRounds’ engineers and managers in the dark, the shop switched to MachineMetrics. But machine monitoring brought morale challenges along with it. 

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Precision Drive Systems Launches Predictive Maintenance Service

“Our predictive maintenance services maximize machine uptime and part quality by detecting major spindle problems before costly and time-consuming catastrophic spindle failure,” says Allen Turk, president and CEO.

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CAD/CAM

CAMWorks 2020 Provides SolidWorks Support

HCL Technologies has developed CAMWorks 2020 with enhancements designed to assist machine shops in advancing their Smart Manufacturing practices.

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Machine Monitoring Provides an Objective Lens

Automatic, real-time shopfloor data collection tempers the bias that blinds manufacturers to the real reasons for downtime.  

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Five-Axis

Five-Axis Conversational Programming from a Solid Model

This CNC feature imports a 3D solid model from which operators can perform conversational-type programming even for five-sided machining applications.

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Aerospace

Aerospace Shop Adopts NC Optimization as a Means of Continuous Improvement

Steelville Manufacturing adopted CGTech’s Vericut NC verification software to safeguard its high-volume/high-mix work, but found unexpected benefits from its Force Optimization module.

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CAD/CAM

NCG CAM v17.0 Updates UI with Ribbon Design

NCG CAM v17 features an updated user interface whose ribbon design organizes the program into a series of tabs at the top of a window.

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