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Okuma Machine Lineup Features Intelligent Manufacturing Technology
IMTS 2024: Okuma’s booth features CNC machine tools, a CNC control, a line of automation systems, intelligent manufacturing technologies, customer services and more.
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Rush CNC Machine Features Cutting, Prepointing, Chamfering Capabilities
IMTS 2024: Rush Machinery showcases a CNC machine for all combinations of cutting, prepointing and chamfering operations.
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SW North America Manufacturing Production Cell Runs Fully Automated
IMTS 2024: SW’s production lines are designed to precisely match components to the matched quantities from the raw part to the packaged, ready-to-ship component.
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Trak Machine Tools Lathes Offer Compact, Heavy Duty Performance
IMTS 2024: The Trak TC2 and the Trak TC820si are compact lathes designed for production applications.
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Porta Solutions Machining Center Reduces Energy Costs
IMTS 2024: Porta Solutions introduces the Portacenter 400, an independent three-spindle machining center intended to enhance flexibility, production and cost-effectiveness.
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Second B-Axis Improves Efficiency of Swiss-Type Machining
A highly stable, fully programmable B-axis on the subspindle of Nomura DS’s 20J3XBTC enables users to more quickly machine complex parts complete.
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ANCA Grinding Machines Optimize Cutting Tool Performance
IMTS 2024: ANCA celebrates 50 years through the introduction of the MicroX Ultra grinding machine and AIMS Connect software, with live demonstrations.
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Where Micro-Laser Machining Is the Focus
A company that was once a consulting firm has become a successful micro-laser machine shop producing complex parts and features that most traditional CNC shops cannot machine.
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Additive/Subtractive Hybrid CNC Machine Tools Continue to Make Gains (Includes Video)
The hybrid machine tool is an idea that continues to advance. Two important developments of recent years expand the possibilities for this platform.
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Building Machines and Apprenticeships In-House: 5-Axis Live
Universal machines were the main draw of Grob’s 5-Axis Live — though the company’s apprenticeship and support proved equally impressive.
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Swiss-Type Control Uses CNC Data to Improve Efficiency
Advanced controls for Swiss-type CNC lathes uses machine data to prevent tool collisions, saving setup time and scrap costs.
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Lean Approach to Automated Machine Tending Delivers Quicker Paths to Success
Almost any shop can automate at least some of its production, even in low-volume, high-mix applications. The key to getting started is finding the simplest solutions that fit your requirements. It helps to work with an automation partner that understands your needs.
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Quick-Change Tool Heads Reduce Setup on Swiss-Type Turning Centers
This new quick-change tooling system enables shops to get more production from their Swiss turning centers through reduced tool setup time and matches the performance of a solid tool.
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High RPM Spindles: 5 Advantages for 5-axis CNC Machines
Explore five crucial ways equipping 5-axis CNC machines with Air Turbine Spindles® can achieve the speeds necessary to overcome manufacturing challenges.
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How to Mitigate Chatter to Boost Machining Rates
There are usually better solutions to chatter than just reducing the feed rate. Through vibration analysis, the chatter problem can be solved, enabling much higher metal removal rates, better quality and longer tool life.
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Grob Robot Cell Enables Long Periods of Unmanned Operation
The GRC-R12 robot cell features a pneumatic single- or double-gripper system, as well as a drawer feed system with six drawers.
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3 Tips to Accelerate Production on Swiss Lathes with Micro Tools
Low RPM lathes can cause tool breakage and prevent you from achieving proper SFM, but live tooling can provide an economical solution for these problems that can accelerate production.
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ANCA Offers Grinding Machine for Manufacturing Cutting Tools
The new MX7 Ultra includes developments in the linear and rotary axis, tuning parameters, as well as several system enhancements and major mechanical changes.
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Modern Bar Feeds Bring New Life to Automatic Swiss Lathes
Cam-actuated Swiss lathes are still the fastest way to process many parts. By adding modern bar feeders, this shop has dramatically improved their utilization with the ability to work unattended, even in a lights-out environment.
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Twin Spindle Design Doubles Production of Small Parts
After experiencing process stalls in the finishing stage of production, Bryan Machine Service designed an air-powered twin spindle and indexable rotating base to effectively double its production of small parts.
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Digital Demo: People and History Drive Solutions
Bourn & Koch has long provided unique manufacturing solutions. However, the people who work at Bourn & Koch enable the company to deliver value to each partner they work with. From service to assembly to engineering, each step builds on the solution—helping you solve your most challenging manufacturing problems. (Sponsored)
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Digital Demo: X-Series CNC Machine for Extrusions
This unique fixturing system provides maximum hold with minimal clamping footprint to optimize spindle clearance and allow chips, debris and cutoffs to drop below the machining area and away from the spindle. (Sponsored)
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How to Reduce Cycle Times by 70% and More on Your Existing CNCs and Dramatically Improve Tool Life Too
By employing advanced high efficiency milling techniques for the entire machining routine, SolidCAM’s iMachining technology can drastically reduce cycle times while vastly improving tool life compared to traditional milling.
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View From My Shop Episode 6: Baker Industries' Huge Parts and Massive Machining Centers
In the latest episode of The View From My Shop, Modern Machine Shop takes a tour of Baker Industries, a manufacturer of tooling, prototypes and low-volume production components. See how this large-scale operation gets everything done across multiple facilities on the same site.
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Soraluce Demonstrates Hardware and Software Advances at Annual Summit
The company continues to refine its large-format machine tools with its dynamic workpiece stabilization capabilities and connected software infrastructure.
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View From My Shop Episode 5: Inside a Full Five-Axis Shop With KCS Advanced Machining
In this episode of our shop tour series, KCS Advanced Machining takes us inside their shop and breaks down why they decided to invest completely in five-axis machining centers.
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View From My Shop Episode 4: Prototype Machining From a Garage Shop
Guy Driscoll’s shop, Metal Parts Machine, is a garage shop that found success with automation. This mom-and-pop shop uses lights-out machining to run parts with 5-axis capabilities, cobots, pallet changers and more.
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Building an Automation Solution From the Ground Up
IMTS 2022 provides visitors the opportunity to meet with product experts to design automation solutions from scratch.
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View From My Shop, Episode 3: Expanding a Machine Shop With Budde Precision Machining
Three years ago, Budde Precision Machining was a well-regarded tool shop. Today, new technology has grown its reach and customer base far wider.
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Friction Stir Welding & Machining On One Platform
USA CNC Manufacturer C.R. Onsrud showcases friction stir welding and machining on one machine to reduce part handling, fixturing, and eliminate the need for additional machinery and employees. (Sponsored)
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The Right (Machine) Tool for the Right Job
This high-production shop uses both mechanical and CNC Swiss machines to make parts, but which machine is right for which job?
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Voice Activated Machine Interface Comes to Machine Tools
Voice-enabled virtual assistants are coming to machine tools. Now available on Makino wire EDMs, the ATHENA interface promises to help manufacturers better utilize their equipment, aid less skilled workers and operate more machines with fewer people.
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Modular Horizontal Machining Center Offers Uninterrupted Production
According to Starrag, the Bumotec 191neo offers twelve separate machines based on a single platform. The system is designed to address current and future challenges for medical technologies, the luxury industry and the micromechanics sector.
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What is Laser Cleaning? How Does it Work? EMAG Experts Explain
Lasers provide the flexibility to clean some areas of a CNC-machined workpiece while leaving others untouched.
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Video: A look at an Automatic Tool Changer on a Swiss-Type Lathe
A few months ago during Westec, we had a chance to talk to Marubeni-Citizen Cincom about a few new capabilities on its flagship Swiss-style lathe. Check it out here.
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How to Get More Efficient Production from Swiss-Type and Multitasking Machines
SolidCAM for multi-axis Swiss type and multitasking machines provides a very efficient CAM programming process, generating optimal and safe Mill-Turn programs, with dramatically improved milling tool life.
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Probing for Setup and Lights-Out Machining — The One-Person Shop Episode #2
Automatic measurement on the machine tool speeds efficiency by day and safeguards capacity at night for a small machine shop.
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Practical Approaches to Automating Five-Axis Machines
There are many approaches to automation in five-axis machining, and whether a shop uses robots or pallet changers, the benefits are often easier to realize than many believe.
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New Grinding Machine Utilizes Unique Kinematics
A novel grinding machine uses three rotary tables stacked off-center to provide full control over the grinding wheel’s X and Z axis, as well as its angular position, creating an unusual solution to grinding.
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Voice Control of Machine Tools has Arrived
Voice interface technology has come of age and is now found on a wide variety of products such as phones, tablets, PCs, TV remotes and many other devices. Why not on machine tools as well?
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High-Production Multitasking Becoming More Flexible
Platforms such as multi-spindles and rotary transfer machines remain well-suited for high-volume production but are now more accommodating to smaller batch sizes.
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Metal Additive Manufacturing: Multitasking’s Latest Trend
Why are an increasing number of machine tool builders adding additive manufacturing to their equipment’s already versatile machining capabilities? Because additive and subtractive are complementary.
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Latest Machines News And Updates
DN Solutions VMC Enables Seamless Machining of Complex Parts
IMTS 2024: The DVF 5000 Second Generation features a large table, increased work envelope, faster speeds and other enhanced features.
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Star Cutter Co. Boosts Tool Grinder Feature Customizability
IMTS 2024: Star Cutter Co. introduces the flexible FLX tool grinder for unattended machining in a compact footprint.
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Sunnen Presents Vertical Honing Systems for Increased Process Control
IMTS 2024: Sunnen presents its SV-3000 series vertical honing machines with Sunnen2 system control and OPC protocol for minimized setup times, automatic cycles and robotic load/unload for mid- to high-production part production.
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United Grinding Solutions Enable Precise Production
IMTS 2024: United Grinding showcases a range of precision grinding solutions.
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Index Corp. Turnkey Solutions Provide Flexible Manufacturing Performance
IMTS 2024: Index's C200 FANUC features powerful twin spindles that achieve rapid material removal.
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Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives Solutions Optimize Metal Removal Rates
IMTS 2024: Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives presents a range of grinding products and technology for abrasive machining processes.
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The Benefits of In-House Toolmaking
The addition of two larger gantry routers has enabled a maker of rubber belting products to produce more tooling in-house, reducing lead times and costs for itself and its sister facilities.
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How I Made It: Erez Speiser, “The Machining Doctor”
Erez Speiser has devoted his entire professional life to the world of machining, most notably his 20-plus years in senior management positions at cutting-tool manufacturer Iscar. When the Covid pandemic struck, Speiser began building his “Machining Doctor” website that not only provides technical information for CNC machinists, but also launched a new and unexpected phase of life for him — and a new career.
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Orthopedic Event Discusses Manufacturing Strategies
At the seminar, representatives from multiple companies discussed strategies for making orthopedic devices accurately and efficiently.
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The Power of Practical Demonstrations and Projects
Practical work has served Bridgerland Technical College both in preparing its current students for manufacturing jobs and in appealing to new generations of potential machinists.
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Industry Analysis: Machining Semiconductor Components
With many machine shops anticipating long-term growth in demand from the semiconductor industry, it is worth the time to heed the advice of manufacturers who have already been servicing this end-market for years.
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Using Automation to Reduce COGS and Stay Globally Competitive
Decade-long, multiphase automation investments lower operating costs and maintain technology lead in an increasingly competitive global market.
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