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Milltronics Machining Center Lineup Features Integrated Simulation of Complex Parts
IMTS 2024: The Inspire+ control is being featured on a range of Milltronics machining centers, including five-axis machines and live-tooling lathes.
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CGTech Software Update Features Interactive Capabilities
CGTech releases version 9.5 of its independent Vericut software, designed with a custom tool summary, heat display, interactive simulation timeline and more.
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Autodesk CAM Software Simplifies Part Programming
IMTS 2024: Autodesk Inc. is exhibiting its complete portfolio, including Autodesk Fusion, a cloud-enabled software that provides AI-driven CAM programming tools, multi-axis machining strategies and more.
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ANCA Celebrates 50th Anniversary
ANCA CNC Machines is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a global producer of CNC tool and cutter grinders.
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ShopGuru Software Supports Organized CNC Machine Operations
IMTS 2024: ShopGuru’s digital work instruction software offers a robust, secure solution that can enhance machining efficiency and accuracy.
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Paperless Parts Showcases Software for Quoting, Collaboration
IMTS 2024: Paperless Parts highlights its quoting and collaboration software with automated BOM breakout from CAD models, AI-supported PDF extraction and more.
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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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How this Job Shop Grew Capacity Without Expanding Footprint
This shop relies on digital solutions to grow their manufacturing business. With this approach, W.A. Pfeiffer has achieved seamless end-to-end connectivity, shorter lead times and increased throughput.
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Marposs Introduces Air Gage Interface Box for Data Acquisition
The Duo Air can be supplied with one or two analog air-to-electronics converters with adjustable sensitivity and zeroing nozzles for connecting to one or two gauges.
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Finally, A Comprehensive Software Solution Designed for Small Job Shops
Zel X from Siemens is an integrated software application that consolidates collaboration, design, manufacturing, and operations into a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution. From RFQ to delivery, it’s a more efficient way to handle quotes, manage jobs, make parts, and collaborate with teams of all sizes.
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How to Scale a Job Shop for Growth with Fewer People
Front office disorganization and poor shop floor communications don’t just reduce a job shop’s efficiency; they are a barrier to growth. Having the right kind of ERP system can be the key to improving profitability and scaling for future growth
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Digital Tools Meet Practical Applications
Digital manufacturing will see a much larger footprint at IMTS 2022 thanks to technologies that bridge the gap between the digital and physical.
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Automation and Process Simplification Define Eastec 2023
Manufacturing technology at this year’s Eastec met the market with tools to streamline operations and assist machinists in achieving greater productivity.
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Digital Demo: Precision Engineering Meets Digitization
Whether it is presetting, shrinking, inspecting and correcting balance, or tool measuring, Haimer has created a modern digital tool room that can help manufacturers excel in today's competitive manufacturing marketplace. (Sponsored)
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Automated Quoting for CNC Manufacturers: Provide Quotes in Minutes
In this demonstration, we will walk through how DigiFabster’s quoting automation and e-commerce solution is designed to be quick to implement and easy to use. (Sponsored)
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How To Find The Right Solid Carbide Tool For Your Production
Watch this demo for an inside look at Sandvik Coromant’s advanced solid carbide tools like CoroDrill 860-GM – designed for fast and problem-free drilling, maximizing productivity through high metal cutting efficiency. (Sponsored)
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CompleteCloud by Avatara: The Smart IT Platform for Manufacturers
CompleteCloud by Avatara is an all-inclusive IT solution that offers a private cloud environment in a secure data center. (Sponsored)
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Centralize Your Quoting Process for Greater Efficiency, Organization, and Visibility
Time is money, what is your time worth? More time quoting means less time selling to new customers, cutting chips, and shipping parts. (Sponsored)
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Heidenhain CNC Platform Provides Adaptable Interface
IMTS 2024: Heidenhain showcases the TNC7 CNC control platform, providing graphical instruction for the positioning of clamping devices and individual customization capabilities for users and machines.
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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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A Digital Approach to Machining Better Parts
With advanced integration of CAD/CAM, CNC and probing technology, this digital manufacturing expert demonstrates a better process for making complex airfoils without the need for special fixturing.
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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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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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Can ChatGPT Create Usable G-Code Programs?
Since its debut in late 2022, ChatGPT has been used in many situations, from writing stories to writing code, including G-code. But is it useful to shops? We asked a CAM expert for his thoughts.
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Building A Powerful Bridge from the CAM Programmer to the Shop Floor Operator
SolidCAM for Operators provides a powerful bridge from CAM programming to the shop floor to best streamline the machine shop process with its CAM part simulation. It provides a clear picture to the operator for setup and prove-out, enables minor G-Code changes and avoids crashes, broken tools and scrapped parts.
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IMTS Takeaways From the Modern Machine Shop Editorial Team
The first in-person IMTS in four years left the MMS editorial staff with a lot to digest. Here are a few of our takeaways from the show floor.
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Modernize Your Machine Shop With CAM Automation
Modernize and Digitally Transform your machine shop using Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 automation. (Sponsored)
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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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Fusion 360 for New Product Research and Development
Join Autodesk to learn why engineers are adopting Fusion 360, a cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, CAE, and additive manufacturing platform for product development. (Sponsored)
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Latest Software News And Updates
Hypertherm Nesting Software Improves Operational Efficiency
ProNest 2025 version 16.0 nesting software helps users reduce non-value-added tasks.
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NCSS Multi-Axis Machining Software Streamlines Programming
IMTS 2024: NCSS showcases multi-axis machining software and intuitive graphical interface for postprocessor generators and CNC code generation.
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Acumatica MRP Solution Improves Supply Chain Management
IMTS 2024: Acumatica showcases updates to its ERP and MRP solutions, designed to improve supply chain management, enable users to identify time-constrained data for supply and demand calculations and more.
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Fastems Software Streamlines Automation, Sustainability Efforts
MMS 8.2 automation control software is designed to help manufacturers achieve sustainability goals, especially in the area of high-mix manufacturing.
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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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Tebis MES Software Improves Manufacturing Quality, Productivity
IMTS 2024: Tebis’ ProLeiS manufacturing execution system is designed to provide efficient planning, transparent scheduling and meticulous process quality for single-part manufacturing.
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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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Machine Monitoring Spurs Shop's Meteoric Growth
EPTAM Precision Plastics has achieved multiple years of 15% YoY growth by effectively applying Datanomix’s benchmarking and machine monitoring features.
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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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Protecting Your Automation Investments
Shops need to look at their people, processes and technology to get the most of out their automation systems.
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5 Stages of a Closed-Loop CNC Machining Cell
Controlling variability in a closed-loop manufacturing process requires inspection data collected before, during and immediately after machining — and a means to act on that data in real time. Here’s one system that accomplishes this.
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Manufacturer, Integrator, Software Developer: Wolfram Manufacturing is a Triple Threat
Wolfram Manufacturing showcased its new facility, which houses its machine shop along with space for its work as a provider of its own machine monitoring software and as an integrator for Caron Engineering.
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