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Hermle Event Encourages, Educates on Five-Axis Machining
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Hermle’s first Five-Axis Summit was designed to show beginners the benefits of five-axis machining and demonstrated how more advanced users can take their capabilities to the next level with automation.
JTEKT Technology Days Showcases Synergies
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
The event took place following the company’s completion of its new showroom and decision to merge several of its brands under the JTEKT name.
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Using the Toolchanger to Automate Production
Julia Hider | Production Machining
Taking advantage of a feature that’s already on the machine tool, Lang’s Haubex system uses the toolchanger to move and store parts, making it an easy-to-use and cost-effective automation solution.
4 Lessons Your Shop Will Take Away From TASC
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
The Automated Shop Conference (TASC) will give shops of all sizes and production volumes key insights and practical guidance on how to implement automation.
Kicking RaaS with Robotics as a Service
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Robotics as a service (RaaS) enabled Behrens Manufacturing to quickly address a severe worker shortage while maintaining its ability to invest in new metal forming equipment.
Okuma Demonstrates Different Perspectives on Automation
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Several machine tools featured at Okuma’s 2023 Technology Showcase included different forms automation, from robots to gantry loaders to pallet changers.
Grinding Technology Prepares Manufacturers for Business Challenges
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Studer’s automation solutions, S100 flexible grinding machine and intelligent coolant system can help users with unattended machining, machining a range of workpieces and saving energy.
Better Together: Combining Cobots and Palletization
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Using a collaborative robot to tend a machine with a pallet changer can help shops maximize unattended machining time.
Mosaic Array — Automated Print Farm with Machine Tending and More
Julia Hider | Additive Manufacturing
Mosaic’s Array additive manufacturing system combines multiple forms of automation, including machine tending, material management and scheduling, to enable unattended production.
3D Printed End of Arm Tooling Aids Automation
Julia Hider | Additive Manufacturing
Frustrations with traditional end of arm tooling led Richard Savage to start 3D printing custom versions for injection molding applications, eventually founding a company to fill this niche.
Propelling the Digitization of Manufacturing
Julia Hider | Additive Manufacturing
The past three years have presented a range of challenges for manufacturers, accelerating the adoption of advanced, digital manufacturing technologies. The 2022 Formlabs Digital Factory Event reflected on the industry’s progress and its future.
Preparing a Shop for Automation
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Ensuring a stable, predictable production process can prevent automation from multiplying existing problems.
Automation Adds Capacity to Capability for Low-Volume Work
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Investment in machining technology has facilitated growth and diversification at Reich Tool & Design. Now, flexible automation allows the shop to get more out of its machines despite a shortage of skilled workers.
AI to Aid Consistency in Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
Julia Hider | Additive Manufacturing
Machine vision and algorithms have helped EBAM users address problems as they occur in deposition, but AI could be able to predict problems before they happen.
Prototyping is the Path from Tooling to Production Work
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
As a new owner takes over a tooling shop, he must balance the company’s foundation with his goal of expanding the shop’s capacity to also take on production work.
Avoiding a Failed Automation Integration
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
New features that simplify robot use have blurred the lines between tasks that shops can automate independently from those that will require the support of an integrator. Here’s what shops should keep in mind to avoid a costly failed integration.
New Horizons with a New Horizontal Machining Center
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
A sudden surge in orders for a part used in COVID diagnostic equipment forced CBM Industries to quickly adapt to its first horizontal machining center, including the challenges of fixturing and lights-out machining.
Cutting Tool Technology Aids Lights-Out Machining Applications
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
These features can help improve cutting tool stability, standardize cutting performance and extend tool life, enabling shops to confidently run unattended shifts.
Trained in a Day, Automated Inspector Performs Faster than Humans
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Using recent technological innovations in robotics, optics, edge computing and artificial intelligence, MusashiAI has developed an automated visual inspection system that could free a significant portion of the automotive workforce to perform easier, more interesting tasks.
Eliminating Human Error with a Closed-Loop Boring Bar System
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Rigibore’s ActiveEdge boring bars and Zenith system automatically adjust based on in-process measurement data, reducing scrap and aiding in lights out machining.
Simplifying Job Shop Automation with Hand-Guided Robots
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
Easy to implement and flexible enough to handle a range of applications, hand-guided robots can help job shops automate high-mix, low-volume production.
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Multi-Pallet Machines Help Shop Produce Ventilator Components
Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop
NRL & Associates’ business plan relies on using multi-pallet machines for unattended machining, so when two of its customers increased production of ventilators, the shop quickly brought in a new multi-pallet machine and automation system to meet the demand.