Automation

Automation

Bringing Automation to a Job Shop

A father-daughter team hopes to see big gains from the combination of a new HMC and a pallet-handling system to be installed later this year.

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Automation

Old Machines Are Also Automation Candidates: 40-Year-Old Machine Adapted into Unattended System

Integrating an automatic positioner with a formerly manual jig borer brings increased efficiency to secondary operations.

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Turning Tools

Hot Temperatures (and Technologies) at Eastec 2017

Eastec’s peculiar Massachusetts venue offered the chance to sample a broad variety of advanced manufacturing technologies. Here is a slideshow and some impressions from the trade show.

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Automation

Making Connections at Innovation Days

Among other highlights, this year’s iteration of DMG MORI’s annual open house event showcased the company’s latest efforts to connect traditionally disparate machining operations, both in the physical sense and the virtual sense.

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Automation

Robotiq Offers Free Preprogrammed Robot Templates

The company expects to release a new free template every week.

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Automation

Robotics Orders, Shipments Soar in North America

Robotics orders and shipments saw great increases in the first quarter of 2017, notably in welding, automotive components and metals applications.

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Automation

Entry-Level Option for Machine Automation

This new modular handling system for Hermle machine tools is designed for shops that don’t necessarily need a complex and expensive robotic system, and it converts stand-alone machines into flexible manufacturing cells.

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Methods Machine Tools Announces New President

Jerry Rex, formerly the company’s COO, was picked to replace Bryon Deysher as president of the firm.

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Cutting Tools

Manufacturing News of Note: May 2017

AME opens an engineering training department, Kapp Niles launches a new metrology business and more industry news.

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Automation

Automation Advances at FANUC 2017 Private Show

Updates unveiled at the company’s annual event promote higher-volume production, easier programming and better monitoring capability across product lines.

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