August 2023 Issue

August 2023

Digital Edition

Process Control — Leveraging Machine Shop Connectivity in Real Time

Renishaw Central, the company’s new end-to-end process control software, offers a new methodology for producing families of parts through actionable data.

Features

Featured articles from the August 2023 issue of Modern Machine Shop

Measurement 28 Jul 2023

Rethink Quality Control to Increase Productivity, Decrease Scrap

Verifying parts is essential to documenting quality, and there are a few best practices that can make the quality control process more efficient.

economics 14 Jul 2023

Metalworking Activity Contracts With the Components in June

Components that contracted include new orders, backlog and production, landing on low values last seen at the start of 2023.

26 Jul 2023

How Summer Heat is Affecting Your Parts

All machines have thermal shift. Follow these tips to keep your tolerances tight even as shop temperatures flucatuate in the warmer months.

Measurement 31 Jul 2023

The Link Between CNC Process Control and Powertrain Warranties

Ever since inventing the touch-trigger probe in 1972, Sir David McMurtry and his company Renishaw have been focused on achieving process control over its own manufacturing operations. That journey has had sweeping consequences for manufacturing at large.

Measurement 28 Jun 2023

Combining Multiple Probes: A Recipe for Success

Combining measurement techniques enables a wide range of relational characteristics to be measured with just one or two sensors.

CNC & Machine Controls 30 Jun 2023

CNC-Related Features of Custom Macro

CNC-related features of custom macro are separated into two topics: system variables and user-defined G and M codes. This column explores both.

Additive Manufacturing 21 Jul 2023

5 Big Themes in Additive Manufacturing at Formnext Forum: Austin

Formnext Forum: Austin, a two-day event at the end of August focused on additive manufacturing for production, includes a conference exploring important ideas in AM related to supply chains, bridge production, enterprise transformation and more.

Automation 17 Jul 2023

Kicking RaaS with Robotics as a Service

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.

Turning Machines 24 Jul 2023

Inverting Turning and Five-Axis Milling at Famar

Automation is only the tip of the iceberg for Famar, which also provides multitasking options for its vertical lathes and horizontal five-axis machine tools.