Best Kept Secrets for Integrated Robotic and Machine Tool Automation

Tue, Feb 21, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

From FANUC FA America
In today’s competitive manufacturing environment, it is necessary to look at all options to enhance the productivity of your manufacturing processes. While optimizing your machine tool is a great step toward this goal, there are additional opportunities past the machine tool one needs to consider to streamline your processes. Adding robotic automation to your manufacturing process could be a simple, cost effective solution to greatly enhance your productivity. This webinar will focus on the addition of robotic automation and how adding a robot to your processes is easier than ever before.

Accuracy From the Very First Part

Wed, Mar 21, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

From Heidenhain Corp.
Thermal effects generated by internal heat sources or environmental changes limit a machine tool’s repeatability and, as a consequence, the accuracy of the parts being produced. Over a typical production run during batch production, deviations between parts can manifest creating unacceptable parts. With the proper implementation of direct position measurement feedback systems, on linear and angular axes, most thermal errors in the position loop can be eliminated.

Today’s Modern Machine Shop – How to Increase Throughput, Minimize Waste, and Reduce Cost

Thu, Apr 19, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

From TCI Precision Metals
This Webinar will discuss processes and material sourcing designed to help shops be more competitive and profitable. Through practical application, participants in this Webinar will gain the knowledge and tools to effectively increase throughput while reducing waste and overall costs. Primary topics (what the registrant will learn): • Learn how to increase throughput by up to 25% • Reduce overall cost per part by up to 15% • Save up to 20% in time on each part • Reduce waste and associated cost.

Incoming Inspections: Best Practices for Creating Efficiencies

From FARO Technologies Inc.
When you order manufactured parts from suppliers, how do you verify that they are to spec upon arrival? Have you ever begun assembly on the final product using these parts only to discover they were incorrect? Having a proper incoming inspection process minimizes the impact of inaccurate parts. This webinar will explore the incoming inspection process including various inspection methods, workflows, and potential obstacles. You will be introduced to an advanced method that allows you to quickly and easily discover discrepancies when supplier parts arrive, which can result in eliminating costly scrap and rework.

CAD Got You Down?

From SpaceClaim, Corporation
Imagine a CAD tool that can read parts from any CAD system, fixes dirty geometry, and won’t cost you a penny for training. Okay, you can stop laughing now. Actually, it does exist, and it’s called SpaceClaim. It’s a new CAD tool that’s becoming a lot of machine shops’ secret weapon. We’re doing a webinar on it that will quickly show: How to repair problematic geometry and create tool path-ready models Creating fixtures in hours instead of days Adjust rounds, drafts and wall thicknesses on parts, regardless of origin Open, edit, and derive parts from any CAD data from any customer Quote faster and take more business We hope you can find a few minutes to take a look. We’ll keep it snappy and won’t waste your time.

Best Kept Secrets to Achieve Smooth, Fast and Accurate Machining

From FANUC FA America
The latest advanced control features for high speed machining and single step processing of your critical parts will be covered in this webinar. Enhanced control features to be discussed include those that improve surface finish, reduce cycle time, and simplify programming and program management. The focus will be on enhanced control operability for milling. FANUC technology to be covered includes: AICC, AICC II, High Speed Processing, Extended Block Look Ahead, NANO Smoothing, NANO Smoothing 2, High Speed Smooth TCP, Machining Condition Selecting Function and Quality Level Adjustment.

Today’s Modern Machine Shop – How to Increase Throughput, Minimize Waste, and Reduce Cost

From TCI Precision Metals
This Webinar will discuss processes and material sourcing designed to help shops be more competitive and profitable. Through practical application, participants in this Webinar will gain the knowledge and tools to effectively increase throughput while reducing waste and overall costs. Primary topics (what the registrant will learn): • Learn how to increase throughput by up to 25% • Reduce overall cost per part by up to 15% • Save up to 20% in time on each part • Reduce waste and associated cost

Reduce NC Programming Time by more than 25%

From Cimatron Limited
Quicker programming, more efficient machining, and a bulletproof tool path With CimatronE NC Tailored specifically to a toolmaker’s needs, CimatronE features the most advanced milling and drilling strategies and capabilities from 2.5 Axis to 5-Axis, making it the NC application of choice for thousands of tool shops worldwide. The CimatronE NC Advantage • Toolpath efficiency allows you to deliver tools faster • Optimized machining strategies ensure superior surface quality • Accurate simulation guarantees error-free production • Tight CAD/CAM integration enables smooth transition from design to the shop floor

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Managing a Comprehensive Total Quality Management System for a 21st Job Shop Quality - It's No Longer a Differentiator, It's a given

From Exact JobBOSS
Are you challenged today with a quality management system that falls short and even costs you additional overhead? Is your shop looking to become quality certified, but you are concerned about how much it will cost? Total Quality Management (TQM) for your shop is not just a differentiator; it is a must to be successful in today’s manufacturing environment. Attend this webinar to learn how small and mid-sized shops have met the challenge of implementing a quality management system, that in the end saved their companies money, adding that direct savings to their bottom line

Higher Profits From Complex-Parts Or High-Volume Part Production

From Gibbs and Associates
The use of multi-task machines offers various benefits, including the reduction of set-ups, an increase in precision and accuracy, and considerably higher throughput, all of which result in higher profits for the production shop. MTM, however, does present challenges, ranging from the selection of machine configuration, to matching parts to machine, to programming the parts, and synchronizing turrets and spindles for safety and maximum efficiency. This webinar will expose attendees to these topics, through discussion of machine configurations and benefits, and demonstration of part programming, toolpath verification and machine-tool simulation.

Best Kept Secrets on a Practical Approach to Optimize Your Machine Webinar

Software-based Productivity Tools for Manufacturing Efficiency and Profitability

From MAG Industrial Automation Systems
Empower your team with the real time plant floor knowledge needed to make intelligent decisions, quickly identify inefficiencies & bottlenecks, and streamline processes to minimize costs and maximize profitability. Learn how to leverage software based productivity tools from the MAG Delta 4 group to create transparency across your enterprise. The Freedom eWARE™ Suite collects relevant data from any industrial asset 24 hours a day, and converts it into insightful information through a series of Web Based Reporting Tools.

Best kept secrets of cost savings through CNC innovation

From FANUC FA America
When purchasing new equipment, it is easy to fall into the trap of focusing on the one-time acquisition cost while not fully appreciating all of the reoccurring costs to run and maintain this equipment. In today’s just-in-time manufacturing environment, equipment availability, reliability and productivity are true cost factors as are the more traditional energy, operation and maintenance costs. In this webinar we will discuss how CNC innovation can deliver the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for production equipment. Attendees will receive a whitepaper providing more details on CNC cost savings to use in new equipment ROI analysis. For more information or to register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/491499832

Best Practices for Integrated Machine Safety

From Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
Recent innovations in machine safety are capable of providing an improved level of personnel protection. New practices and benchmarks in motion control safety for machine tools are making their way into every corner of modern day manufacturing. This presentation will provide an overview of best practices in the area of motion safety for machine tools. Attendees will gain an insight into the importance of machine safety in manufacturing and how to overcome and understand the basics of compliance challenges

Improving Productivity With Rapid Machine Shop Inspection

Radio Flyer - Bringing Joy to Every Boy and Girl with the Help of 3D Printing

From Objet Geometries, Inc.
Almost everyone owned a bright red Radio Flyer wagon as a kid and we can all remember the playful times made possible by Radio Flyer’s mission of “bring joy to every boy and every girl.” Today Radio Flyer touches the hearts of children worldwide with even greater choices of wagon, scooters. Trikes and Ride-ons designed with new technologies like 3D Printing. Tom Schlegel Vice President of Product Development for Radio Flyer will discuss how his team leverages rapid prototyping to bring better products to market faster. Tom will also discuss the benefits Radio Flyer experienced by bringing the technology in house versus outsourcing for 3D models. Tom will be joined by Neil Ranney, Manager of Products and Applications from Objet who will detail some of the application uses and techniques commonly used by product development teams utilizing 3D printer technology.

Advantages of an Integrated NC Programming and Simulation Strategy

From Dassault Systèmes
A MUST ATTEND for all NC Programmers and especially if you are a current V5 CATIA NC user! This webinar will introduce the latest advancements in Dassault Systemes’ (DS) V6 Machining programming and simulation tools. We will discuss and understand the fundamentals of the DS V6 platform and then lead our way into a V6 machining demonstration that showcases the advantages of an integrated programming and simulation environment that can reduce your lead time for programming a machine. We will look at the traditional NC methodologies in practice and discuss how an integrated DS V6 environment can benefit your machining processes. Also included will be discussions and demonstrations on the management of all deliverables within the NC Programming lifecycle.

Benefits of SaaS ERP for Job Shops & Small Manufacturers

From Epicor Software Corporation
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has quickly become a compelling and credible delivery model for business applications. SaaS, also referred to as “On-Demand” or “Cloud Computing”, eliminates many of the barriers that keep companies from implementing or upgrading their software. More importantly it enables them to focus on their core business operations instead of managing IT. This webinar will feature Chirch Manufacturing who will share why they elected to deploy a SaaS ERP solution, as well as cover the financial, implementation and operational benefits of the model.

New CAM Software Makes the Most of Mill-Turn Machines

From ESPRIT by DP Technology
Learn how to take full advantage of your mill-turn machines by utilizing the technology available in today’s CAM software. Spend more time making chips and less time with mouse clicks with software designed specifically for the latest generation of multi-tasking, multi-function, mill-turn machine tools, and understand how professional-grade technical support keeps your machine running at its full potential.

Best Practices for Five-Axis Machining in Job Shops

From Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
Five-axis machining is the most demanding type of cutting technology. It must meet the highest requirements including precision and surface quality while machining in the least amount of time. This presentation will provide an overview of best practices in five-axis CNC machining and examples of how it is used on the shopfloor. Attendees will learn ways to make five-axis machining easier. Optimized five-axis functions, maximizing control over quality at the machine, and optimum performance throughout the entire CAD/CAM/CNC process chain will also be discussed.

Reactive, Preventative and Predictive Machine Maintenance Strategies

From Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
This webinar will provide an overview of best practice strategies in the various methods of CNC machine tool maintenance and the cost impact of these strategies. We will review and discuss traditional reactive maintenance, preventative maintenance functions integrated in a CNC, and predictive maintenance strategies using the power of today's modern CNC systems, and discuss how these strategies can be used to improve productivity in CNC applications.

Machine Tool Simulation for the 21st Century

From Siemens PLM Software
This free, one-hour session will explain ways you can save time (and money) with simulation by looking at the features of Siemens Machine Tool Support Kits. These Support Kits include 3D machine tool models with full kinematics with corresponding limits of travel, customized multichannel post processors, customized simulation drivers, sample programs, programming templates, and currently cover a range of popular machines.

CAM Software and Your Profitability

From Gibbs and Associates
There are times when CNC machine shops must decide whether to replace or upgrade their CAM system. These shops can use traditional selection methods of letting programmers pick their favorite CAM brand or going with their favorite CAM salesman’s recommendation. However, CAM software has grown beyond being a personal productivity tool—it impacts shop profitability on a number of levels. It has the potential to reduce costs far beyond simply reducing part programming time. Gibbs & Associates will cover these and other topics as it and Modern Machine Shop host this webinar on CAM software and profitability.

Reducing the Cost of Innovation Design through Reuse and Adaptation

From Siemens PLM Software
According to a recent Aberdeen Group survey, 46 percent of companies are pursuing the ability to act better to create, capture and re-use product knowledge as a way to increase product revenue while controlling costs. Companies that have taken this approach have realized significant economic benefits and competitive advantage in global markets by improving quality, speeding time-to-market and becoming more cost-competitive. This webinar will discuss and demonstrate how to address the following reuse challenges:

• Ability to find existing data
• Ability to make ad hoc changes to existing data
• Ability to develop and design reusable parts and templates
• Ability to adapt geometry for efficient and seamless use by downstream processes

Access Business Group Leverages 3D Printing For Quick-Turn Injection Molding Tools

From Objet Geometries, Inc.
Randy Betz of Access Business Group and Neil Ranney of Objet Geometries discuss how Access Business Group is using 3D printing technology to deliver high-quality, functional product prototypes for their customers to fully evaluate and test. This enables customers to greatly reduce upfront tooling costs and post-production costs for engineering changes, while increasing the satisfaction with their product.

Tool Shop Optimization Case Studies: Survival of the Quickest

From Cimatron Limited
It might seem a paradox, but as the economy slows down, it’s the quickest that survive and position themselves for future growth. Join us for this web seminar and learn first hand how winning mold and die makers are able to use their speed to produce high quality tools at lower cost, respond to customer schedules and last-minute changes, be more aggressive in their quoting (and produce quotes quicker) and better position their businesses to withstand the pressure of overseas competition.