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Top Shops

Registration Opens for 2025 Top Shops Conference

Unlock benchmarking insights, shop secrets, and a behind-the-scenes NASCAR tour, only at this year’s Top Shops Conference.

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Automation

Blum-Novotest Competence Center Supports Lights-Out Automation

Blum-Novotest recently opened its new Competence Center in Erlanger, Kentucky. Inside, the company plans to run a training and technology hub for the U.S. market — especially supporting the growth of lights-out automation. Find out how below.

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SolidCAM iMachining and Technology Wizard: Faster Machining and Longer Tool Life

Smarter toolpaths to tackle modern machining challenges.  

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10 Robotic Solutions You Can Find at IMTS 2026

Discover how today’s robots and cobots are making it easier than ever to automate tasks, free up skilled workers, and run machines unattended – even in small and midsized shops.  

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Grinding

Is AI Ready to Tackle High-Mix Grinding? Interview with GrayMatter Robotics Co-Founder

GrayMatter Robotics co-founder Satyandra Kumar Gupta explains how the company’s AI-powered Scan&Grind system tackles weld blending, surface finishing and gate removal on metal parts — and why embodied intelligence is key to automating grinding in high-mix environments.

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Automation

Can Cooperation Out-Compete Competition?

Spearheaded by Rego-Fix, the Center for Machining Excellence gives OEMs the chance to cooperate and provide a more comprehensive service to their customers, and it gives machine tool users the chance to look at all the component elements that go into a machining cell.

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AI Creates CAD Files From Scan Data

While 3D visual scanners are useful, converting a visual scan to a usable CAD file can be a time-consuming process. With generative AI, it may be much simpler and faster.

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Five-Axis

Pallets Provoke a State of Flow

Can a machine shop achieve the effortless action of musicians lost in their craft? Continental Machining Company’s president thinks so, and he's proving that manufacturing flow is more than just moving material.

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Preserve the Craft of Manufacturing as Technology Advances

As the industry continues to move toward a digital future, be sure to reinforce the core fundamentals right alongside it.

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Automation

Video Interview: Programming Faster and Winning Jobs with AI CAM Software

Part programming can become a bottleneck, one that only gets longer as part complexity increases. MSP has cut down this bottleneck through AI-powered CAM software. Get the details inside.

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Measurement

Mastering Large ID and OD Measurements

Measuring large IDs and ODs boils down to selecting the right tool for the application.

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World Machine Tool Report 2024: Contractions in Domestic and Global Markets

All four categories of the World Machine Tool Report — production, imports, exports and consumption — fell globally and domestically in 2024. But it’s not all bad news.

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