Evan Doran

Evan Doran Associate Editor

Five-Axis

Building Machines and Apprenticeships In-House: 5-Axis Live

Universal machines were the main draw of Grob’s 5-Axis Live — though the company’s apprenticeship and support proved equally impressive.

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Same Headcount, Double the Sales: Successful Job Shop Automation

Doubling sales requires more than just robots. Pro Products’ staff works in tandem with robots, performing inspection and other value-added activities.

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Automation

Pay Attention to These 7 Themes at TASC

Looking to automate your shop floor? The Automated Shop Conference (TASC) will connect shops with experts who can advise them through this transition. 

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Automation

Shop Doubles Sales with High-Mix, Low-Volume Automation

Robots with adaptive grippers have opened entire shifts of capacity to high-mix, low-volume shop Précinov, doubling its sales.

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Automation

Inside the Premium Machine Shop Making Fasteners

AMPG can’t help but take risks — its management doesn’t know how to run machines. But these risks have enabled it to become a runaway success in its market.

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Five-Axis

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.

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Horizontal High-Speed Machining Saves Hundreds of Work Hours

High-speed machining is the latest change at Blair-HSM South, helping this once old-fashioned shop improve productivity and morale while enabling new work.

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Shop Quotes Smarter, Works Harder with Machine Monitoring

Temco first installed MT-LINKi to optimize quoting. Now, the software helps the shop optimize its machines — and machine purchases.

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Workholding

Using Jaws as Grippers Enables Flexible, Low-Cost Automation

VersaBuilt’s automation systems significantly boosted Innovative Fabrication’s revenue. In return, the shop has helped VersaBuilt optimize its products.

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Medical

EDM, Laser Micromachining and More at GF Medical Demo Center

At GF’s Medical Center of Competence, the company shows off EDM and laser features that could make a large impact on medical manufacturing — and elsewhere.

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Automation and Process Simplification Define Eastec 2023

Manufacturing technology at this year’s Eastec met the market with tools to streamline operations and assist machinists in achieving greater productivity.

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Automation

Translating a Prototyping Mindset to Production

The experimental mindset that benefited BDE Manufacturing Technologies as a prototype job shop has given it an adaptable edge as a production facility.

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