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From Tradition to Transformation: Century-Old Manual Machine Shop Adds CNCs
After 122 years of working with manual mills and lathes, this fifth-generation shop acquired assets of a local CNC machining business and hired the owner. Here’s how it’s going a year later.
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Electronic Bore Gage Automates Bore Data Acquisition
This new portable gage provides precision measurement and verification of custom parts with integrated data collection.
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Becoming a More Efficient Shop With the Right Processes and Software
After refining its machining processes for more efficient production, this shop still needed a better way to track its data. Here's how it found a software solution.
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Investing in Automation, Five-Axis to Increase Production Capacity
To meet an increase in demand, this shop invested heavily in automation solutions and five-axis machines to ramp up its production capabilities.
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Reinventing a Precision Shop With a Data-Driven Mindset
When this machine shop lost 90% of its business within three months, a reinvention was in order. Here's how it survived after quickly falling on hard times.
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Machine Monitoring Boosts Aerospace Manufacturer's Utilization
Once it had a bird’s eye view of various data points across its shops, this aerospace manufacturer raised its utilization by 27% in nine months.
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Automation Solutions, Multitasking Machines Take Center Stage at Machine Fest 2023
Methods Machine Tools' Chicago-area Machine Fest saw over 15 live demos and more than 20 industry vendors over its two days, with a noticeable presence of automation solutions and multitasking machines.
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How Aneesa Muthana Found Her Own Path in Manufacturing
From working phones at 11 years old to reinventing her own business during a downturn, here's how Aneesa Muthana created her own path in manufacturing.
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Handling the Growth of an Adaptable Automation System
Implementing an adaptable automation system helped this shop stay on top of seasonal swings in demand. To effectively grow this system, it had to keep several considerations in mind.
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Top 10 Modern Machine Shop Articles of 2022
From offering tips and tricks to spotlighting unique machine shop setups, here are Modern Machine Shop’s top 10 articles of 2022.
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Manufacturer Automates Quality Control Gaging of Surgical Drills
By replacing manual micrometers with a robotic system, this contract manufacturer reduced manual labor and improved reliable data collection.
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Automating Material Handling Workflows With Autonomous Robots
Automation in a machine shop can boost throughput and productivity while easing the burden of the skilled labor shortage. Where do these self-guided mobile robots fit into the automation roadmap?
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