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Hardware for High Metal Removal Rates
By: Peter Zelinski
Spindle power and shrink-fit toolholding are two assets this shop seeks to use to the extremes of their capabilities.
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In Hogout Machining, the CAD File Becomes Critical
By: Peter Zelinski
To serve customers by helping them bypass casting, this shop first needs a close-enough relationship with the customer that it can count on getting good CAD data. Here is why.
How Part Data Control Will Expand and Simplify the Supply Chain
By: Peter Zelinski
Digital rights management for manufactured part files will enable OEMs to enforce manufacturing requirements at a distance, as an alternative to in-person certification of suppliers.
What Does It Take to Succeed at Machining Hogouts?
By: Peter Zelinski
Beyond the machining capacity, other important factors relate to the people and the understanding of the process.
Automated Boring Head Delivers Lights-Out Control of Fine Hole Making
By: Peter Zelinski
An app to assist machinists in finish boring was the beginning. Now, servo control allows the app’s adjustments to be made automatically, allowing the process to run unattended.
Are U.S. Machine Shops Choosing to Stay Small for the Long Haul?
By: Peter Zelinski
Spending plans offer a clue to the new way shops plan to expand their output.
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The Link Between Gaging and Tool Cost Savings
By: Peter Zelinski
New software delivers the next step for Renishaw’s programmable gaging system: a mechanism for changing cutting tools when they are truly at the end of their life, not after an arbitrary number of pieces have been run.
EMO 2017 and the Rise of Invisible Innovation
By: Peter Zelinski
The trade show this year showcased a type of technology that is becoming increasingly difficult to display at trade shows.
How Dry Grinding Permits Coolant-Free Gear Making
By: Peter Zelinski
Grinding the external forms of automotive gears came to be the last step still needing coolant. This machine eliminates cutting fluid by combining gear grinding with dry skiving in the same cycle.
#gearproduction
Video: High Production Rate on VMCs Using Robotic Automation
By: Peter Zelinski
This “Twin Cell” system uses one robot to deliver work into the cell and another robot to load both of the machines. The choice to remove machine doors enables faster load/unload time between machining cycles.
The Drug Testing Dilemma
By: Peter Zelinski
Even if attitudes are shifting toward greater tolerance of drug use, manufacturing employers see little choice but to keep up their screening.
#workforcedevelopment #zaxis
“Top Shops” Human Resources Honoree Offers Two Creative Tips for Employee Prospecting
By: Peter Zelinski
Go to where you might discover the candidates who could turn into strong players in your shop. You have to plant seeds, the shop owner says.
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