Industries
How to Turn Machine Shop Downtime Into Process Expertise
To take advantage of a lull in business, JR Machine devised a week-long cutting tool event that elevated the shop’s capabilities with aerospace alloys.
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Tool and Die Shop Discovers New Opportunities With First CNC Machine
In a shop that stamps millions of parts per year, the arrival of a CNC machining center is opening new pathways for production and business.
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Hexagon Acquires TST Tooling Software Technology
Hexagon acquires TST Tooling Software Technology, a distributor of VISI, Hexagon’s CAD/CAM software for the mold and die sector, and PEPS CAM software.
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When Organic Growth in Your Machine Shop Isn’t Enough
Princeton Tool wanted to expand its portfolio, increase its West Coast presence, and become a stronger overall supplier. To accomplish all three goals at once, acquiring another machine shop became its best option.
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The Strategic Value of Machine Tool Flexibility
This aerospace and defense supplier has a strategy to take advantage of the flexibility in its newest and largest five-axis gantry-type machining center.
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Toolpath-Level Machine Monitoring Improves Aerospace OEE
Machine monitoring software that records historical efficiency to the toolpath level helped aerospace manufacturer Leesta improve its OEE by ten points.
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Beyond the Machines: How Quality Control Software Is Automating Measurement & Inspection
A high-precision shop producing medical and aerospace parts was about to lose its quality management system. When it found a replacement, it also found a partner that helped the shop bring a new level of automation to its inspection process.
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Digital Twins Give CNC Machining a Head Start
Model-based manufacturing and the digital thread enable Sikorsky to reduce lead times by machining helicopter components before designs are finalized.
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Sandvik Coromant on Acquisitions: Solutions Entail More Than the Tool
A Q&A with global president Helen Blomqvist explores the cutting tool maker’s acquisition of CAM software companies and how this connects to, among other things, electric vehicles.
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Stars Slowly Align for Small Shop Merger
RPM Tool’s seemingly overnight expansion from a five-person machine shop to an almost 30-employee production business involved over a year and a half of planning.
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