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HIGHLY RELIABLE, HIGH PERFORMANCE CNC PROVIDES EXCELLENT COST TO PERFORMANCE RATIO
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms offers the 0i-D series, the latest in its line of high performance CNC systems. This CNC is the latest generation in the highly successful 0i family and provides customers with an excellent cost to performance ratio.
THE ULTIMATE CONTROL FOR TOOLROOM AND SMALL LOT WORK
Southwestern Industries offers the ProtoTRAK CNC, the ultimate control for toolroom and small lot work. The ProtoTRAK CNC enables skilled machinists who work in small quantities to transition freely between manual and CNC operation.
KRC Machine Tool Services Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
KRC Machine Tool Services (Independence, KY) marks its 20th Anniversary this year. According to Scott Ashworth, company president, the initial vision 20 years ago (shared by partners/co-founders Tom Luzak, Bob Molnar and Jimmy Trusty) was to create a world class…
Michigan Machining Tool Company Invents New Pneumatic Tool for Snowmobile Industry
Morgan Machining (Auburn Hills, MI) has announced its invention of the Jack Track Clip Tool. This patented new tool is used for applying clips to snowmobile tracks quicker and more cost effectively. Current track clip tools are manual and very…
The Association For Manufacturing Technology Announces Organizational Changes
The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT, McLean, VA) has announced organizational changes targeted at better meeting member needs. Effective immediately, all communications functions will be consolidated under Vice President ? Exhibitions and Communications Peter Eelman. New member recruitment will be…
CONTROLLING MACHINE VIBRATION
Kyndall Brown facilitates a three-part series on how machine controls and structural design are used to damp vibration in machine tools begins by comparing box ways vs. linear guides.
IN THE LOOP: CATCHER IN THE RYE
To achieve a high degree of safety while increasing productivity, this new safety device from Advanced Machine & Engineering secures platens under suspended load on stamping presses.
DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO
A crumbling economy … over two million taxpayers out of work … millions more have lost their homes … demand for CEOs to work for free … let’s give ourselves a raise! Commentary from Mike Riley.
THE DEMISE OF DETRIOT'S BIG THREE
David Dixon of of Technical Change Associates, Inc. reveals how the threatened collapse of America’s automotive industry actually offers some unique insight into the imperative for adopting Lean business practices.
IN THE LOOP: VALUE ADDED
Need to complete more welds per day and improve efficiency? John Glessman of Swagelok explains how orbital welding is increasing in value because it delivers highly repeatable, consistent and quality welds easier than ever before.
IN THE LOOP: TRUE TO FORM
In the ultra-competitive rollforming market, exact geometry placement within each roll is an absolute must or the design will never work. This places greater pressure on being able to quickly achieve tighter surface grinding tolerances on the tooling. Kyndall Brown asks, “What’s the answer?”
IN THE LOOP: SUNDAY DRIVER
Mary Storms of Laser Design/GKS Inspection Services explains how high-speed laser scanning technology lowered the cost of redesigning this square-headed driver’s complex shape and surface textures.
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