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CNC Axis Sharing Innovation
NUM has developed an innovative new CNC axis sharing facility that enables designers to create machine tools of unprecedented versatility and productivity.
Control Offers More to Milling
The Acu-Rite MILLPWRG2 control from Heidenhain is today’s easiest-to-operate CNC for vertical knee and bed mills, and
is now available with an optional AMIG2 console.
New Applications for Machine Tool CNC IT-Integration Software
Siemens adds new applications to its Sinumerik Integrate software suite for networking machine tools with production-level IT systems.
Control Units for Safer Machine Tool Operation
Omron Automation and Safety has expanded its family of Safety Controllers with a stand-alone version of the NX-series Safety Controllers.
All Over the Mapp
The next step in the Internet of Things is here. These robots and the machine tools they tend can use a single controller for automated interaction instead of separate units operated by different kinds of software that must communicate through a fieldbus. Now the same control system can manage both the machines and the robots of an automated plant.
FANUC America Offers Online CNC Training
This education system teaches users to be proficient in programming machining centers, turning centers and parametrics.
Standardized Machine Tool Controls Improve Production of Very Large Parts
This busy shop uses a common CNC platform to address the challenges of machining large parts and one-off runs for power generation equipment.
Guitar Hero
How CNC machining takes center stage in high-quality guitar craftsmanship.
Okuma America Adds Controls Specialist
Brad Klippstein is responsible for training customers and distributors on the PC-based, open architecture THINC®-OSP CNC control.
Turning Powdered Metal Into Profit
Check out how this Ohio machine shop mastered the machining of very high quantities of powdered metal automotive components that cause excessive tool wear and require constant offset adjustments.
Sealed Computer Keyboard for Machine Shops
The Really O’Cool oil-resistant keyboard from Man & Machine is tough enough to stand up in heavy-duty metal fabrication environments where oils, dirt or water is a problem.
Smallest High Power Servo Drive on the Market
The Gold Twitter from Elmo offers advanced servo capabilities and support for EtherCAT and CANopen fieldbus communication standards used in industrial applications.
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