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FANUC Named Top Global Innovator
This is the fourth consecutive year that Forbes has recognized the company.
Next Generation Grinding Technology
Take a look at how this gear specialist and machine shop used new Swiss grinding technology with an advanced CNC to cut their cycle time on one gear from 40 minutes down to six minutes.
Making a List, Checking It Twice
Returning your machine or a program to its original condition can now be as simple as saying “big data.”
Bosch Rexroth Donates to Children
The factory automation supplier donated $5,000 to terminally ill or chronically disabled children.
3D, Robots, Big Data and a Few Memories
Looking back at IMTS 2014, we all got a peek into the future of additive manufacturing and process chains, plus a few exciting concepts that are going to find their way into the operation of your shop very soon.
Choice Career College Becomes FANUC Certified
The computerized manufacturing diploma program focuses on English, mathematics, blueprint reading, machine processes, measuring (GD&T), CNC setup, programming, operations and G-code applications.
A New Realm of 5-Axis Machining and Multitasking
Smooth Technology from Mazak is a complete process performance platform that spans the entire part-production landscape from programming and setup to metal removal operations to automation to monitoring/data collection and transfer.
Milling Control Offers Optional Turning Functions
The TNC 640 milling machine control from Heidenhain allows the operator to transition from milling to turning cycles in the same program.
Gear Hobbers and Control Migration
This is the story of how Bourn & Koch upgraded its older gear hobbers to advanced CNC systems to machine large bull and cluster gears, worms, shafts, splines and pinions for the defense and aerospace, oil/gas drilling, mining, heavy equipment and power generation industries.
Producing Turbine Blades with the Highest Precision
This shop shows how to strike an ideal balance between the powerful roughing and ultra-precise finishing that is required to make turbine blades by building a five-axis turn-mill center that combines robust machine construction with high-quality drive and control engineering.
Going in Forward and Reverse
The entire machining process chain can now be run in art-to-part simulation, with feedback and corrections made from end-to-end.
Advanced DNC for Multiple CNC Machine Tools
FactoryWiz DNC from Refresh Your Memory provides full simultaneous communication and full machine event/monitoring on every machine tool, with powerful remote-request and email capabilities from the machine control panel, mobile devices and more.
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