Haas Automation provides worldclass CNC machine tool sales,
service and support.(TOOLING & PRODUCTION: Literature
Marketplace)
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Haas Automation is the largest unit-volume builder of CNC machine
tools in the western world and the largest dollar-volume builder in
North America. All Haas products are . . .
All about ESPRIT.(TOOLING & PRODUCTION: Literature
Marketplace)
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ESPRIT is a high-performance computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
system for a full range of machine tool applications. ESPRIT delivers
powerful full-spectrum programming for . . .
Four-spindle technology drives lathe including pallet changer
duties.(product spotlight)
Editor's note: An incorrect version of this article was
published in the August Tooling & Production IMTS preview issue. The
following is the corrected version:
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Kitako's . . .
Pocket-sized USB datalogger.(product spotlight)
Providing both a USB output for data readout and an onboard numeric
LCD for real-time monitoring, the OM-Microlite portable data logger from
Omega Engineering records temperature over time for . . .
Face mills take hybrid approach.(product spotlight)
The SP6H/SP6N series of S-Max high-feed face mills combines robust
edge strength and high-feed capability, providing a hybrid approach to
metalcutting applications.
The high-feed rate is made . . .
Machine tool CNC minimizes energy use.(product spotlight)
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Cincinnati's Infimatic Freedom NC 200 machine tool CNC
features disk-less flash memory, fan-less cooling, wire-free
surface-mount board construction and nearly eliminates . . .
Bridge type machining center.(product spotlight)
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published in the August Tooling & Production IMTS preview issue. The
following is the corrected version:
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The . . .
New insert grades.(product spotlight)
Editor's note: An incorrect version of this article was
published in the August Tooling & Production IMTS preview issue. The
following is the corrected version:
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Featuring . . .
Apprenticeships redux: old tradition is way to new competitive
workforce.(shop talk)
With stories in the national news and industrial publications
lamenting the staffing problems in manufacturing, maybe it's time
to revisit the apprentice. Not the Donald Trump version where . . .
Webinars and DIY: industry websites serve up self-directed
offerings.(metalworking webified)
When technology and innovation impact our lives, it's a safe
bet that the metalworking industry played a role. Metalworking
technologies have been essential to the development of thousands . . .
Measuring the Big Kiss: using equipment effectively is key to
speeding up vehicle production.(QM: Enterprise Metrology Sleuth)
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You said it's a what?" shouted the Sleuth incredulously
into his speakerphone.
"A CCISS, which stands for counter counterinsurgency
surveillance system. But we just call . . .
Seven quality tools can help supervisors roll a winner.(managing
for tomorrow)
Think of dice ... consider the probability of rolling a 7. You have
six possible combinations: 1 and 6, 2 and 5, 3 and 4, 4 and 3, 5 and 2,
6 and 1. So the probability is 6/36, or 16.7 percent, . . .
No more trial and error: CAD-embedded CFD helps save months in
automotive valve design.(simulation software)
Ventrex Automotive GmbH, of Graz, Austria, saved four months in the
design of an automotive valve by taking advantage of Flomeric's
EFD.V5 for Dassault Systemes CATIA V5-embedded computational . . .
Hunting down the right CMM: locomotive manufacturer decides to
eliminate outsourcing costs.(cmm)
Despite a recent change in ownership, Electro-Motive and its
associates have always been a model of stability. But the change gave
the company's assembly plants in London, Ontario, and La Grange . . .
Faster cycle times produce cost savings: multiple,
interconnecting machining centers can bring results.(rotary transfer
machinin
For years, transfer lines and special part-specific machine
concepts have been the process capabilities of choice and the low-cost
solutions for high-volume machining. Today, manufacturers must . . .
Putting on a new spin: system produces cycle three times shorter
than competitor.(rotary transfer machining)
When a family-run manufacturing business produces more than 30
million parts a year for heavyweight companies including Bosch, Siemens,
and Varga, it's a tall order to continually achieve clean . . .
Rebuilds may make sense: when money's tight, buying new
equipment isn't the only option.(machine solutions)
Rebuild or buy new? It's a question that grows all the more
difficult to answer when production requirements change or new part
types are introduced into the workplace environment. As more and . . .
Possibilities abound with fused deposition modeling: BMW plant
uses technology to build tools for assembly, testing.(FDM)
Like many other manufacturers, BMW makes use of rapid prototyping
to develop products--and at the BMW AG plant in Regensburg, Germany, FDM
(fused deposition modeling) continues to be an important . . .
Let's be direct: system brings speed and accuracy to cut
cycle time by 30 percent.(turning solutions)
It was in the early 1990s when Langlois decided to set up a shop to
specialize in close tolerance aerospace parts. A friend from
Pennsylvania, Henry Nelson, recommended that he consider . . .
Is it truly international? U.S. manufacturing's status is
reflected in IMTS booths.(straight talk)
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The world of metalworking manufacturing has been changing
tremendously. Globalization has greatly diminished the United
States' standing as the world's manufacturing . . .
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