Parts and Programs: Setup for Success
By: John Miller
Tips for program and work setups that can simplify adjustments and troubleshooting.
TTI Brings Specialty Gear Production In-House with Multiaxis Machining
By: Nathaniel Fields
By bringing gear production in-house, this manufacturer turned a four- to ten-week lead time into a one- to two-week lead time.
Solve Worker Shortages With ACE Workforce Development
By: Tony Schmitz
The America’s Cutting Edge (ACE) program is addressing the current shortage in trained and available workers by offering no-cost online and in-person training opportunities in CNC machining and metrology.
#workforcedevelopment
Lights Out Machining With An Automated 5-Axis Cell
Legacy Precision Molds takes us on a tour of their moldbuilding facility. They've recently implemented two automated 5-axis cells for metal and graphite machining that run lights out during nights and weekends.
#videoVFMS
Joint Ribbon Cutting at Fagor, Danobat Showrooms
By: Eli Plaskett
Danobat and Fagor co-hosted an inaugural event for their co-located facilities in the Chicago area.
How to Choose the Correct Fixed-Body Plug Gaging Solution
By: George Schuetz
The two types of fixed-body plug gages are both accurate, fast and easy to use. Consider these factors when selecting one for your gaging application.
#Basics #qualitygagingtips
Inside the Premium Machine Shop Making Fasteners
By: Evan Doran
AMPG can’t help but take risks — its management doesn’t know how to run machines. But these risks have enabled it to become a runaway success in its market.
Tips for Designing CNC Programs That Help Operators
By: Mike Lynch
The way a G-code program is formatted directly affects the productivity of the CNC people who use them. Design CNC programs that make CNC setup people and operators’ jobs easier.
#cnctechtalk
Metalworking Activity Stayed Consistent in July
By: Jan Schafer
Metalworking activity hung together better in July, with all but one GBI component contracting.
#economics
Process Control — Leveraging Machine Shop Connectivity in Real Time
By: Brent Donaldson
Renishaw Central, the company’s new end-to-end process control software, offers a new methodology for producing families of parts through actionable data.
From Tradition to Transformation: Century-Old Manual Machine Shop Adds CNCs
By: Nathaniel Fields
After 122 years of working with manual mills and lathes, this fifth-generation shop acquired assets of a local CNC machining business and hired the owner. Here’s how it’s going a year later.
Electronic Bore Gage Automates Bore Data Acquisition
By: Nathaniel Fields
This new portable gage provides precision measurement and verification of custom parts with integrated data collection.
The Link Between CNC Process Control and Powertrain Warranties
By: Brent Donaldson
Ever since inventing the touch-trigger probe in 1972, Sir David McMurtry and his company Renishaw have been focused on achieving process control over its own manufacturing operations. That journey has had sweeping consequences for manufacturing at large.
#thesetup
Rethink Quality Control to Increase Productivity, Decrease Scrap
By: Udo Jahn
Verifying parts is essential to documenting quality, and there are a few best practices that can make the quality control process more efficient.
#Basics #viewfrommyshop
How Summer Heat is Affecting Your Parts
By: John Miller
All machines have thermal shift. Follow these tips to keep your tolerances tight even as shop temperatures flucatuate in the warmer months.
Inverting Turning and Five-Axis Milling at Famar
By: Evan Doran
Automation is only the tip of the iceberg for Famar, which also provides multitasking options for its vertical lathes and horizontal five-axis machine tools.
5 Big Themes in Additive Manufacturing at Formnext Forum: Austin
By: Peter Zelinski
Formnext Forum: Austin, a two-day event at the end of August focused on additive manufacturing for production, includes a conference exploring important ideas in AM related to supply chains, bridge production, enterprise transformation and more.
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