Cutting tool shipments totaled $259.3 million in March, according to figures released by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI). The figure
Need to simulate airflow across an aircraft wing or understand how water will flow through a turbine? FEA software helps engineers determine how these and other complex systems will perform under
A multitasking machine is defined as a CNC lathe equipped with a machining center-style tool spindle, automatic tool changer (ATC), and external tool magazine. If you make high mix, low-volume
The traditional practice of bolting cutting tools, dies, and other types of tooling into a machine is time-consuming and error prone. Quick-change tooling allows an operator to replace the entire
If a machine tool cuts, bends, stamps, prints, or forms parts for nine hours out of a ten-hour shift, with no stopping to check tools, clear chips, or add material (and assuming all the parts are
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Because "cobots" are limited in force and speed, they are suitable for use in close proximity to humans and typically require little or no guarding. They are not, however, as
Just as robots can take the tedium out of machine tending, RPA can automate everyday business tasks like processing customer sales orders and product returns, responding to service requests,
Synonymous with 3D printing, additive manufacturing (AM) is when a computer-controlled machine deposits, cures, melts, sinters, welds, or glues discrete layers of metal, polymer, and other
Instead of making more parts than are needed and sticking them on the shelf in hopes of selling them later, manufacturers have found they can improve cash flow and avoid