Rapid ascent
Small shop becomes a big aerospace manufacturer -- with a little help from its friends.
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Mind your modules
Modular automation increases productivity and flexibility at a lower price point than custom solutions.
Smooth roughing
Software for high-efficiency roughing makes moldmaking faster, more efficient.
Choosing wire EDM workholders
There comes a time when some chipmaking shops add wire EDMing to their repertoire. This is often done to reduce costs, because bringing what were once subcontracted, secondary EDMing operations in-house often makes good financial and logistical sense.
Creating visibility with the cloud
Most manufacturers have made great strides in optimizing operations. Many have even standardized multiple facilities with the same on-premise software to create consistency across the enterprise. However, no matter how many procedures are put in place, each plant has its own idiosyncrasies, making it nearly impossible for systems to communicate with each other.
Wave control
New metamaterials that 'bend' acoustic and elastic waves.
Teflon on steroids
The creation of superhydrophobic metals using femtosecond lasers.
Fixing linear positioning errors
In a typical machine-tool-axis positioning system, the workpiece is mounted on a table that slides along flat, straight guide ways. The table may be supported on the guide ways by rolling elements or by a thin film of oil or grease. A screw controls the table position along the guide way. The rotation of the screw in the nonrotating nut that is fixed to the table drives the table left or right. The rotation of the motor translates into linear table position through the pitch of the screw.
Plan to replace retirees
What is your company doing to replace its retiring workforce?
Protecting digital assets
Machine shops need lots of tangible assets to make parts: machine tools, cutting tools and real estate, among other items.
Shop cleans up its act with MQL
Eliminate excess coolant to improve shop floor safety and cleanliness. Minimum quantity lubrication systems.
Milling heads don’t get the shaft
Overcome excessive tool wear and poor surface finishes when machining flats on a steel truck shaft. A milling tool that exerts all cutting forces downward and cuts freely.