Automation

Connect, Cut, Automate, Win

While the MU-S600V’s compact footprint can be misleading, this flexible, 55-inch, 5-axis vertical machining center will have a dramatic impact on your overall productivity. Designed to connect with multiple machines, the MU-S600V allows manufacturers to create unattended and automated production line processes. In fact, when you set two MU-S600Vs side-by-side, their built-in robotics allows them to pass parts back and forth using our cutting-edge work handoff system.

How automation can help small manufacturers beat the giants

Sometimes manufacturing can feel like a battle between David and Goliath. But in the era of automation, think Industry 4.0, manufacturers are discovering the advantages to being smaller. Automation technology has leveled the playing field and now smaller means nimble, niche and, for the first time, heading in the same direction as the big guys.

Catch up with Halter CNC Robotic's LoadAssistant

Daren Manternach, sales executive for Halter CNC Robotics LLC, visited with Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Dennis Spaeth during IMTS 2018 to chat about the Halter LoadAssistant and the role the load tending robotic cell has played in the company's growth within the U.S. market.

Up! App insight at IMTS

Harry E.M. Brandicourt, director of strategic partnerships and growth strategies at Up! LLC, discusses the Up! app, a free app that connects service requesters with service providers to repair industrial equipment. Version 2.0 has been released. For more information, visit the company's website here.

Automation abounds at The Assembly Show

While attending The Assembly Show, it seems that I saw robots and other automation equipment everywhere I turned. The trade show and conference took place Oct. 23-25 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

Building custom machine tools with FANUC - Excalibur Tool in Grants Pass, Oregon

Excalibur Tool, Inc., in Grants Pass, Oregon designs and builds custom CNC grinding machines for a variety of industries and applications. Whether it is a particularly difficult workpiece or extremely fast process time, the Excalibur team has the skills, experience and knowledge to design and build high-quality, value-focused grinding solutions that help their customers meet and exceed their goals.

Grinding burs

12/01/2009

Author:

CTE Staff

Productive Times. End user: Specialty Carbide Products. Challenge: Productively and consistently grind carbide burs. Solution: A CNC grinding machine integrated with a robot for loading/unloading. Solution provider: Excalibur Tool Inc.

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