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Outpace the Competition with Okuma Automation Solutions

Searching for skilled labor and ways to increase overall efficiency and productivity has just gotten much easier with Okuma’s automation solutions. Whether you’re looking to integrate automation on your existing machine or need a machine that comes fully equipped, Okuma can help you outpace the competition by using state-of-the-art technology. Automation solution options include automatic tool changers, automatic pallet changers, gantry loaders, external conveyor belts and robotic cells. Learn more about Okuma’s automation solutions in this video.

Tooling Tech Group appoints Nate Ruhenkamp sales manager

Macomb, Michigan-based Tooling Tech Group (TTG), a leading provider of highly engineered tools and automated assembly equipment to a wide range of industries, has announced that it has hired Nate Ruhenkamp as a sales manager for the company’s compression mold and thermoform tooling offerings, as well as its Segen Quick Change standard products. He is responsible for managing this group’s sales team, developing new business opportunities and creating synergy with the company’s sales managers in the stamping, die casting and automation sectors.

Cobot handles multiple-operation machining task for medical device

Toolcraft, a machine shop in Monroe, Washington, was immediately impressed by the 30 µm repeatability and built-in force/torque sensing in Universal Robots’ new flagship line of collaborative robots. The company needed to automate a challenging, three-operation machine tending task inside its CNC machine and has saved 23% on production costs and increased throughput 43% by using the UR5e cobot.

Mazak Discover 2019 draws thousands of attendees

More than 2,000 manufacturers from across North America attended Mazak Corp.’s Discover 2019 event held Nov. 5-7 and 12-13 at the company’s North American manufacturing headquarters in Florence, Kentucky. The event featured over 30 live machine tool demonstrations, and Mazak unveiled for the first time in North America several productivity-enhancing technologies such as its new Mazatrol SmoothAi control, as well as a new mixed reality training and service support system.

Gripper helps Tomenson Machine Works boost quality and profitability

Tomenson Machine Works is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer of precision hydraulic manifolds, with a focus on continuous improvement. The company turned to collaborative automation in its pin-stamping application to improve quality, profitability and worker satisfaction. The OnRobot collaborative RG6 gripper handles dozens of different part sizes with fast and easy changeovers, and sets the stage for ongoing automation in potential applications such as CNC tending, deburring and packaging.

Cobots give RCM Industries a global competitive advantage

RCM Industries Inc., a Wheeling, Illinois-based manufacturer of die-cast aluminum components for industries such as automotive and consumer products, found itself in competition with low-wage suppliers in Mexico for a large outsourced project. “We had to look at how to drive cost out of the product without reducing the value that we provide our customers,” said Mike Higgins, RCM Industries director of sales and marketing. “Without the cobots, we would not have had a shot at that work.”