Focusing on high-speed inspection
With the new Taglens-T1 varifocal lens, manufacturers can achieve high-throughput noncontact parts inspection.
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Look Ahead
Extending tool lifetimes
Swedish researchers break down the causes of tool coating degradation.
Diffusion bonding is cool
This additive manufacturing process is helping machine shops create parts with complex internal cooling channels.
Automated inspection takes flight
The next generation of in-line inspection instrumentation is in development for aerospace and other industries.
Microfinishing shifts gears
Microfinishing can make a high-quality gear even better by reducing surface roughness.
Carbide control from chaos
Look Ahead: Researchers discover a new class of carbides that may be among the hardest materials with the highest melting points.n
Putting a damper on vibration
Look Ahead: The Self-Tuning Mass Damper from MAQ and its adaptable polymers help curb machine inefficiencies
QC just got easier
Look-Ahead: Robotic system finds and records defects in finished parts.
Stabilizing gummy metal for more efficient cutting
Look Ahead: Researchers find sticky solution to an old problem.
Automating chuck changeovers
Look-Ahead: Company pairs its change system with an industrial robot for full automation.
New release makes the (small) cut
The CrazyMill Cool P&S enables users to drill and mill into slots and pockets in extremely small spaces.
Future of automated QC
Combining software, sensors and robotics enables companies to provide both speed and volumetric accuracy in QC