The advantages of Tool Lifecycle Management are obvious throughout all departments, every employee has access to the tool data, the feedback from the shop floor flows back to Development and is used for continual improvement of the planning.
Fives introduces a new integrated contouring head for its Cincinnati 6-axis MEGA 800 HMC by announcing the sale of a two-machine cell that includes first use of the head on this machine size.
Schmitt Industries Inc. announced the SB-2000, a fixed-installation system for single and dual plane manual balancing, and the SB-2000-P for portable applications.
Fives says the new 5-axis, 5-spindle Cincinnati XP aerospace profiler lives up to its name, delivering "X-treme Productivity" in machining of structural aluminum parts.
Mazak Corp. says its new SMOOTH TECHNOLOGY is a complete process-performance platform that spans the entire part-production landscape, from programming and setup to metal-removal operations to automation to monitoring/data collection and transfer.