Automation & Controls

The United Grinding booth at IMTS 2024 features key innovations led by Simon Manns. The Walter Power Diamond machine celebrates its 30th anniversary with advanced erosion packages. The Helitronic Mini Plus includes a laser contour check and video conferencing. The Helitronic G 200 is an entry-level machine designed for lights-out operation. Precision measuring is showcased with the Helicheck Nano and Helicheck Plus, while automated tool production is demonstrated with a robot for efficient tool transport.

IMTS 2024 showcases the Koma Precision booth, featuring the KMA-60 SmartLoader. This compact and affordable loader meets the demand for efficient pallet changers with a small footprint. It operates with rotary pallets, handling up to 60 parts of various sizes, supporting both high-mix, low-volume, and high-volume production. The design focuses on affordability to enhance automation and speed up part processing in shops.

Jason Taylor, Mazak's Product Manager, highlights the EZ Loader 20, a compact automation system featuring a collaborative robot with a 20 kg payload capacity. Designed for efficient loading and unloading, it integrates a vision sensor for precise operations and supports high-mix workpiece production. He also presents the VC-EZ 20X vertical machining center, equipped with a CAT 40 spindle capable of 12,000 RPM, ideal for precise and versatile milling tasks. Additionally, he discusses Mazak's advanced five-axis solutions, emphasizing their expansive travel capacity and spindle performance, suitable for complex machining applications​.

Lyndex-Nikken, manufacturer and provider of machine tool accessories and automation, has promoted Osmar Takeuchi to president.

Step into the future of manufacturing automation with system 3R at IMTS 2024! This year, system 3R unveiled its cutting-edge Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR), designed to boost productivity by autonomously transporting materials between workstations. Seamlessly integrating with existing systems, the AMR is a game-changer for fully automated factory environments.

Students in Itawamba Community College's Precision Machining Technology program have a new toolbox, courtesy of a $20,000 grant by the Gene Haas Foundation.

Wintriss Controls Group has added flexible and affordable purchase options for ShopFloorConnect® OEE, Production Tracking, and Data Collection software, which allows users to quickly and easily leverage data from their machines.nn

ModuleWorks, a leading innovator in toolpath generation and simulation technology for digital manufacturing, and Toolpath, a developer of a new cloud-based, AI-driven manufacturing workflow automation platform, have signed a multi-year Technology Partnership focusing on accelerated deployment of innovative cloud computing technology for machining estimation and CAM automation.

The Association for Advancing Automation's latest report shows decline in units sold to automotive component suppliers but increased sales in several non-automotive sectors.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. North America's foremost supplier of leading-edge precision machine tools and automation solutions, welcomes Tim Leoni as the director of dealer development.

Located in Alpharetta, Georgia, the new facility will serve as a home base for local sales and support engineers as well as a regional hub for training, seminars and other business activities.

Lyndex-Nikken, manufacturer and provider of high-performance machine tool accessories and automation, announces a partnership with Zero Clamp GmbH to offer high-quality German engineered clamping solutions to manufacturers in North America.