Software & Digital Solutions

Seeb Industrial turns to Tungaloy to reduce cycle time on part production.

Twist, indexable, replaceable-tip and spade drills can performed most machine work in today's shops.

A builder of grinding machines is adding digital services to improve product performance.

Two new automation systems can save shops money by reducing machine-loading labor.

The new version of Fastems' Manufacturing Management Software (MMS) integrates both automated and non-automated processes into digital manufacturing management, bringing together three application areas in a single manufacturing software platform: pallet-based automation, automation of direct part handling with robots and work cell operations for standalone machines and other manual manufacturing operations.

Allied Machine & Engineering releases its free mobile app, Solution Hub, available for download on both the Apple Store and Google Play. The app is a fresh-faced expansion of the original Allied Machine app, now reimagined as a centralized "hub" of Allied product information and holemaking solutions. Solution Hub offers quick access to free online utilities, videos, tap drill charts, operation manuals, technical guides and digital catalogs for drilling, boring, threading, reaming, roller-burnishing and other operations. With its sleek design, customers get all the essential components of Allied Machine's website in a mobile-friendly layout for easier, on-the-go navigation.

The ways in which an enterprise software solution looks, feels and works for a user are increasingly crucial. Now that users have been influenced by their consumer experiences with innovative and digital technology, expectations have increased for their business software to provide a similar user experience (UX). Smartphone apps, online banking, flight purchases, shopping websites and so many other experiences are designed with intuitive, easy-to-learn user interfaces to improve UX. If users find a software experience inefficient, they'll find ways around it, adoption will lag and organizations may not obtain the return on investment they expected. UX drives adoption, which is an important first step toward realizing business value from manufacturing enterprise software systems, including enterprise resource planning, supply chain management and customer relationship management.

Existing "digitally challenged" assets can be retrofitted or remanufactured cost-effectively to support many digitization goals. Using a simple net present value approach, small and midsize enterprises can assess the value of retrofitting or remanufacturing assets with machine learning, artificial intelligence or other data science applications.

'A blade that is not broken in will likely only last about an hour. A properly broke-in blade should last 100 to 150 hours.'

Company's High Dynamic Turning and FreeTurn tools promise full range of motion.

DP Technology's CAM software allows job shop to load the code, set the tools and go.

The NC4+ Blue on-machine tool-setting system is the first of its kind to feature a blue laser.