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Article April 15, 2016 William Leventon

OS integrates machine tool into corporate network

To bring all kinds of useful information right to a machine and facilitate a company's implementation of Industry 4.0 processing tools, INDEX Corp. has begun supplying its machine tools with a new operating system. Called Xpanel, the OS integrates a machine into a corporate network, allowing machine operators to receive information from other parts of an enterprise.

Article April 15, 2016 Kip Hanson

Accurate shop floor scheduling is important, but often hard to achieve

Without a manufacturing schedule, workpiece materials don't arrive on time, machine tools sit idle and customers fume. However, scheduling is difficult, especially when multiple-level assemblies and large numbers of components are involved. To meet this need, software companies have developed complex, integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

News April 12, 2016

Gilman Precision debuts Web-based product design tool

Gilman Precision, Grafton, Wis., recently launched a web-based product configuration tool Intended to improve the process of viewing and adjusting product specifications. The Gilman 3D Linear Products CAD Configurator will serve engineers and other prospects by allowing them to select, view and insert Gilman 3D CAD models and 2D drawings directly into their own CAD systems, according to the company.

News April 12, 2016

Mastercam 2017 released for public testing worldwide

Mastercam 2017 is now in public beta, which means the next version of the software is available for testing by "currently maintained" Mastercam customers, according to a recent news release from CNC Software.

News April 4, 2016

Vero Software appoints tech manager of the Americas

Vero Software recently promoted Lee Richards to oversee the technical teams for the company's Edgecam and Surfcam brands, according to a news release from the England-based company. Richards' appointment as technical manager of the Americas reportedly positions the software company to extend and improve its services for a growing customer base.

News April 1, 2016

Vero Software selects sales director for Latin America

Vero Software today appointed Jessica Woodall as the England-based company's sales director for Latin America, according to a company news release. Woodall, who has worked in the CNC industry for 22 years, has served as the Alphacam director of sales and services in the Americas for the past 16 years.

Article March 15, 2016

Neat ripple effect: Heat Control in Medical Machining

Lindquist Machine Corp. is a custom-machinery builder that relies on its CAD/CAM system to keep its workflow flexible, break bottlenecks and reduce lead times. The Green Bay, Wis., shop has one programmer to do complicated programming, but most of the workers on the shop floor can write, or at least modify, programs.

Article March 15, 2016 William Leventon

A control system for quickly programming industrial robots

Teach your robot well: A new control system can reduce the time to set up and program industrial robots from an hour or more to just minutes, according to the Finnish research organization that developed it.

Article March 15, 2016 William Leventon

A special electrical cabinet that lets users connect sensors to gather machine data

Networking option: Could the introduction of a small electrical cabinet turn out to be a big step toward more widespread implementation of the Industrial Internet of Things? This special electrical cabinet, called the SmartBox, was developed by machine tool builder Mazak Corp., working in collaboration with networking equipment provider Cisco Systems Inc.

Article March 15, 2016 Pete Tecos

Measuring asset performance: Turning Performance

In today's hypercompetitive, globalized economy, businesses are pressured to do more, do it faster, do it right the first time and do it all with fewer resources.

Article March 15, 2016 William Leventon

Spindle maintenance pays

Every machine tool owner can reap benefits from a good spindle maintenance program. These include reductions in costly unplanned machine downtime, longer spindle life and improved part quality. But effective spindle maintenance requires perseverance and the appropriate technology—plus a little common sense.

News March 1, 2016

SmartCAMcnc opens new CNC training center

SmartCAMcnc, Springfield, Ore., recently announced the opening of a new instruction center for training CNC programmers to use the SmartCAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software family. The new facility is located at the company's corporate headquarters in Springfield.

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