PM Blog
Change in Demand: Time to Change Your Thinking
According to our analysis of the PMPA Business Trends Sales Index, the demand for our products has shifted steadily upwards in the market.
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Highlights from IMTS 2018
People and technology were the high points of an overwhelming, but productive and educational trade show.
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PMPA Technical Member Absolute Machine Tools Finds Success in its Flexible and Innovative Product Line
In 1988, best friends Steve Ortner and Hayden Wellman founded Absolute Machine Tools.
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Developing the Next Machinists
To further develop the young crop of machining talent in the area, this high school has retooled its precision machining lab in time for the start of the new school year. The grand re-opening and ribbon cutting took place this week.
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Index Sees Sharp Course Correction
The Gardner Business Index (GBI): Precision Machining reversed course, moving higher and breaking its year-to-date trend of slowing growth.
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VR at UR: See Cobots in Another Dimension
Universal Robots’ expansive two-story IMTS booth in the North Hall features a VR headset interface that will give you exact tool and joint positions in real time as you manipulate the arm with the virtual gripper.
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Star CNC Booth Introduces Two New Machines
At IMTS this year Star CNC is introducing the SR-38J and SK-51 CNC Swiss-type automatic lathes, two machines equipped to meet the skilled workforce challenges facing manufactures today.
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Heule's IMTS Booth Offers Family Welcome
“If there is one time that our customers and potential customers have the benefit of experiencing the combination of the largest amount of experience and knowledge in hole finishing solutions for high volume manufacturing, it’s at IMTS.”
Read MoreRobots and Swiss Machines Collaborate at Hanwha Booth
Hanwha Machinery America’s booth features gang-tool type models including the new XD20/26II-V with re-designed B and Y2 axis, and a XD38II-NY also being exhibited with collaborative robots.
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Mitsubishi Electric Presents Integrated Factory Automation
Visitors to Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s booth will see examples of single source manufacturing, including IIoT systems, the M8 CNC series control platform, FR series robots, five-axis machining and a fully automated manufacturing (FAM) cell.
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Growing for 20 Years, and It Shows
The previous 50 × 50-foot booth that Horn USA occupied since 2008 is now 50 × 100 feet at this year’s IMTS.
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