Automation & Robots
Three Hands Beat Two
Co-bots are a technical leap forward from the traditional industrial robot that has evolved from its introduction in the 1950s.
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Choosing an Automatic Bar Feeder
The bar feeder is the most common form of automation for turning operations. Selecting the right one requires consideration of the applications for which it will be used.
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MC Machinery Systems Inc.:The Company Behind Mitsubishi EDM
The company is responsible for selling and servicing the popular EDM machines with the Mitsubishi EDM brand, but it also sells and services many other types of advanced machining solutions, such as vertical machining centers, automation, advanced five axis milling, turning, additive machining, CO2 and FIBER Laser, and hydraulic and electric press brakes.
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Choosing an Appropriate Cleaning Solution
There are many cleaning trends coming down the pipeline, including automation and dry cleaning processes.
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Increase Throughput with Off-the-Shelf Automation
This automated parts accumulator is designed to complement any bar-fed CNC lathe, providing hours of profitable, unattended operation by safely collecting and organizing finished parts.
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The Collet is the Answer
A small workholding change helped this shop deliver the required part finish by resolving vibration and runout issues.
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Grinding—Really?
Working with Allways Precision, a systems integrator from Chicago, this shop is now able to produce motor drive shafts for one of its customers using a fully automated, robot tended cell. It’s working beautifully.
WatchRobots, Robots, Robots
Lately, I’ve noticed an increasing number of shops researching ways to implement various types of automation to improve their productivity through unattended operation.
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Flexible Automation on a VMC
Robot loading and unloading of the workholding that is used in the machining center facilitates the ability to change jobs during an unattended run.
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Convenient Robot Training
This training consists of course modules that are self-paced, with videos, interactive simulations and practice exercises that enrich the virtual learning environment.
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