Automation & Robots
Automated Chip Processing Meets Demanding Goals
Forward thinking manufacturers know they need to optimize every aspect of their manufacturing operations in order to survive and prosper.
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Connecting the Technologies
This Missouri shop uses new advances in machine to machine communications to achieve its goals of lights out manufacturing and quick changeover.
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A Bird's-Eye View of Vertical Turning
In the right applications, vertical turning can provide significant production benefits through higher capacity, rigidity, versatility, and ease of automation. Here’s a look at several examples of vertical turning at its finest.
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Ethernet Communications System Reduces Material Waste
Communication between a bar feed and machine tool can save on remnant cost.
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Robotic Automation's Challenges, Solutions and Benefits
This article looks at considerations for implementing robotic automation.
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A Company's Road to Lights-Out
Consolidation is usually about companies. However, this Illinois shop has found that consolidating turning spindles from eight stand-alone lathes into a single CNC multi- spindle, then running it lights-out is the way to go.
Read MoreGrippers are a Workhandling Concept to Grasp
The cost of machine operation can be expensive, especially when machines must be manned all day long. In our current slow and unpredictable economy, many shops are looking at ways to reduce manpower and increase efficiency by automating their processes.
Read MoreOnline Tools Improve Customer Satisfaction
As companies look to provide the best service possible to their customers, much attention should be given to convenience. Streamlining processes through ease of operation can help customer satisfaction in the buying process.
Read MoreTool Monitoring: A Must for ‘Lights Out’
Untended, lights-out manufacturing is often the goal for machine shops. To do this effectively, while producing quality parts, a reliable monitoring system must be in place to prevent tool crashing and breakage and ensure proper part transfer.
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CNC Bar Pullers
CNC bar pullers can provide an inexpensive means of automating any CNC lathe.
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