Automation
Chuck Jaws Achieve 77% Weight Reduction Through 3D Printing
Alpha Precision Group (APG) has developed an innovative workholding design for faster spindle speeds through sinter-based additive manufacturing.
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Stäubli Appoints New Robotics Director for North America
Christopher Clark will provide sales, service and support for the full range of Stäubli customers in North America.
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4 Bright Ideas for Effective Lights-Out Machining
Adopting lights-out machining involves considerations when a machine shop decides to move forward with the process. Here are some tips to a successful implementation.
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Inside the Premium Machine Shop Making Fasteners
AMPG can’t help but take risks — its management doesn’t know how to run machines. But these risks have enabled it to become a runaway success in its market.
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The Value of Auto Adjust Magazine Bar Feeders
This bar feeder is designed to offer the flexibility to enable CNC turning centers to perform short-run work that would otherwise require frequent setups over a range of barstock diameters.
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SMW Mechatronic Grippers Automate Key Processes
The Motiact mechatronic gripper series is designed to perform precise, consistent, accurately monitored gripping operations in automated work cells.
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Okuma America Corp. Appoints New VP of Engineering & Factory Automation Group
Wade Anderson will lead Okuma America Corp.’s engineering department, which includes applications engineering, product engineering and quality assurance teams.
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Job Shop Discovers and Fills a Fishing Need
The promise of a product line for improved mounting of electronic fish finders led this Missouri job shop to an automated turning process.
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A Tale About an Automation Solution Discovered in Production Machining
A CNC Swiss production supervisor took to LinkedIn to describe how he discovered a rotary parts collector in the pages of our publication and has since purchased and benefited from it.
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A3 Commemorates 50 Years as an Organization
The Association for Advancing Automation now represents more than 1,280 member companies around the world.
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