Data-Driven Manufacturing

Automation

Automation Choices

There are varying degrees of automation available for shops of all sizes and types. A key to successful implementation of automation is learning what kinds of automation is available and which is best applied to your specific needs.

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Automation

The Effects of Automation on Manufacturing

Companies that are not currently using automation in their manufacturing processes should be considering it.

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Alphacam 2017 R2 Features Key Automation Capabilities

Vero Software’s Alphacam 2017 R2 software automates key CAD/CAM operations and includes the Automation Manager with enhancements to simplify workflow, including multi-drill control, styles functionality, and further support for additional CAD file formats.

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Data-Driven Manufacturing Helps Shops Stay Competitive

MachineMetrics Inc. provides machine monitoring software that helps manufacturers make decisions based on real-time data, in one case helping a shop to gain almost 20-percent improvement in machine usage in the first year of use.

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Sinker EDM is Built for General Precision Machining

Makino’s Edge2 sinker EDM is built for general precision machining applications and provides accurate and reliable performance for standard die/mold components or contract manufacturing with a space-saving design for shop floors.

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Tool Data Management Software Supports Industry 4.0.

TDM Systems’ TDM 2017 and TDM 2017 Global Line combined software platform for tool data management systems replaces version 4.8. and emphasizes supporting Industry 4.0 by providing data transfer and can also be used in parallel to existing applications.

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Automation

Mastercam and Kennametal Partner to Provide Tool Automation

CNC Software Inc., developers of Mastercam, has partnered with Kennametal Inc. to provide customers with the ability to import tool assemblies from NOVO directly into Mastercam 2018, allowing Mastercam customers to save time searching and building 3D tool assemblies. 

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Magnetic Spindle Encoders Have Functionally Safe Axes

Heidenhain Corp.’s ERM 2200 magnetic modular angle encoders have functional safety in mind as the growing EU standard trend is to require functionally safe axes on machines.

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Data Driven Media

It’s becoming a digital world. Gardner Intelligence is a source for specific data that is related to your business. It’s a company we formed and staffed to channel the enormous amount of available data into a stream that is manageable and populated with information that has been targeted to our reader’s needs.

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Automation

Moving Toward a Smart Factory with Manufacturing Analytics

MachineMetrics Inc. has identified a gap in machine monitoring, as manually tracking data can be inefficient to track and can be inaccurate and reactive, but real-time data allows companies to make fast, proactive decisions to bring efficiency to their processes.

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