Data-Driven Manufacturing

Sustainability Analysis Tool Aids Data-Driven Decision-Making

Can increasing productivity and reducing carbon emissions go hand-in-hand? For its high-volume machining customers, Sandvik Coromant offers a tool for data collection and comparison to aid sustainability-minded process decisions.

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Global Shop Solutions Software Streamlines Data Management

IMTS 2024: Global Shop Solutions displays its Dashboard Designer software feature, which aims to better organize and simplify data access without required coding.

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High-Production Multitasking Becoming More Flexible

Rotary transfer machines remain well-suited for high-volume production, but are now more accommodating to smaller batch sizes.

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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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Automation

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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Toolholders

Piezoelectric Sensor Technology: Moving Toward more Efficient Machine Monitoring

A new system that uses simple and compact force or strain sensors, which can be integrated inside toolholders or mounted on surfaces such as spindle housings, can facilitate CNC machine monitoring.  

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The Value of RFID Machine Operator Authentication

Can secure shopfloor employee authentication via radio frequency identification enable shops to optimize their data-driven manufacturing efforts?

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The Value of Tool Monitoring on Rotary Transfer Machines

By using a tool monitoring system, shops can save costs associated with machine maintenance and downtime for tool changes while increasing cutting performance.

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CNC Machine Shop Employment Positions to Consider Beyond Machine Operators

Many machine shops have open machine operator positions to fill. But does it make sense for shops to also seek automation engineers, IT managers and assembly personnel?

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Cutting Tools

Precision Machining Technology Review October 2023

Production Machining’s October 2023 technology showcase includes some of the latest technology from Tungaloy-NTK America Inc., Renishaw, Walter USA, Seco Tools and Haimer USA.

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