Data-Driven Manufacturing

Shop Automation in the Front Office

This article speaks to the success one shop had in automating its ERP system using a new software package.

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Automation Helps Improve Employee Productivity

Stark Industrial LLC’s first stand-alone robot works within a new turning machine cell that is currently dedicated to the simple machining operation of processing a cast aerospace part that is proprietary and is the further step the shop needed to gain process control. 

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Tour Showcases Plant-Wide Connectivity

Mazak’s North American headquarters, located in Florence, Kentucky, has been manufacturing multitasking, five-axis, turning and milling machines since 1974 and was recently reimagined as a Mazak iSMART Factory concept.

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Preparing Precision Turning for Industry 4.0

Ready or not, Industry 4.0 is moving forward, and it’s critical for manufacturers to be ready for it. Many machine tool builders and accessory builders are equipping their products with Industry 4.0 compatibility in anticipation of its implementation by customer shops.

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Data-Driven Manufacturing Brings Efficiency to the Shop Floor

Developments in data-driven manufacturing, or digitization of the shop floor, are going far beyond merely knowing whether or not machines are in cycle.

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Robot Monitoring Provides Safe, Flexible Automation

Working hand-in-hand with customers to further develop robot safety technologies, ABB recently introduced SafeMove2, which provides added capabilities to allow for the creation of more efficient and flexible production scenarios and to integrate safety fieldbus connectivity into the company’s IRC5 robot controller family.

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Methods Machine Tools Launches Automation Center in Charlotte

To meet the demand for automation and robotics in manufacturing, Methods Machine Tools is expanding its automation capabilities with a 10,000-square-foot Automation and Integration Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Success One STEP at a Time

A certified woman-owned business owner has been recognized by PMPA and Illinois Manufacturers Excellence Center for her energy and accomplishments.

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Video: Comprehensive Machine Monitoring

Assistance and process monitoring systems provide apps to ensure that your equipment is running to the extent of its capabilities.

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Developing a Platform for Data-Driven Manufacturing

With the eventual goal of adding machine condition monitoring, this company began by installing an ERP system as a foundation to build upon, flattening the learning curve with each step toward achieving increased process oversight.

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