Articles
Life-Sized (and Lifelike) Virtual Employees
Virtual employees offer greetings at every corner of the Makino booth.
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Give Me a Show of Hands
It’s accepted pretty universally that metalworkers are tough hombres.
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Good Old-Fashioned High Tech
What’s this 1930’s lathe built by Moody in Quebec, Canada doing in Heidenhain’s IMTS booth?
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Through-Insert Coolant Delivery Introduced
The cutaway model of an insert shows the channels for coolant delivery.
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Give That CMM a Rest—Let the Probe do the Work
Using the motion of the head rather than the CMM axes can enable users to take point measurements faster and more accurately, the company says.
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Analyzing the Actual Impact of Tooling
Shops often wonder why, when a cutting tool offers a cycle time reduction, the shop does not necessarily realize the savings.
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Haas Automation—"Your Roots are Showing"
Haas Automation began producing rotary tables in 1983 and a few years later moved into machine tool manufacturing.
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Separating Fact from Fiction—Are You Up to the Challenge?
Would you consider using aluminum tools for heavy-duty machining?
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Okuma on the Fast Track
At IMTS, Okuma announced that it is teaming with Ganessi Racing Teams for the 2011 IZOD IndyCar and Grand-Am Rolex Car Series season.
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Honing Precisely Varied for Pin Diameter
The process capability of honing is tighter than the process capability of grinding.
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Mazak Makes Good Use of MTConnect
The Mazak Energy Dashboard allows users to monitor machine tool energy usage and take steps to realize energy savings.
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