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Sand 3D Printing Expands Options for Metal Casting
A foundry featured in Additive Manufacturing’s November issue uses sand 3D printing to create cores and molds for casting, no patterns necessary.
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Keep up with Machine Shop Digitalization
Sandvik Coromant’s recent roundtable discussion of machine shop digitalization focused on three key ideas: Digitalization is a competitive advantage. The investment is reasonable and has a quick payback. Shops must start the journey now or get left behind.
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Metalworking Index Hits Six-Year Record
The Gardner Business Index for October 2017 reaches its highest point since 2011.
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Hydraulic Steady Rests Reduce Chatter, Vibration
LMC Workholding offers the AX series of Atling self-centering hydraulic steady rests for a variety of turning applications.
Read MoreSoftware Digitizes Inspection Process
Radix has released its InspectTracker vision inspection technology.
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Event Connects High School Girls to Women in Manufacturing
As companies project a future with more manufacturing jobs than candidates to fill them, some are partnering with organizations to recruit students from a traditionally untapped market.
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The Personal Waterjet Cutting System Is a Natural Development
Much like what is happening with desktop 3D printing, Omax has developed a way to bring the versatility, capability and simplicity of waterjet cutting to a broader spectrum of users.
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Taiwan Export Machine Tool Sales Expected to Grow
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) expects exports of Taiwan machine tools to increase by 14 percent this year.
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Top Shops Profile: XL Machine
XL Machine Co. Inc. was 2017's Top Shops Honors Program winner in the category of machining technology.
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3 Perspectives on Machine Monitoring
A panel discussion at the recent Top Shops Conference focused on various points of view regarding the value of connecting machine tools to a network for monitoring performance and recording results. Because machine monitoring helps a shop make better decisions about manufacturing processes, it is a good example of data-driven manufacturing in action.
Read MoreData-Driven Manufacturing Is The First Order of Business
Companies need to do the right things to prepare for the future. Having the right names for that future state is less important.
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One Five-Axis Process, 10 Elements of Automation
The new five-axis machine at Phoenix Proto has a pallet pool with loading system, but there are many other less obvious elements of automation in this precision mold-machining process that are just as essential.
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