Automation

CNC Controls 28 Axes, Four Spindles

Fagor Automation will display its 8060/8065 CNC platform designed for accurate, high-speed machining with good surface finish in aerospace-industry applications.

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CAD/CAM

Adaptive Machining Makes a Robot More Productive

This system for machining and polishing turbine blades shows the value of software for inspection, toolpath calculations and adaptive machining working together.

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CAD/CAM

Software Reduces Crashes on New Manufacturing Equipment

Despite new technology investments, Micro-Mechanics Holdings was still experiencing high software crash potential. Switching to CGTech's Vericut NC verification software resulted in increased efficiency and enabled crash-free, lights-out operation.

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Automation

Surprises Uncovered at a Groundbreaking

Companies customarily mark new construction with a groundbreaking ceremony. Such an event to celebrate Hydrotech Inc.’s expansion of its suburban Cincinnati headquarters, however, revealed some unexpected facets to this diverse fluid power and automation solutions provider.

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Automation

Video: Collaborative Robots in Screw Machine Shop

Multi-arm robots working close to employees are noteworthy additions to this shop that got its start during World War II.

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Grinding

High-Volume Grinding System Enables Lights-Out Operation

Designed for high-volume precision grinding, Glebar’s GT-610 CNC automatic centerless in-feed/through-feed grinding system features full CNC dressing capability.

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Automation

Yaskawa America, NSK Make License Agreement

The agreement will enable NSK’s ultrasonic cutting technology to integrate with Motoman automation technologies in the Americas.

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Automation

RAMTEC Ramps up Academic Outreach

Technology instructors in the RAMTEC Ohio program are expanding credentialing courses available to program enrollees, helping address the state’s “manufacturing gap.”

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Automation

Employees and Automation in Harmony

For a well-known guitar maker, automation sets employees free, and product improvement engages those employees’ attention.

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Automation

Reengineered Bar Feeder Connects Directly to Lathe Control

Haas’s reengineered bar feeder is designed to provide a simpler and more affordable way to automate part production on the company’s compact turning centers.

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