Automation

Automation

Methods Machine Tools Announces New President

Jerry Rex, formerly the company’s COO, was picked to replace Bryon Deysher as president of the firm.

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Automation

Manufacturing News of Note: May 2017

AME opens an engineering training department, Kapp Niles launches a new metrology business and more industry news.

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Automation Advances at FANUC 2017 Private Show

Updates unveiled at the company’s annual event promote higher-volume production, easier programming and better monitoring capability across product lines.

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Automation

Great Technology + Great People = Outstanding Parts

These words explain the logic—and the passion—that drives applications of automation in manufacturing. Sadly, many pundits don’t get this.

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Automation

Keep an Eye on AI

Big data is just the beginning. In the future, optimizing the system will be a function of the system itself.

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Five-Axis

The Key to Success with Flexible Machining Cells Is People

This aerospace component manufacturer is committed to flexible machining cells for producing complex parts for the latest commercial airliner programs. Its newest cell adds both capacity and capability—and takes the company to a new level of commitment.

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Automation

ABB, IBM Partner to Combine Automation, AI for Manufacturing

The partnership is intended to provide Internet-of-Things platforms combining ABB Ability and IBM Watson for such applications as automated quality control.

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Cutting Tools

Sandvik Coromant Signs Strategic Research Agreement with Parc, a Xerox Company

The agreement gives Sandvik Coromant a stake in Silicon Valley research and development of automation capabilities for subtractive manufacturing.

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Automation

Modular Machine Decouples Material Handling, Processing Units

Concept Laser’s “AM Factory of Tomorrow” concept combines multiple machines and systems to enable automated, digitized and interlinked industrial series production.

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Automation

Bar Pullers: A Lower-Capacity Alternative to Bar Feeders

For shops with limited space or funds, a bar puller may provide an effective and accessible way to automate a lathe.

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