CNC & Machine Controls
High Speed Laser Controls Increase Productivity
FANUC’s CNC series 30i/31i-L model B high-speed laser controls are said to increase productivity with Ethernet and Ethernet/IP field bus options and newly supported FANUC NCGuide simulation software.
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Video: Machine Shop of the Future
Siemens produced this attractive video to illustrate what it sees as a likely representation of the machining facility of the future.
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Handheld 3D Scanner Scans Small Objects
Artec3D offers the Spider handheld 3D scanner for real-time scanning and fusion.
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System Enables Automated Error Notification
The Remote Light Stack from Remote Machining communicates machine errors via emails, text messages or alarms anywhere in a facility or on a web page.
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Entry-Level PLC Provides Flexibility
Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s FX3S micro programmable logic controller (PLC) is designed for entry-level accessibility.
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Probe System Enables Multiple Tool Setting
Renishaw’s RMI-Q radio transmission interface enables as many as four separate tool-setting or spindle probes with radio transmission to be operated on the same machine.
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Management Software Provides Wireless Communication
Shop Floor Automations offers its Predator DNC Enterprise software for controlling and managing network-based CNCs.
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G28 Versus G53
Which command is better to get your machine axes to the reference position?
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CNC Operator Panel for Advanced Machine Tool Applications
Siemens’ OP 019 CNC operator panel enables design integration into the Sinumerik Operate graphical user interface and Sinumerik840D sl CNC for use on milling, turning, grinding, laser-cutting and other machine tools.
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Control Package Helps Speed Production
After cutting precision parts in one third of the original time, Task Force Tips was able to justify its initial investment in an Index automatic production lathe fitted with a Siemens control package.
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