Milton Guerry is the president of Schunk Inc., 211 Kitty Hawk Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560, 919-767-1971, Fax: 919-544-4285, info@us.schunk.com, www.us.schunk.com.
Once seemingly insignificant peripherals are becoming the important difference in competing on a large scale as smart hybrid machines marry technologies once found on very different types of tools. Milton Guerry of Schunk examines how this race to the future stimulates concentration on machine accessories to match the machine technology and create a wide range of ‘add on investments’ from automation, to advanced tooling to quick change workholding.