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Know exactly how a product would work in your facility by checking out one of our videos showing how they operate.
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At Fabricating & Metalworking, we know the importance of showing and not telling – and that’s why we have a vast library of videos showing how important pieces of equipment operate. See the latest videos added to our site, or browse our archives by process zone.
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The Sheet Metal MES
An integrated manufacturing execution system controls and records the transformation of raw materials into finished products. In the new world of connectivity and digitization, guest columnist Juan José Colás of Lantek explains how the MES has made production management the key factor in productivity and competitiveness for sheet metal fabricators, far beyond other traditional factors, such as the use of material, calculation of times and costs, elimination of paper, and faster transfer of information.
Maintaining TCP: How Does Your Robotic MIG Gun Neck Factor In?
To maintain weld positions and weld in the same place every time, the MIG gun neck used in a robotic welding system must stay in its expected position as an accurate tool center point (TCP) that provides consistent repeatability from part to part. A weak neck that easily bends during routine welding can lead to problems with system accuracy over time. Here are some ways to protect, setup and maintain the neck and help ensure that your system maintains optimal TCP with minimal downtime.
The Hidden Champions: Punch-Laser Combination Machines
Once seen as a machine that can do anything but nothing to completion, there are now countless applications where the versatile punch-laser combination machine easily outperforms a laser cutting machine when a second application is included.
The Chamfer that Changed the World
It all began with “Scuffgate,” a small chamfered edge that became a critical priority and evolved into a growing demand for fine finishes and feel in a world of myriad applications that only precision chamfering can deliver.
On the SPOT: How to Improve Safety When Using Power Tools and Accessories
Here are some basic rules to follow for safely operating right-angle grinders, flap discs, die grinders and cutoff wheels, or other handheld tools and accessories. That’s not all: you’ll save some time and money too.
Balance: A Critical Part of Continuous Improvement
This machine shop didn’t fully recognize the importance of balancing toolholders until they lost a spindle and realized that balancing is not a luxury – it’s a necessity.
New Purchasing Channel for Surplus Equipment
The OWN IT NOW channel from EquipNet provides a new resource for shops needing MRO assistance and more.
New Paths for Mobile Robotics
As shops face the pressures of mass customization, changing requirements and labor shortages, innovative autonomous industrial mobile manipulators are being introduced to relocate the robot arm throughout the facility to perform different tasks, such as part replenishment, machine loading or fulfillment, and more.
How to Prevent “Walking” When Drilling Curved Surfaces
The SST self-centering split point drill bit from Walter Surface Technologies allows for the drilling of any size of hole in a single operation.
Pennant Moldings Installs First Cut-to-Length Line
They are using a CTLMaster cut-to-length line from COE Press Equipment to stamp stainless steel for the appliance industry.
How to Simplify and Optimize Manufacturing with Cloud ERP
Cloud ERP from Global Shop Solutions eliminates on-premise servers and the costly IT support they demand so that shops can spend more time on the job at hand and pushing their business forward, knowing their data is safe and secure.
American Made: How Hard Can It Be?
SigmaTEK launches an all-new mini-series that gives the community a closer look at how things really go in our nation’s job shops and industrial facilities.
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