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Growing CNC Services With 5-Axis Milling
McAfee Tool & Die is successful because it’s always ready to take a leap of faith with new technology. When owner Gary McAfee bought a 5-axis machine, he realized it was time to update the shop’s CAD/CAM software.
A robotic system is ‘collaborative’ only if all elements – robot, tooling, workpiece, and work area – meet international safety standards. Depending on application, you may be able to turn a standard industrial robot into a cobot and comply.
McAfee Tool & Die is successful because it’s always ready to take a leap of faith with new technology. When owner Gary McAfee bought a 5-axis machine, he realized it was time to update the shop’s CAD/CAM software.
June manufacturing technology orders climbed 6.5 percent over May to $373.2 million.
Entries were judged on surface finish, specified nominal tolerance, tightest tolerance, and level of complexity.
Their new Gleason GP300ES shapes high precision internal and external gears.
The deal positions Glebar to offer electrochemical grinding solutions to its expanding customer base. They add 70 years of experience and deliver burr-free cutoff, surface grinding, point grinding, and vertical grinding solutions.
They will advance the ANS Triboconditioning process that reduces friction and wear on a variety of honed parts and components.
New York-based Globe Grinding faces the same skilled-workforce gap as other manufacturers. To meet the requirements of demanding aerospace customers, the company is deploying technology current employees can easily learn to program and operate.
Located in Fremont, it will service manufacturers in the Bay Area, Northern California and parts of Nevada.
Laser source assembly and testing join the manufacturing site of fiber laser components, laser engines and combiners at Coherent’s Tampere, Finland facility. The entire Coherent HighLight fiber lasers series will be housed here to create the industrial high-power fiber lasers for challenging welding tasks.
San Francisco-based Plethora Corp. shaves as much time as possible from the iterative design process. After developing software that enables customers to design for the shop’s capabilities in real time, this 2017 start-up delivers prototypes and production runs within three days.
DP Technology, parent company of ESPRIT CAM, has created a streamlined machining experience with ESPRIT’s digital twin inside the CNC. Users can preview the entire machining process virtually on the CNC before executing their program it.
Laser source assembly and testing join the manufacturing site of fiber laser components, laser engines and combiners at Coherent’s Tampere, Finland facility. The entire Coherent HighLight fiber lasers series will be housed here to create the industrial high-power fiber lasers for challenging welding tasks.
Dante Payva, Sammy Shabib, Heather Natal and Jon Carlson will focus on growing their milling, EDM and laser texturing lines of business.
San Francisco-based Plethora Corp. shaves as much time as possible from the iterative design process. After developing software that enables customers to design for the shop’s capabilities in real time, this 2017 start-up delivers prototypes and production runs within three days.
Methods Machine Tools brings the Nakamura JX-250 to the U.S., offering high-precision milling and turning of complex parts. Choose a single or twin lower turret design with overlapping travels and Y-Axis box guideways that are standard.
They add dedicated personnel to their service and customer support operations.
June manufacturing technology orders climbed 6.5 percent over May to $373.2 million.
San Francisco-based Plethora Corp. shaves as much time as possible from the iterative design process. After developing software that enables customers to design for the shop’s capabilities in real time, this 2017 start-up delivers prototypes and production runs within three days.
Methods Machine Tools brings the Nakamura JX-250 to the U.S., offering high-precision milling and turning of complex parts. Choose a single or twin lower turret design with overlapping travels and Y-Axis box guideways that are standard.
EMAG is sharing a free downloadable design file for a hands-free door opening device they customized for heavy-duty use at their own company. Preventing people from touching door handles throughout the day is one important layer of defense against the coronavirus.
Now cranking out 500,000 face shields per week, Mursix used its MC Machinery CO2 laser and wire EDM to switch gears from sinking auto parts and turned itself into a major PPE manufacturer. The company’s co-owner, a former ER nurse, hustled with her engineers to develop a medically compliant prototype that went into production within just a few days.
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