FEATURES

Measurement

Automated Inspection Transforms Medical Manufacturer’s Quality Control

Manual steps for part inspection have been eliminated with a new CMM process using more advanced software and strategies such as using a combined scanning/touch-trigger probe.

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Automation & Robots

High-Volume Machine Shop Automates Secondary Ops

An Ohio contract shop added a compact, self-loading CNC lathe to perform unattended secondary ops on a part for a key customer rather than running it on a manually loaded chucker.

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Automation

Machine-Tending Cobot Fills Night Shift

A collaborative robot helped this shop run a machine tool 24/7 when hiring someone for a third shift didn’t seem to be an option.

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Automation

Taking Someone to TASC

This special automation issue of Production Machining is timed perfectly with the debut of The Automated Shop Conference held this month in Novi, Michigan.

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Machines

This Shop is Taking an Automated Aerospace Approach

A flexible manufacturing system helps an Indiana job shop run a mix of aerospace work for long stretches of time and function more like a contract shop.

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