Making Waves with Lathe Automation
After years of relying on an extensive machining cell for part production, this marine equipment manufacturer has now reduced part handling and improved quality through use of single-setup lathes and automated loading and unloading.
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Interest in Robotic Automation for CNC Machine Shops Increasing
Have you considered how robots can be beneficial to your shop?
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The Anatomy of a CNC Machine IoT Solution
Industry 4.0 is bringing sweeping changes to manufacturing and IIoT is one of its enabling technologies. Early adopters are reaping the benefits.
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Is Leveraging the IoT Really 'Smart Manufacturing'?
The vulnerabilities exposed by many of the IoT’s smart manufacturing solutions should keep manufacturers on their toes. There are strategies they can put into place to protect their data and equipment.
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Software Update Enhances Full Line of OB7 Collaborative Robots
The software update enhances OB7’s connectivity, allowing for efficient integration with other equipment and for easily accessible status monitoring, according to the company.
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Hurco Forms Preferred Partnership with BMO Automation
The partnership between Hurco and BMO Automation will help customers increase productivity without the disruption of integration.
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Caron's CNC Senor Monitoring System Updated with Versatile Applications
Dtect-IT can also monitor frequency levels and set magnitude limits to detect anomalies within specific frequency bands.
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Customizing Collaborative Robots with 3D Printing
A company that helps manufacturing companies implement collaborative robots has found that additive manufacturing can produce custom parts for these systems faster and cheaper than machining.
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DAC System Connects Toolrooms by Exchanging Tool Data
The DAC establishes the connection with a corporate network and manages the exchange of target and actual values (as well as other tool data) between the individual toolroom stations.
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How to Collect and Use Machine Data
Manufacturers don’t need to limit the machine monitoring data they collect, but they do need to know how to collect the data and how to use it to drive decisions.
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Bar Feeders Evolve to Interconnectivity
Bar feeding continues to broaden its contributions to making turned parts faster and better. Ethernet interconnectivity can be the next step to increased profitability.
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Inspection Manager Software Makes Move to Industry 4.0
High QA’s Inspection Manager software has one-click architecture to automatically extract geometric dimensioning and tolerancing requirements from 2D drawings and 3D models, digitizes the prints with automatic ballooning, creates inspection plan reports, stores all the information and measurement tools in a centralized database, and more.
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Index Integrates iXcenter Automation Cell with C Series Turning Centers
Docked to the machine and easily slid aside to enable access to the work area, the cell supports automatic machine operation and manages raw material and finished parts.
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Sandvik Coromant Silent Tools Plus Offers Connectivity
Sandvik Coromant’s Silent Tools Plus enables data from the machining process to be collected and sent to a dashboard.
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NIMS and Festo Didactic Develop Industry 4.0 Skills Standards
With NIMS’ emphasis on manufacturing skills training, credentialing, and standards, plus Festo’s Industry 4.0 learning factories, courseware and eLearning integration, the two organizations are well poised to provide the training programs for Industry 4.0.
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QC-11 Automation Toolchanger Designed for Cobots
The QC-11 enables automatic exchange of robotic end-effectors without any manual intervention.
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Manufacturing Data Collection and Management Transforms Swiss Shop
A New Hampshire high-volume precision solutions manufacturer and an innovative software solutions provider have collaborated in upgrading the shop’s data collection and organization methods, maximizing output and competitiveness.
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Starrett Tools Support Transitioning to Industry 4.0
Eastec 2019: Starrett's metrology solutions range from vision technology, optical measuring systems and more.
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Robotic Automation Compatible with Zero-Point Clamping System
Eastec 2019: The RoboTrex automation system is the first of Lang Technovation’s products to be compatible with both the 52- and 96-mm Quick-Point clamping systems.
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IoT Round Two—From Monitoring to Having a Say
Organizations must make sure their ERP software is IoT ready or risk being left behind by agile competitors.
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