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Precision Machining in the Automotive Industry
The automotive industry is the largest market for precision machined parts. See how shops are handling the large volumes, tight process control and high quality this industry requires.
What You Should Know About High-Speed Machining
The tools go a whole lot faster—40,000 rpm, perhaps—but the advantage is not parts per hour but in the ability to make precise parts with less induced stress
Machining Gummy Materials: A New Use for Sharpies
Organic films help metal removal Purdue researchers discover
Seven Cool Tools: Spindles, Quality & More
Increase operational productivity with these new developments
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Understanding – and Machining – Ultra-Clean Steel
Using the strongest steel available to create critical automotive powertrain components is necessary and in demand. Understanding how to properly machine ultra-clean steel and executing these techniques will enable cost-efficient and consistent part production.
Lucid Factory—Phase One—Complete
They’ve built the beta test cars. Now they’re running the factory to test the tooling and equipment
Face Milling Aluminum Without Burrs
Sandvik has developed a face milling approach that is analogous to rotary broaching
7 Cool Tools: Laser Cutting, Fixture Modeling, and more
Increase operational productivity with these new developments for automotive manufacturing from Mazak, Renishaw, Omron, Marposs and more.
Cobots: 14 Things You Need to Know
What jobs do cobots do well? How is a cobot programmed? What’s the ROI? We asked these questions and more to four of the leading suppliers of cobots.
#Automation/Robotics
Nissan Manufacturing Wish List
What are the sorts of things that people at Nissan North American manufacturing ops are looking for?
#Infiniti #Nissan #facilities
Seven Cool Tools
Increase operational productivity with these new developments
#Automation/Robotics #HP
Custom Tooling, Workholding Help Whip Rotors Into Shape
Whipple Superchargers uses unique form tools and dead-length-collet workholding for its B-axis turn-mill enabling it to create more accurate rotors for its brand of engine power-adders.
C-19 Causes IMTS 2020 Cancellation
Massive manufacturing technology show has had a long run, now with a bit of an interruption
#covid-19
Tools You Can Use
Here are a few useful developments for your manufacturing operations, whether it is making components for electrical systems or camshafts or more.
Precise Engine Block Machining in Mannheim
How to get precise machined surfaces for commercial truck engines.
Advancing Metalcutting Technology
New designs, higher speeds, and added functions address changing automotive manufacturing dynamics.
#Citroen #Peugeot
Robot Developments for Automotive Applications
Spot welding continues to be a major application area in automotive and robot manufacturers are improving the tech to make that happen as efficiently as possible.
#engineer #Automation/Robotics #MINI
Times to Get Tougher for Tooling Firms
Harbour Results Inc. estimates decline in N.A. OEM tooling spend for 2020
Hard Milling Replaces Hand Grinding in Finishing Die Components
A focus on repeatability, geometric capabilities and speed led this manufacturer of fine-blanking machines and components to embrace hard milling as its go-to finishing process, eliminating hand grinding.
Cold Facts on Hot Stamping
Process advances, new materials and tooling breakthroughs are advancing the state of hot stamping
High-Speed Machining Means More Than Quick Spindles
Data collection, networking and machine design options are driving notable improvements and cost savings.
HP Launches Industrial Grade 3D Printer
To get a sense of just how serious HP (www8.hp.com/us/en/printers/3d-printers.html) is about actually doing high-volume manufacturing with its new Jet Fusion 5200 3D printing system, know that when introducing the unit, which literally uses what can be considered print heads that provide a building speed on a machine of up to 309 in3/hr, Ramon Pastor, general manager and global head of Plastics Solutions at HP 3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing, talks about having a machine that has “industrial level overall equipment effectiveness,” the sort of thing that one might hear regarding a machining center, and points out that because HP is a mass manufacturer it understands such things as the process capability index (Cpk), so the company has devised process control software for the 5200 Series that includes a machine-learning algorithm, which means that the printer will get closer and closer to its target value. “We are delivering a Cpk of 1.3,” Pastor says, adding, “We ask our vendors for 1.3.”
There are three machines in the series, the 5200, 5210 and 5210 Pro, which is a capability walk toward more functionality and capability.
“We are building a new market, a digital manufacturing market,” Pastor says, so to that end they are assiduously working with other companies, be they users (e.g., Jaguar Land Rover, whose Ben Wilson, additive manufacturing manager, said, “Our work with HP to advance our knowledge and in-house capability in 3D printing has been an important step toward production of quality parts to support current and aftermarket customers.
Coolant-targeting Toolholders; Hybrid Metal Additive-Subtractive Machine; Fastems RoboCell
Coolant-targeting Toolholders; Hybrid Metal Additive-Subtractive Machine; Fastems RoboCell
#Hybrid #Automation/Robotics
Lasers in Parma
To say that the GM Parma Metal Center is instrumental in the production of assembly and stampings for the OEM would be a huge understatement: at the 2.3-million ft2 facility the team processes over 1,000 tons of steel per day.
#GMC #Aluminum #GeneralMotors
Laser Texturing Speeds Up
The fastest way to put a texture onto an injection mold has long been chemical etching. Recent improvements in laser ablation have narrowed the gap.
#DMGMORI #tech
