Methods Celebrates 60 Years as North American Supplier
Founded in November of 1958, with three employees and a few refurbished machines, Methods Machine Tools Inc. is celebrating 60 years of supplying precision machine tools, automation and additive manufacturing products in North America.
Working with In-House Integration Systems
When it comes to envisioning, engineering and integrating automation systems for its shop floor, this Ohio shop chooses to tap its internal resources to get the job done. This shop successfully implemented in-house integration to help make it a better business.
The Biggest Bang for Your Automation Buck
Bar feeders are the primary automation option for the precision turned parts shop. Selecting the best bar feeder for the application is important for maximizing the production benefits of this technology.
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Automation with a Purpose
Sustainability demands change, as this shop has done for almost 80 years. The current agent for change is automation. This article tells the story of how this company decided what it needed and then found suppliers to help make it happen.
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Shop Finds Success in the Dark
This article details the experience of one Swiss-type machine shop that instituted lights-out machining as part of its production regimen.
KC SmartPort Briefing Examines Industry 4.0
KC SmartPort held its seventh annual industry briefing featuring a panel of manufacturing industry leaders discussing how the rapidly changing field is moving toward automation, with big data facilitating breakthroughs in process improvement.
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Software Offers Robot Programming
Simulation and singularity resolution tools in Vero Software’s WorkNC 2018 R1 can take full advantage of the benefits robots bring to the manufacturing process.
Predictive Analytic Service Identifies Potential Failures
FANUC America’s Robot LINKi Zero Down Time (ZDT) is a predictive analytic service that identifies potential failures so customers can schedule maintenance and repairs, avoiding unexpected breakdowns during production.
5 Reasons to Attend the Smart Manufacturing Experience
Organized by AMT—The Association For Manufacturing Technology, the Smart Manufacturing Experience provides hands-on, live technology demonstrations, active learning labs, collaborative technical workshops and tours of smart factories.
Cobots Are Coming to the Precision-Turned Parts Industry
The international bar turning machine tool show, Simodec 2018, held March 6-9 in La Roche-Sur-Foron, France, focused on man-machine interaction, connected machining, Industry 4.0 and automation, robotics and particularly cobotics.