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CNC Machine Industry News
Success Factors for Hard Turning
A rigid machine and hard cutting edge are the beginning. Other considerations relate to system rigidity and keeping the cutting force steady.
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12/19/2011
Five CNC Myths and Misconceptions
While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, managers with limited shop experience can’t always understand what’s actually going on in the shop. Here are five frustration-causing miscues I’ve noticed between management and shop employees.
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One Size (Huge) Fits All (Critical) Requirements
Production problems occur in all sizes and trying to meet the challenge of making one size fit all requires a better idea, a better solution.
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Lego Robot Will Serve You Pancakes In Whatever Shape You Want
This pancake-cooking bot is actually a 3-Axis CNC Robot that makes use of the Z coordinate as its Pancake Batter Dispenser Control.
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50 Years of Quality: From Luxury to Staple: CMMs
Once considered a luxury for ensuring quality control, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are now a staple in both large manufacturing plants and small job shops. This month Quality takes a look back at technology that was developed in the early 1960s.
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Will Additive Manufacturing Put Milling Machines Out of Work?
If you’re building a house, you’re hardly going to mill rooms, doors and windows out of a huge block of stone. On the other hand, when it comes to machining housings this is the normal approach – for the time being.
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Automatic Tattoo Machine Randomly Assigns Religious Symbols
Auto Ink intends to set itself apart from other CNC Tattoo Machines, since it is a 3-Axis Cartesian controlled robot that tattoos a person's arm with a randomly selected religious symbol.
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The Key to Lean: Machine Tool Calibration
Post-process part inspection is one of the leading components of waste in a lean manufacturing operation (...). Instead of giving a picture of future process capability, it can only provide a historical record.
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