Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Kooyers says that these parts are more appealing to modern job shops than the “classic” CTE parts — and that the 10th part’s ISO grid requirements help students learn how to make aerospace parts, which proves a useful resume builder for many regional job shops.

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NCMS

MAY 19, 2025

This work introduces a non-contact, atmospheric plasma technology as an innovative, automation-compatible alternative for epoxy removal and surface preparation of metallic aerospace components. It also improves safety by minimizing operator exposure to dust, chemicals, and repetitive physical tasks.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 23, 2025

Visitors to the event, taking place at Mazaks Northeast Technology Center in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, will also discover how to overcome todays high production demands with automation solutions and guidance from onsite Mazak applications engineers.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Central to the company’s Machine Shop Excellence solutions, the suite includes significant automation and innovative technologies that help manufacturers achieve highly efficient utilisation of material, cutting tools, and CNC equipment, and capture and consistently apply a shop’s best practices.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 20, 2023

Flexible automation, answers Innovative Fabrication. The Raleigh, North Carolina-based shop has fostered a close relationship with VersaBuilt Robotics , leveraging the automation OEM’s technology to improve revenue and maintain the shop’s reputation as a quick-turn manufacturer. to 10 or 11 p.m., Rush Order?

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 22, 2024

This automated robotic cell at MetalQuest frees employees from repetitive, manual tasks. Source: MetalQuest From the earliest days of automation at IMTS featuring a robot hand moving parts, there has been a massive evolution in technology. “What is the definition of automation?” “Here’s an analogy. .

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

“Combining FOBA with Flexxbotics is particularly valuable in industries with strict regulatory compliance requirements that dictate the highest levels of repeatable precision, such as medical devices and surgical products, along with aerospace, defense, and space,” said Tyler Bouchard, co-founder and CEO of Flexxbotics, in a release.

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Dinesh Mishra

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Aerospace: Manufacturing high-precision components that require stringent quality standards. Machining time: A deeper cut can reduce overall machining time but may require more robust tooling and machine capabilities. Manufacturing: Producing a wide array of mechanical components for various machines.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 31, 2025

The WeldControl 300 is an operating system for heavy robotic welding automation. PathPlanner revolutionizes welding path planning by automating the creation of collision-free paths. This tool enhances the effectiveness of offline programming and addresses a traditionally time-consuming part of the welding process.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 22, 2025

At the heart of this transformation is ultra-precision machining, powered by advanced CNC systems, robotic automation, and artificial intelligence. AI and machine learning increasingly play a crucial role in optimizing processes, providing real-time deviation prediction and correction. The DMU 60 eVo 2.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 28, 2023

The benefits of automation are potentially huge, but the investment required for a robot arm or pallet changer can be intimidating or even prohibitive. By using the toolchanger, a feature already included on many milling machines, Lang’s Haubex system can help shops take a first step into automation without high startup costs.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 28, 2025

Many manufacturers concentrate heavily on the overall cycle time of a process, focusing resources on the grinding or machining operations, while giving less thought to the final deburring steps. Components such as gears for transmissions must be burr-free to ensure the longevity of the gear teeth and to maintain driveline efficiency.

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i4.0 today

JULY 29, 2024

Powered by Shibaura Machine’s advanced THE series of industrial robots, the Infinifeed is an automated feeding system that addresses the common challenges of parts feeding and sorting. Designed by DOMA Automation and integrated by Tera Automation, the Infinifeed uses a unique parallel belt conveyor system with opposing motion.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 20, 2024

GrayMatter automated manually intensive tasks at Lawrence Brothers. manufacturers face widening labor shortfalls and need automation to help fill those gaps. By automating such jobs, businesses can meet global demand while also improving the quality of life for their workers, said the company. The Carson, Calif.-based

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 8, 2022

ANCA’s laser marking systems can be integrated into the AIMS Server to become a part of a fully automated production cell. Automating the laser marking task is a direct solution to address this, with multiple benefits. Automation saves on labor cost, eliminates human error and frees up staff to perform more value-adding activities.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 6, 2025

Part quantities range from 50 pieces to 40,000, and typically fall into the medical or semiconductor industries, with some parts for the chemical industry and the occasional bobbin for electronics in the aerospace industry. This range of clients has helped the shop weather downturns in any one market.

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i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

FANUC UK’s Managing Director, Tom Bouchier, has highlighted the importance of automation in ensuring the UK fully realises the value that the manufacturing sector can bring to our economy. This is in part due to our reluctance to automate, which is in turn impacting productivity levels.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

ATM manufactures complex, precision, multi-cavity molds for the plastic injection molding industry for consumer packaging, specialty closures, aerospace and medical industries. We also have automated multiple EDM machines with more than 460 electrode stations to enable lights-out operation, which has reduced our mold delivery times.

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Cycle time Aerospace Manufacturing Automation 105

Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems Linear AMS , a company that originated in 2003 as a toolmaker and molder, swiftly adopted metal additive manufacturing (AM) early in its journey. Read the full article. Read the full article. Read the full article.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Key applications transmission components for automotive and landing gear for aerospace, among others. Configured for easy communication between the system and a variety of automated work cell equipment, integration into an automated cell is simplified. Renishaw Inc.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 7, 2025

Hexagons Manufacturing Intelligence division is redefining automation and efficiency in woodworking and fabrication with new advancements now available in its leading CAD CAM software, ALPHACAM. In addition to time savings, ALPHACAM delivers on programming standardization, capturing legacy knowledge within the software.

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The system is consistently updated and customized to MTM’s operational framework, methodically inserting checkpoints and automation into every step of planning and production. A 98% on-time delivery rate for some of the most complex large-format machining operations imaginable. The result? Another result? Here’s why.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Industrial automation specialist FANUC UK will showcase a range of real-world robotic innovations at MACH 2024, including an affordable multi-axis turning and machining solution aimed at helping manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, utilities and energy supply chains reduce cycle times, cut costs, save space and boost production efficiency.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 22, 2025

This capability is particularly crucial for industries like aerospace, automotive, and medical device manufacturing, where parts often feature complex shapes, tight tolerances, and high material strength requirements. GROBs emphasis on precision tooling and advanced software solutions further elevates their machines capabilities.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 9, 2024

Sour NCCS is showcasing the latest version of its NCL multi-axis machining software for the aerospace, automotive, tire mold and turbomachinery industries. NCL offers a blend of automated and user-controlled toolpath generation techniques that can result in reduced programming and machine cycle time and increased quality.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Over the past year, many manufacturers have eyed the recovering aerospace market as one potential avenue for expansion and diversification. Rising Demand for New Aircraft and MRO While commercial aerospace took a significant hit in 2020, the resilience of the defense sector helped to blunt some of the impact.

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 28, 2025

Advanced CAM programming techniques can make significant differences in the cycle times and costs of jobs, but creating tool paths with these techniques has historically been a time-consuming process, limiting their use to mid- and high-volume parts.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 22, 2025

Recent advancements transforming efficiency and precision include: High-Speed Machining : CNC machines with HSM capabilities deliver faster cutting speeds and tighter tolerances, significantly reducing cycle times. Automation and Robotics : Expertise in programming and maintaining robotic systems.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The ATI Industrial Automation’s Compliant Reciprocating Tool utilizes widely available industrial finishing media and can be deployed in a variety of ways, which makes this tool a robust yet flexible alternative to filing by hand. Kane Robotics automates dull and dirty processes with next-generation robotic solutions.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 22, 2025

The machine performs multiple operations on a workpiece in single setups to reduce cycle times and improve accuracy The VC-Ez 20 VMC, which provides easy programming, machining and setup for virtually any size shop.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 11, 2023

The machine is now paired with a Productive Robotics OB7 cobot to automate the process. This set of aerospace parts is set up in a Doosan DNM 4500S. ” With new machining processes and more automated, organized data tracking, Above All can now rely on its newfound efficiency to complete its jobs.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 12, 2023

“Where you might have 40 hours of video multiplied by 5 stations, we’ll give you the most important 10 minutes of that day,” Danziger said, citing examples like information about cycle time and the breakdown of time spent working versus time walking. Mitsubishi Electric Automation is another partner manufacturer. “If

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 3, 2025

Digital technology is advancing and finding its place in the manufacturing industry, ultimately providing benefits in the physical world from shorter cycle times and reduced downtime to improved part quality and lower energy consumption. Digital Technologies AI, AR/VR and digital twins were all prominent across the show floor.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 18, 2023

Pioneer Service precision machines parts for industries like aerospace, electric vehicles, sporting goods, oil, gas and more. Pioneer Service is a high-volume environment that typically takes on jobs requiring 1,000 or more parts, serving a variety of industries like medical, aerospace, electric vehicles, oil, gas, sporting goods and more.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JUNE 30, 2022

San Antonio –June 30, 2022– The global market for dimensional metrology software is growing as organizations across sectors expedite automation to align with their digitalization agendas. In-line metrology solutions : Provide real-time quality control through in-line metrology equipment and advanced software.

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Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

AION NX addresses the needs of pattern and mould makers, large component manufacturers of automobile, defence, aerospace, and innovators in the Research & Development sectors. Divide by Zero Technologies (DBZ), one of India’s leading 3D Printer manufacturers, has launched AION NX, the next frontier in large format hybrid 3D printing.

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i4.0 today

AUGUST 27, 2024

For the past three decades, pneumatic designs have been preferred by automation specialists – but this is changing. Rapidly opening and closing the grippers allows the pick, place and release mechanism to be completed quickly – reducing cycle times and improving productivity for automated systems.

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