Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 22, 2023

The tool manufacturing industry embraces automation solutions at an unprecedented pace. This is a worldwide trend driven by several factors – labor shortage, increasing labor costs, the need for maximizing uptime, push for 24/7 machine availability and customers demanding shorter lead times.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2024

Automated T-shirt assembly system Apparel manufacturing is an industry ripe for automation, making it a strategic focus for the ARM Institute. Robotics and automation could be key to re-shoring apparel manufacturing , which could create more U.S. is leading this project as the principal investigator. jobs, it added.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 22, 2025

SupplyPoints industrial vending machines bring advanced automation and data integration to the shop floor. These systems eliminate the guesswork in tool availability, prevent misuse or misplacement, and enable real-time inventory tracking.

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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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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 7, 2025

With modular software and hardware, it is designed to scale with evolving production needs, making it ideal for aerospace, automotive, and high-precision manufacturing environments where there is a high demand for accuracy to deliver safety, compliance, and performance. Near-line or in-line integration with automation systems is seamless.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 1, 2025

Serves the electronics, medical, appliance, fluid power, marine, consumer products, construction, aerospace, automotive, electrical, mechanical, pharmaceutical and computer components industries. How has having offshore partners influenced your operations, particularly regarding lead times and cost-effectiveness? Heusser, Jr.:

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Lead Time Pharmaceutical Prototype  Aerospace 64

Modern Machine Shop

JULY 18, 2024

Shop owners today are spending more time focusing on efficiency, repeatability and automation using digital tools such as AI, or artificial intelligence. The company services a variety of end markets including aerospace, power generation, defense and semiconductors. “So that was our starting line.

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Aerospace Lead Time 3D printing Robotics 105

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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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Xerox ElemX liquid metal 3D printer equipped with Siemens SINUMERIK CNC control system ElemX is a groundbreaking 3D metal printer that’s simpler and safer to use and addresses supply chain resiliency for transportation, aerospace, defense and industrial manufacturing.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The results: The impact and benefits achieved by implementing the solution, including quantifiable metrics like cost savings, reduced lead times, improved quality, etc. Five-Axis Graphite Mill With Automation Debottlenecks Electrode Machining Photo Credit:Jingdiao North America Inc. Read the full article. Read the full article.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

suppliers of safety products, and a leading U.S. And technology is rapidly evolving thanks to automation and cobots, as examples. At the same time, older technologies are being upgraded and retrofitted so fabrication shops remain competitive. It is one of the largest U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals.

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i4.0 today

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Developed with cutting-edge technology, the Blocks RF50 is engineered to meet the demanding standards of industries like aerospace, precision molding, advanced engineering, and product development. The RF50 can produce intricate, highly detailed components with micron-level precision.

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3D printing Aerospace Prototype  Additive manufacturing 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A classic example is Tesla which, in recent years, has succeeded in reducing overall manufacturing costs per vehicle by over 50 per cent by embracing a range of current automation and technology advances. “AM Carbon fibre-strengthened printed metals can be three times as strong as aluminium. AM had a role to play here,” said Elving.

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Manufacturing 3D printing Supply Chain Prototype  98

Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Those tools are making large-scale mold production, part machining, and process automation accessible to the broader aerospace, marine, and other industry sectors. Engineers from aerospace and other large-part sectors come to Ingersoll Machine Tools to collaborate on breakthroughs in additive and subtractive manufacturing.

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3D printing Aerospace Robotics Robotics 59

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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Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 27, 2024

Rather than design its custom machines from the ground up for each job, the company estimates that it uses 90% stock modules, with the final 10% making up the customizations that determine whether a machine is suited to a complicated aerospace project, an energy application or another high-demand area.

Lean manufacturing 52

Lean manufacturing Manufacturing Aerospace Lead Time 52

Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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. AION NX addresses the needs of pattern and mould makers, large component manufacturers of automobile, defence, aerospace, and innovators in the Research & Development sectors.

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3D printing Prototype  Rapid prototyping Aerospace 52

Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Specializing in this metal presents unique difficulties when optimizing machine productivity, as automation and advanced toolpath strategies successful for other metals are often impractical. Today, the shop primarily works on aerospace and defense parts, especially satellite structures and components.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Theo Saville, chief executive and co-founder at CloudNC, said: Siemens NX is used by manufacturing leaders in some of the most important global industries, like aerospace and defence, automotive and industrial machinery. www.cloudnc.com About CloudNC CloudNCs mission is to enable single-click manufacturing.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Reduced Lead Times for Projects and New Integrator Partnership Program Customers also save time on product delivery now as Güdel has reduced its lead times to empower integrator partners to quickly and efficiently respond to their customers’ needs. “We www.gudel.com About Güdel Güdel Inc.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 16, 2024

“Our customers often serve industries like aerospace, automotive, medical and other manufacturers of precision components where quality, product performance and on-time delivery are non-negotiables,” says Kyle Thompson, sector manager – industrial production Americas at Weiler Abrasives.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 9, 2023

This capability has become increasingly important, especially in times of supply chain disruptions, as it reduces lead times and ensures uninterrupted production. By utilising both metal and advanced composites, manufacturers can create strong, accurate parts with exceptional durability.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The company is a Montreal manufacturer of custom precision tools that sells to various industries including aerospace, recreational vehicles, rail and automotive. Abraham meticulously inspecting the incoming pieces before grinding In the ‘80s and ‘90s, business was made up entirely of aerospace customers.

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Aerospace Automotive Form Lead Time 59

AU Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

A classic example is Tesla which, in recent years, has succeeded in reducing overall manufacturing costs per vehicle by over 50% by embracing a range of current automation and technology advances. . “AM Carbon fibre-strengthened printed metals can be three times as strong as aluminium. . AM had a role to play here,” said Mr Elving. .

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ATS

OCTOBER 11, 2023

By automating tasks, improving data processing and refining business intelligence, ERP and AI are improving the ERP landscape on a larger scale. Process automation AI is changing ERP systems by automating mundane manual tasks such as data entry and report generation.

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Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Supply Chain Lead Time 52

Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

All Metals Fabricating is an Allen, Texas-based contract manufacturer that performs sheet metal fabricating, powder coating, electromechanical assembly and machining for the telecom, banking/cash processing, medical, aerospace/defense and alternative energy industries. “This was a step towards that.”

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Aerospace Lead Time Robotics 105

i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Founded in 1977 as a specialist machine design company, and based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge Dynamics both designs and assembles high-end specialised, custom machinery and bespoke automation solutions for companies that cannot purchase machines off the shelf.

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Made-to-spec Beverage Fit Cycle time 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the time, I was tasked with understanding fatigue in lattice structures for an aerospace client and this led me to looking very closely at the additive machines we used,” he said. We developed a completely automated calibration system where we can install a sensor to a new machine and be fully setup in just a couple of minutes. “We

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3D printing Additive manufacturing Manufacturing Aerospace 98

Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We create value by providing full in-house production support with our R&D, engineering, surface treatment, annealing, cold forming, molding, heat treatment, machinery and automation, coating, sorting, packaging and logistics services and fully integrated production facilities. NF: Currently the establishment is ongoing.

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Logistics Supply Chain Lead Time Additive manufacturing 59

MEM

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

RapidDirect is a rapid prototyping service of choice for clients in aerospace, robotics, medicines, automotive, consumer goods, and many other industries. Automated DFM Feedback. The automated DFM feedback tool assesses a part’s design and assures that the part is manufacturable with CNC machining.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Manufacturing Rapid prototyping Prototype  52

Dinesh Mishra

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This includes the adoption of automation, robotics, advanced materials, and digitalization to enhance efficiency and productivity. The market for CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines is expanding rapidly, driven by the automotive and aerospace sectors. Technological advancements are driving a shift towards Industry 4.0,

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Fastener News Desk

MAY 11, 2023

For instance, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down electronics factories, and 2017’s Hurricane Harvey disrupted US oil refineries and petrochemical plants, ultimately leading to shortages of some plastics and resins critical to different industries. How do great supply chain organizations work?

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ATS

MAY 1, 2025

In a job shop, this time is not fixed; instead, it depends on the complexity of the design and the materials used. Industries that typically use job shops include aerospace machining, custom fabrication, medical device manufacturing, and MRO repair centers. As a result, job shops rely on skilled labor to ensure high-quality production.

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Manufacturing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Assembly Line Bottleneck 66

Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This month’s roundup has a specific focus on EDM, automation and machining, providing you with a rundown on how these products and services can be useful to you and your company, whether it’s automating work schedules, high-precision surface grinders, jig grinders or milling machines, EDMs that meet mold production demands and more.

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Automation Cycle time Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Aerospace 98

Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

ESPRIT EDGE features digital twin technology, AI, next generation automation tools, and CAM programming to drive all of your CNC machinery. By automating tasks like process planning, optimizing tool paths, and synchronizing multi-channel machines, this solution enhances efficiency and reduces cycle times.

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Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics Bottleneck 52

Mold Making Technology

APRIL 2, 2025

From high-volume stack molds to precision LSR tooling, mold builders across North America are stepping up with smart investments in automation, advanced machining and digital tools. manufacturing for diverse markets, including automotive and aerospace Recently invested in five-axis machining to enhance capabilities and competitiveness M.R.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Automation Aerospace Consumer Goods 52

Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 2, 2024

It is designed to reduce part handling, setup and overall lead time, while improving part quality, precision and surface finish for complex shapes and contours. The NFX 400A five-axis VMC is designed for small, complex parts — mainly for aerospace, automotive, medical and die-mold applications.

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