Mold Making Technology

MAY 21, 2023

For complex mold machining, like this glass bottle mold, CAD/CAM with innovative toolpath strategies is essential. Photo Credit, all images: BobCAD-CAM Moldmaking is complex, so mold builders are always looking for ways to simplify and streamline getting the part to code with easy, intuitive tool paths.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 10, 2024

“You don’t know how much waste you have until you address it,” says James Marzilli, founder and president of Marzilli Machine, a high-end component manufacturer located in Fall River, Massachusetts. . During this time, he read an advertisement for ProShop within Modern Machine Shop and decided to investigate further.

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 31, 2023

Machine tool monitoring is not really just machine tool monitoring. When the activity report from a machine tool monitoring system shows a particular machine being out of cycle for an unexpected stretch of time, the cause of that lost productivity typically is not the machine itself.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You run a small job shop and you do everything. Schedule and run jobs through the shop. Zel X brings key job shop functions together in a single easy-to-use suite of applications. It facilitates job quoting and management, collaboration with customers and employees and even includes CAD and CAM. Work with customers.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 6, 2023

is a manufacturer of measurement tools (among other products) that was founded in 1880 and simply has not left or retreated from its hometown of Athol, Massachusetts. is a manufacturer of measurement tools (among other products) that was founded in 1880 and simply has not left or retreated from its hometown of Athol, Massachusetts.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 4, 2025

While some manufacturers feel an understandable degree of anxiety over being acquired by a larger company, success stories abound when larger machine shops with canny owners build on the strengths of their acquisitions. While it has three- and four-axis machines, it primarily works with five-axis machining centers.

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DO Supply

MAY 5, 2025

In this article, we break down the key components inside these drives, detailing their functionalities and technical features. Allen-Bradley servo drives are integral to modern automation systems, offering precision control over motor performance. Understanding these components helps optimize their use in automation applications.

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Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Harish shares his company’s initiatives which are empowering customers and all industry professionals with knowledge and solutions Customer delight The purpose statement of Micromatic Machine Tools (MMT) reads as: Co-create Customer Success Nurture Entrepreneur Enrich Lives. Like human beings, CNC machines also break down occasionally.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Emilia Loulourgas Giannakopoulos, CEO of American Tool and Mold (ATM) and her father and founder Demetre Loulourgas. Photo Credit, all images: American Tool and Mold (Jeremy Scott) Who is American Tool and Mold (ATM)? It was founded by Demetre Louourgas, a Greek immigrant who became a proud U.S. citizen in 1981.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 11, 2023

By pairing a Productive Robotics OB7 cobot with this Haas DS-30Y, Above All CNC can now machine 10 to 15 of these parts for bear-resistant containers overnight. Parts for a line of these canisters are manufactured at Above All CNC , a Goleta, California, machine shop founded in 2016.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 8, 2024

When instructors for Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Innovative Manufacturing program read an article in a national magazine back in 2021 about international students facing challenges in Canada, they say it gave them pause for thought. Were they finding jobs in their field?’ Says Paul, “We asked, ‘Was their transition successful?

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the program is right, it will repeat that weld all day long. Our EZ Weld welding cell is unique because we’re selling a full machine,” he says. “Our Our EZ Weld welding cell is unique because we’re selling a full machine,” he says. “A This is one of the biggest benefits of switching to robotic TIG welding.

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Automation Mag

JULY 15, 2024

In this article, I break down a few of the notable AI technologies and discuss real-world applications where manufacturers are realizing business benefits. If you think this sounds a lot like Robotic Process Automation (RPA), you’re right. The artificial intelligence (AI) marketing hype is at a feverish pitch. And buyers want in.

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Canadian Metalworking Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Find out how Lufthansa Innovation Hub defines and interprets new macro-trends in travel and mobility tech. The short version. The customer: Tino Klaehne, Director of Strategic Innovation and Intelligence, Lufthansa Innovation Hub. Lufthansa Innovation Hub is “reinventing the travel of tomorrow.” The challenge: No process for strategic intelligence.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 19, 2023

Current as of 2/23/23 This article contains information on exhibitors highlighting the Mold Maintenance , Repair and Surface Treatment products and services at their booth in the Moldmaking Pavilion and across the show floor. Photo credit clockwise, from top left: Wisconsin Engraving, Fisa North America, Custom Etch and St.

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Article by Nick Allen, MD, 3DPRINTUK. Somewhere along the line, today’s manufacturers will have some knowledge of or experience of using 3D printing as a prototyping or production tool. Anyone remotely interested in marketing will have often heard about the so-called “so what” test. with nailed-down and demonstrable benefits.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

WILA’s state-of-the-art clamping and crowning systems offer the ultimate solution when it comes to efficiently changing tools, whether hydraulic, mechanical or pneumatic. The company isn’t looking to sell fabricators on every press brake tool that exists — WILA wants to prevent tooling just sitting unused at a shop.

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Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Some recent articles published in the media: Monitoring Solutions for Smart Forming; Modern Manufacturing India (MMI). Smart monitoring solutions for advanced forming solutions : Machine Maker. and DMI Influencer 2022 shares his company’s media and industry influence and the vision for the growth of the industry.

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ATS

MARCH 21, 2023

is increasingly commonplace in manufacturing, with one subset in particular gaining a strong foothold: machine learning. As manufacturers look for more innovative ways to increase stability, resiliency, responsiveness and, as always, efficiency and profit margins, machine learning and manufacturing are proving to be a natural fit.

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ATS

MARCH 31, 2023

Share Augmented reality is one of the most fascinating subsets of virtual reality technology, and it is fast becoming a highly favored tool among manufacturing maintenance technicians, designers and more. As we’ll explore throughout this article, it is easy to see why.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In addition to its automated five-axis workflow, this has involved the acquisition of a second location to offload operations better suited to other types of machining processes, as well as an increasing investment in software to meet the ever-evolving needs of its customers.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 1, 2025

In this three-part series of articles, we have outlined the components of a successful molding simulation, including the questions to ask and key factors to consider that will ensure it is completed correctly from the start. More often than not, the machine barrel details are not modeled into a simulation.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 16, 2024

When 3D printing contract manufacturer Cumberland Additive recently acquired the metal additive manufacturing operations of Stratasys Direct, the move doubled the company’s number of metal additive manufacturing (AM) machines and gave the company an additional production facility in its home region of Austin, Texas.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 17, 2023

Or, perhaps you’re looking for information that would help you design a preventative maintenance program for your CNC machine or robotic material removal system. If any of these are true, you’re in the right place. Many articles don’t talk about this, perhaps because it’s embarrassing. Pushing Machines Too Fast or Too Hard.

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Factory Worx

MAY 11, 2022

This article explains why digital dashboards are essential and how they can help with Industry 4.0. Why Are Digital Manufacturing Dashboards Important in Industry 4.0? The goal of Industry 4.0 is to track rapid real-world changes and use them to boost your factory's efficiency and profitability. Improving the quality of manufactured items.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 17, 2025

Injection molding simulation is becoming more mainstream for new product development, as it can be a great tool to predict and correct issues up front while product and tooling designs are being finalized. Is the actual mold steel machined identical to what is modeled in the simulation? Even the file type matters.

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E&T

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The GPU-maker is far from alone: it has become something of an article of faith that information and computing technologies (ICT) will deliver overall savings in energy consumption through better planning. It’s bonanza time in the land of computing, especially if you have bet large on artificial intelligence (AI).

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Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

F or a custom machine builder, managing customers’ Oliver Twist demands can make or break a one-off automation project. It’s quite another when it wants to push the performance of what was ordered beyond what the machine builder promised, an additional investment of the latter’s time that often gets written off as goodwill.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This automatic indexing saw miters up to 60° both left and right with a zero to three degree canted column, for increased efficiency in cutting structural materials. Sawing systems suppliers manufacture durable and innovative products, which incorporate AI for example, to increase your shop’s cutting efficiency. AMADA MACHINERY AMERICA, INC.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 30, 2024

These tests consider factors like the specific machine used, the materials involved, the printing parameters chosen, software control, post-processing steps and more. These tests consider factors like the specific machine used, the materials involved, the printing parameters chosen, software control, post-processing steps and more.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

This article is dedicated to: Hall B– Welding, Welding Automation, Robotics & Industrial Automation Bernard and Tregaskiss to Showcase MIG Welding Solutions B23027 Tregaskiss will display its TOUGH GUN TT4 product, among others. LLC and Hobart Brothers LLC. B23027 Bernard will display its AccuLock S consumable product, among others.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 26, 2022

FND : Hello, Cris Young here from Fastener News Desk at the International Fastener Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m here today with the CEO’s of Optimas Solutions, Daniel Harms, CEO of Optimas Americas and Mike Tuffy, CEO of Optimas International. Gentlemen welcome, please introduce yourselves. MT : Cris good afternoon.

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Modern Machine Shop

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Has your machine shop pursued grant funding for the purchase of capital equipment or to fund workforce training? ” But make no mistake: There is money on the table — lots of it — waiting for the right shop to claim it. Maybe you just returned from IMTS with visions of machine tools dancing in your head.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 28, 2023

Brent Donaldson, Editor-in-Chief of Modern Machine Shop: Welcome to Made in the USA, the podcast for Modern Machine Shop magazine that explores some of the biggest ideas shaping American manufacturing. Pete Zelinski, Editorial Director of Modern Machine Shop: I'm Pete Zelinski. ” Catch up on season 1 here.

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i4.0 today

AUGUST 2, 2023

In this article, we examine these two processes and recommend total solutions from GIGABYTE Technology that enable any AI developer to easily harness the AI full potential. Generative AI boils down to two essential processes called “training” and “inference”.

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Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

There’s no doubt that the ability of machines to learn from their working environments is truly game-changing. Some of the simplest tasks for humans can often be enormously difficult for an AI-driven machine. “We The catch is that many tasks completed by humans are more complex than they seem.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 2, 2023

India’s Makers and Movers were recognized and honoured in the first in-person ceremony since inception. Industry Leaders discussed the industry’s opportunities, trends, and challenges during the week-long fiesta. You can peruse all these conversations and the awards ceremony on MeshMix Media’s YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter channels.

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