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.

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Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Photo Credit, all images: Westminster Tool When you go to a moldmaker, what are you really buying — just steel or something more? Back in 2017, Westminster Tool implemented a more proactive plastic-quality design process. At that time, we looked at what we called our five “biggest losers.”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

SUPPLIER PROFILE EcoCut is a multifunction tool for drilling and turning with a broad range of machining applications. Schaumburg, IL) may just be the hidden tooling innovations gem the U.S. CERATIZIT is a high-tech engineering group that specializes in tooling and hard metal technologies. CERATIZIT USA Inc.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 12, 2024

Speedgrip Chuck Company expands its standard workholding solutions offerings with the introduction of two new turning chucks that reduce setup time and quickly center tapered parts for efficient, versatile machining. The chuck is also available in a 2-jaw configuration. The presetting fixture provides ±.0005-inch

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2022

CI), a machine tool manufacturer. Much like a professional-grade table saw’s rip fence, backgauges on industrial press brakes help operators accurately position material against tooling. . This efficient unit is designed to optimize torque/frame ratio, reducing the heat and noise level of a standard stepper motor. .

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

JANUARY 25, 2023

Lean manufacturing is much more than a collection of tools. Satisfied customers are more likely to return and may be willing to pay a premium for products from suppliers that better meet their needs. Continuous improvement revolves around identifying and eliminating waste in all of its forms. Why Become Lean?

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 11, 2023

Despite employment in our industry hovering around the 1 million mark since 2002 – we’ve increased our total value of production to $357.6 billion with China, the United States and Japan acting as our largest markets (source: ABS, adjusted for inflation) – yet only yielded modest uptakes in productivity (which I’ll return to later).

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ATS

MARCH 5, 2024

Share One of the tenets of lean manufacturing is that goods should flow like water through production. That flow is smoothed by determining the takt time and configuring manufacturing to achieve it. This blog explains takt time in manufacturing. What is Takt time? Takt time is the drumbeat of a production line.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 29, 2023

From mold design tolerancing to cutting tools and more, you, our readers, engage with a wide range of topics. One of our primary goals is to also keep you informed about the latest news and products (such as the SPE Mold Technologies Division , which garnered significant attention). Photo Credit: Sandvik Coromant 2.

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Factory Worx

JUNE 8, 2022

In the manufacturing industry, manufacturing continuous improvement refers to an integrated approach in which the development of products, processes, and services is tracked to make better improvements. Continuous improvement takes an existing production process in manufacturing and looks for different methods to improve it constantly.

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ATS

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA) is a form of FMEA tailored to the product design process. Though often used for consumer products, it can also be applied to manufacturing machinery and even complete production lines. A design FMEA is this process applied to the design of a product.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 19, 2024

The design freedom of polymer/composite additive manufacturing (AM) makes it easy to design different front-facing/insert holding (middle left and right) and rear-facing/handle versions (right) of the claw manual end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) that Zero Tolerance LLC has produced for its own and customer molding operations.

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Dinesh Mishra

OCTOBER 11, 2024

B.Harish details his company’s efforts to empower customers and industry professionals through knowledge and innovative solutions. Can you describe the key trends currently shaping the machine tool industry? The Indian machine tool industry is growing rapidly, with production and consumption seeing significant increases.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

JUNE 8, 2023

Companies source products from suppliers, who might source materials or components from others, who in turn might source from others. Businesses that properly plan and prepare can foster supply chain resilience, positioning themselves to thrive, even during unpredictable times.

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E&T

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It’s bonanza time in the land of computing, especially if you have bet large on artificial intelligence (AI). Higher efficiency and more ambitious sustainability objectives are enabled today by technologies that provide real-time data to optimise and better automate industrial processes and energy management.”.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2025

Finn Powers expertise was in punching and shearing technologies, and in creating flexible automation systems, such as the Night Train FMS for material storage, with intelligent cassette management for real-time monitoring. The company also offers customers a full software ecosystem. Arlington Heights, Ill.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 23, 2023

Big data insights Big data and analytics tools can help manufacturers analyze vast amounts of data and make better decisions about their operations. Manufacturers can improve the customer experience and satisfaction while also achieving better product production through shorter innovation cycles. What is big data?

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 2, 2024

Fixtureworks to Feature Expanded and Extensive Product Line Booth W-432377: The Fixtureworks exhibit will feature a variety of clamps, fixturing accessories and machine tool and material handling components. Many new demos will be on display at the booth for a direct hands-on experience of Fixtureworks’ newest products.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JULY 15, 2024

Samsara’s 3rd Annual Conference elevates product portfolio and user experience with solutions integrating three key elements – Data, Insights, and Action. The Beyond conference got off to a flying start with Analyst Day where Sanjit Biswas, CEO and Co-Founder, provided a curtain raiser on upcoming product launches and key company metrics.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JULY 15, 2024

Samsara’s 3rd Annual Conference elevates product portfolio and user experience with solutions integrating three key elements – Data, Insights, and Action. The Beyond conference got off to a flying start with Analyst Day where Sanjit Biswas, CEO and Co-Founder, provided a curtain raiser on upcoming product launches and key company metrics.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JULY 15, 2024

Samsara’s 3rd Annual Conference elevates product portfolio and user experience with solutions integrating three key elements – Data, Insights, and Action. The Beyond conference got off to a flying start with Analyst Day where Sanjit Biswas, CEO and Co-Founder, provided a curtain raiser on upcoming product launches and key company metrics.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 16, 2023

The family-owned company designs, assembles and ships its products from its headquarters in Grand Rapids to customers all over the world. Unist’s product lines focus on machining and metal cutting lubrication , precision fluid dispensing , and metal forming lubrication. Our goal is precision and repeatability.”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 10, 2022

Productive and at the same time flexible manufacturing solutions for electromobility and more – this is what EMAG will show at this year’s IMTS in Chicago from September 12th to 17th. EMAG is convinced that the future belongs to data-optimized production. Productivity increases of over 10 percent are the norm here.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Many plants have been designed to run with the minimum viable automation, so introducing digital solutions designed to improve safety and reliability, optimize production and meet sustainability targets is quickly achievable. This then creates a ‘closed loop’ application that can form part of an autonomous-ready plant.”.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 4, 2023

” The answers to this question usually revolve around adopting technologies that have become mature and mainstream to create new or modify existing business processes and customer engagement strategies. All IoT devices are poised to provide real-time information regarding the associated objects in the physical world.

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ATS

MARCH 31, 2023

The most effective way to pursue and achieve carbon neutral production is simply to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that the facility creates. Moreover, production itself is not the only process in the facility that should be considered.

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MEM

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For this purpose, the customer chose a shot blasting solution from Rösler. The special dual chamber design of this machine practically eliminates any unproductive idle equipment times. Product development, tool making, and production take place at the company’s headquarters in Coburg, Germany.

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ATS

JUNE 18, 2019

This means looking at new and emerging technologies to determine how, if at all, they can help boost efficiency and profitability and enable production of new products. Those states are converted to 0 and 1, which form the basis of binary code that underpins almost all computer hardware and software. Industry 4.0

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2022

economic uncertainties haven’t slowed down customers’ investments in its machinery or the company’s continued investments in technology to enhance its product lines. While supply chain struggles hamper every industry, AMADA continues to march forward and build its equipment to support its customers’ needs.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Obviously, rolling cold steel and reducing the thickness requires a lot of force, so the bearings are subject to heavy loads as well. A level of precision is required too, as the steel is being reduced but also made as flat and as close to the required gauge as possible. Tough steel to reduce stress Figure No. Figure No.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 14, 2023

Obviously, rolling cold steel and reducing the thickness requires a lot of force, so the bearings are subject to heavy loads as well. A level of precision is required too, as the steel is being reduced but also made as flat and as close to the required gauge as possible. Contamination is common and can cause several issues.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

Welding, Welding Automation, Robotics & Industrial Automation (Hall B) Fabricating & Metalworking is proud to present the FABTECH 2023 Product Showcase , which is an invaluable guide to navigating the trade show floor at McCormick Place in Chicago this September. An estimated 45,000 people will attend FABTECH 2023.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 16, 2025

The updated CAD Viewer is a free tool that allows viewing of all major 2D CAD files on a PC. The JETCAM CAD Viewer is a lightweight tool that requires little memory or hard disk space. Through our partnership with Drr, we can better serve OEM customers, building on Axaltas coatings know-how and Drrs robotics integration.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Laser, plasma, oxyfuel and waterjet cutting systems each have their own strengths, and the choice of cutting method depends on the material being cut, the desired precision, and the production speed required. Each console is seamlessly integrated with the CNC interface, ensuring ease of use and high productivity.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Current as of 2/01/23 This article contains information on exhibitors highlighting 3D Printing , Machining or Cutting Tools products and services at their booth in the Moldmaking Pavilion and across the show floor. Use promo code MMT23 and register today for your FREE exhibit hall pass, and we’ll see YOU in Chicago!

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 12, 2023

Photo Credit, clockwise from top left: Simoldes Tools, Triangle Tool, Decatur Mold and FET Engineering The Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO), taking place this year March 28-30, 2023 at the Donald E. Get to Know Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Visit Booth 1309 to experience the Cavalier way. This year it’s “Lights!

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