Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Data management is another hot topic. Many still see value in 3+2 setups, especially with efficient workholding solutions. CAD/CAM is a big player here with platforms designed for mold design with the ability to sync up with CNC programming to automate tasks and cut down on manual work.

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 11, 2024

Photo Credit: Modern Machine Shop In its 96 years of existence, Modern Machine Shop has never explored artificial intelligence (AI) — a wildcard of epic scale — as our central cover topic. ” We also explore AI and AI-adjacent topics in two other articles this month. At least, not yet.”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

www.wikussawtech.com Technology Improves Sawing Most often when the topic of increasing rates of production involving sawing operations is discussed the immediate response is to evaluate specific saw parameters, items like blade selection, saw arm feed rates, blade speeds or employee performance.

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ATS

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Today, while plastic pieces are still printed for prototyping tooling and workholding, metal replacement machinery components and actual production parts are possible. When combined with generative design, this enables the manufacture of shapes that can’t be produced any other way, such as weight-saving brackets and supports.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 11, 2024

Another topic of focus should be threaded holes. A positional tolerance may influence how you want to approach the part with regards to workholding or number of setups. It may also apply to things like angles that require a fourth axis or could be done with a chamfer tool instead, if minor accommodations can be made.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 11, 2024

Metal tooling and workholding is an area where manufacturers can benefit from the untold advantages of additive manufacturing. The CERATIZIT Open Days event took place in April. For CERATIZIT’s team, when working with customers, the impossible is possible — “if you can image it, we can make it.”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 3, 2024

Generative design very quickly offers designs that meet requirements and accommodate constraints, which can be invaluable when designing workholding tabs and fixtures. Just spending an hour or two each week on these topics will help you feel like you are making progress,” Sciammarella added.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A workholding hood, covering a Makro-Grip five-axis vise and workpiece blank, attaches to a toolholder in the tool magazine. Environmental and sustainability issues can be politically fraught topics in the U.S. The cell includes automated deburring and CO2 cleaning. The resulting part (left) weighed 45% less.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

.” FFG’s strategic partners in CNC controls, spindles, robotics, cutting tools, toolholders, rotary tables, probing, workholding, bar feeding, mist collection, high-pressure coolant and equipment finance were also displaying and presenting various products and machining solutions. LNS North America Inc. ,

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