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Hermle USA Hosts Inaugural Technology Event

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The 5-Axis Summit will feature keynote speakers, informative tech talks from industry players, real case studies and success stories from Hermle users and partner exhibitions displaying products in software, workholding, tooling and more. Industry players and those curious to learn more about five-axis machining are invited to the event.

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FFG Celebrates Grand Opening of Technology Center

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.” 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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What are Harmonics in Milling?

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Setting up a new milling operation has many considerations: tooling, toolholding and workholding selections; workpiece source selection (additive preform, casting, forging or wrought stock); tool path generation; tool life for hard-to-machine materials; and, of course, vibrations. Until then, let’s cut metal!

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Lessons on the Journey Toward Shop Automation

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Dr. Mori’s assessment also happened to be on-point for the topics addressed in this month’s cover feature by Associate Editor Nathaniel Fields. Nor is it unfamiliar to our readers. TASC is an automation conference designed for job shops and informed by the experiences of job shop leaders.

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Artificial Intelligence, Origin Stories, Machining Strategies, and the Wild Ride Ahead in 2024

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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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Embracing Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Industry

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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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Hermle Event Encourages, Educates on Five-Axis Machining

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Hermle’s Five-Axis Summit included presentations on various five-axis topics ranging from controls to part planning to automation. The event included participation from 30 of Hermle’s partners in five-axis machining, representing software, controls, tooling, workholding and inspection equipment.