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March, 1999

Features

Leaning toward linear

Everyone's talking linear motors for high speed machining, but what are the roadblocks to total acceptance of the technology?

Machine tools with connections

Don't be surprised if the next machine you buy operates from the comfort of your own home.

Machining and measuring merge

For decades, manufacturing and quality assurance managers have looked forward to the era of direct integration of multi-axis CNC coordinate measurement with the CNC manufacturing cycle. The promise...