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    Edge Technologies
    Phuchit | Dreamstime
    Five-axis cutting, up close.
    Inovatools Eckerle & Ertel
    Whether drilling, milling or grinding, application-optimized semi-standard and special tools from Inovatools make many machining operations more productive and efficient.
    Haimer
    Haimer’s Automation Cube One robotized work cell.
    Gennady Kurinov | Dreamstime
    CNC machine operator entering a program at a control panel.
    CFM International
    The redesigned blades for CFM56 commercial aircraft engines have thicker walls, “optimized dovetail loading,” and tightened manufacturing tolerances, to maintain the fuel burn benefits on CFM56 commercial aircraft engines.

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    Supfina
    Machining / Cutting

    What’s So Hard About Grinding?

    Nov. 30, 2023
    Hard-coated brake disks are the answer to one problem – emerging regulations on automotive particulate emissions – but those products and how to produce them are presenting a ...
    Mazak MegaStir
    Mazak MegaStir-patented ultra-hard diamond tipped FSW pin tools deliver higher performance, longer tool life and superior weld quality.
    New Products

    FSW Joining for MTM/Hybrid Machining

    Oct. 19, 2023
    Dynamic holders support legacy multitasking machines, while intelligent holders provide connectivity for process feedback, and diamond-tipped tools enhance FSW performance and...
    Andreyi Armiagov | Dreamstime
    Robotic arm in an automated production cell.
    News

    2023 Robot Installations Strong but Slow

    Oct. 16, 2023
    Forecast calls for a 7% rise in new installations – 590,000 units worldwide – but in the U.S. new orders have dropped, apparently due to inflation and interest rates that have...
    Mazak
    The Mazak VARIAXIS i-800 NEO vertical machining center.
    New Products

    More Functionality for Five-Axis VMC

    Oct. 12, 2023
    The Variaxis i-800 NEO vertical is enhanced with a new CNC that allows the five-axis machine to achieve faster machining cycle times, with expanded workpiece capacities and more...
    Alexander Tolstykh | Dreamstime
    CNC milling.
    News

    Some Bright Spots for Machine Tool Demand

    Oct. 11, 2023
    New orders for machine tools rose 16% from July to August, but the market remains largely dependent on consumer demand, and vulnerable to factors that may undermine consumer spending...

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    Siemens Inc.
    0 Siemens True Die Us Bcode 800
    CAD and CAM

    Toolpaths to Success

    Nov. 11, 2021
    New machining technology and a new CNC control are helping a mold-and-die shop define a new path forward and contribute to the future of the toolmaking trade.
    German Machine Tools of America
    Interior view of the German Machine Tools of America Profilator 300-V gear-cutting machine.
    New Products

    Modular Inverted Vertical Gear Cutting

    Sept. 14, 2023
    Compact machine with one/two spindles is individually configurable for various machining processes –scudding, hobbing, cycloidal milling, pointing, chamfering, and deburring.
    Starrag
    The Starrag EcoSpeed F 1540 has 120-kW / 30,000-rpm spindle with a maximum feed of 1,968 inches per minute.
    Machining / Cutting

    Speed, Power, Flexibility for Large Parts

    Sept. 14, 2023
    Simulations indicating aluminum aerospace parts could be milled twice as fast directed a Michigan shop to a Starrag machine with a wide work envelope, large tool magazine, high...
    Siemens Industry
    A typical aerospace part produced by Honeycutt Manufacturing.
    Automation and Robotics

    Aerospace Shop Drives More Business

    Sept. 7, 2023
    First came a single, five-axis universal machine, and then more, plus onboard CNC control, ... reducing cycle time by 50% and tooling costs by 60% for a Seattle-area job shop....
    Kurt Workholding
    Kurt TL6CSP TriLock vise with CarveSmart jaws quickly changes between three vise styles.
    New Products

    One Vice - Different Sizes, Configurations

    Aug. 24, 2023
    The TriLock quickly transforms from a single vise to one with three different styles, with fully integrated quick-change jaws.