Making Manufacturing Technology Smarter, Faster in 2018

“Manufacturing technology” is an unwieldy term, but those in the know understand it means CNC machine tools and logical components of the same: spindles, workholding devices, etc. Cutting tools are another category — and the software informing and guiding these devices are another dimension all together. But what about all the other “technologies”?

There is a vast and expanding range of technologies for manufacturing that enhance and improve the performance of machine tools and cutting tools — in the shop and in the Cloud, for the increasingly complex and competitive manufacturing sector. Though less defined than the other categories of manufacturing technology, these technologies are offering more precision, more speed, more intuition, and more convenience to machine shops and similar manufacturing operations. Following here are some of the latest to catch our attention …