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CAM software includes new verification module for milling, turning
- Jun 26, 2017
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SmartCAMcnc has released SmartCAM® v2017 for CNC milling, turning, fabrication, and wire EDM applications. The CAM software offers new verification technology, as well as expanded rotary-axis and code-generation support and improvements to the user interface and rough milling functionality. The...
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MSSC and Amatrol launch workforce training machine
- Jun 26, 2017
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The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC), a Washington, D.C., and technical training company Amatrol, Jeffersonville, Ind., have launched the MSSC CPT + Skill Boss training machine for certified production technicians (CPT). The portable machine can be used by high schools, community...
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- Jun 26, 2017
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Chicago Tube & Iron, based in Romeoville, Ill., has promoted Ron Chalos to general manager of CTI Indianapolis, effective July 1. Chalos joined the company in 2015 as the assistant general manager of CTI Indianapolis. Before that he worked in sales and management for Allied Tube & Conduit. He has a...
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Fly-by-wire welding provides remote flood welding safety
- Jun 26, 2017
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With the new RC-17 fly-by-wire welding process from Weld Mold, operators can perform totally remote flood welding from the safety of a temperature-controlled environment, while maintaining total control of the welding operation and best welding procedures. Operators are protected from heat, smoke,...
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Change: The new normal in manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
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If a shop doesn't change, a competitor is bound to catch up.
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One of the common problems I hear from tooling buyers is that the quotes they receive often are significantly different. It’s not unusual for one die shop to quote a job at $50,000 and another shop to quote $75,000 on the same tool. What are the differences between those two dies? Will the...
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Allied Tool & Die marks more than 70 years in business
- Jun 23, 2017
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Allied Tool & Die, a Cleveland-based provider of metal stampings from any grade of material, specializing in spring steel and nonferrous metals, is celebrating more than 70 years in business. Founded in 1946, the company delivers precision metal stampings for surgical instruments, consumer...
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DESTACO named a Vendor of the Year by MSC Industrial Supply
- Jun 23, 2017
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Auburn Hills, Mich.-based DESTACO, a provider of automation, workholding, and containment systems, has received Tooling Components Vendor of the Year honors from MSC Industrial Supply Co., a distributor of metalworking and MRO products and services. The award recognizes DESTACO for excellence in...
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Articulating-arm die grinder accelerates automaker’s tool and die maintenance
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Maintaining tooling at Ford’s Woodhaven, Mich., plant is not an easy task, particularly as 33 tool- and diemakers keep 75 different sets of tools in top-speed running condition. Several articulating grinding arms have helped to alleviate inevitable bottlenecks.
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5 steps toward more productive transfer press operations
- By Mike Brotz
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Air-driven ejector technology plays a dominant role in modern automated press shops, where it is used to transfer sheet metal through a series of stamping presses. Here is how the latest technology upgrades in vacuum-based automated production equipment may help you increase stamping productivity.
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Workshops for Warriors to host career fair on Aug. 4
- Jun 23, 2017
- Shop Management
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Workshops for Warriors—the only accredited school in the U.S. that trains, certifies, and helps place veterans, wounded warriors, and transitioning service members into advanced manufacturing careers—will host its first Employer Career Fair on Aug. 4, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at its San...
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San Francisco stamper averts “seismic event” with servo press
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- Jun 23, 2017
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Stamping manufacturer Scandic Springs, San Leandro, Calif., encountered severe tooling, problems while stamping a particularly difficult but critical automotive component. Dies were cracking. Parts were failing. Small hole-punch tools were breaking faster than a runaway car down Lombard Street. The shock at snap-through could register on the Richter scale. The manufacturer resolved the problems by using the ability to slow the piercing at BDC using a servo press.
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Volkswagen taps Ultimaker for customized tool production using 3-D metal printing
- Jun 22, 2017
- Shop Management
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Netherlands-based open-source 3-D printer manufacturer Ultimaker, with U.S. offices in Cambridge, Mass., has announced that Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Portugal, is using its printers to produce a variety of custom tools for auto manufacturing. With a set of Ultimaker 3 and Ultimaker 2+ printers,...
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3-D metal printing market to reach $2.86 billion by 2025
- Jun 22, 2017
- Shop Management
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Dublin-based Research and Markets has published “3D Metal Printing Market Analysis By Product (Titanium, Nickel, Steel, Aluminum), By Application (Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Medical & Dental), By Form (Powder, Filament), By Region, By Country, And Segment Forecasts, 2014 – 2025.”...
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