Siemens and Ingersoll Machine Tools said they have expanded a digital enterprise partnership.
On paper, it should have been smooth sailing. When Fairbanks Morse installed a robotic welding cell at its Beloit, Wis. headquarters, the goal was to increase output of the massive marine propulsion systems they manufacture.
Some trends in machining remain constant. Machine speeds continue to increase. Difficult-to-cut materials are used more frequently.
The longstanding trend toward manufacturing automation has understandably been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Librestream, a provider of augmented reality (AR) and remote collaboration solutions, said it secured investments from Honeywell and Evergy Ventures.
In today’s ultra-connected and camera-covered smart factories, the amount of visual data generated and transferred taxes even the most powerful computer and network systems.
SMW Autoblok has introduced the TX Series 3-jaw pull-down chucks featuring repeatability of up to 4 µm (0.00015”) and precise, self-centering accuracy for heavy duty metal cutting applications.
Until 2018, a West Coast manufacturer of gaming headsets and peripherals used approximated mesh CAD/CAM to size parts, tightening tolerance parameters up to 10 times smaller than the standard setting.
Need a little good news? America’s seemingly insatiable need for electricity is producing strong demand for the components that go into power generation equipment.
The deburring and finishing of machined and fabricated parts is a necessary but often disregarded step in the manufacturing process.
