The classic manufacturing conundrum is how to make products quicker, cheaper, and better.
Overall, there are two overriding customer needs: reducing cycle time and machine downtime. They want higher feed rates and depth of cut for greater metal removal.
Cutting tool technology continues to advance, and manufacturers can take advantage of a wide range of new cutting tool products. In this episode, Alan Rooks, Editor in Chief of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Tim Easton, National Sales Manager for NTK Cutting Tools.
CAD/CAM software aids racing engine block shop.
CAD/CAM improves generative design, print simulation, path programming and process control in additive manufacturing.
Mikron Tool expands its CrazyMill Cool P&S milling cutter family
AI software enables the company to capture relevant runtime metadata and put it into context to create useful information in real time.
The right tooling can have a profound effect on a shop’s competitiveness and future growth.
Key steps are virtual twins and real relationships.
Sandvik Coromant’s Package Selector Application analyzes a 3D CAD model of a product and recommends the smallest packaging possible using an AI algorithm that calculates the product’s rotation.
