Gun manufacturer Sig Sauer used a 3D scanning system to improve its manufacturing operations.
Through its 40 years of success, though, the name “Advanced” really became a philosophy and objective, woven into every strand of the company’s DNA.
Laser scanners and structured white light scanners for metrology are advancing at the same time that customer are demanding major improvements. As a result, scanning technologies are making rapid progress.
Today’s deep hole drilling systems control coolant much the same as they would a machine’s spindle or axes. Careful management of coolant pressure, filtration, temperature and flow rate is key to optimizing deep hole drilling.
COVID-19 put a spotlight on the brittleness of the U.S. manufacturing supply chain. Responding to crises of many types requires, at least, the ability to rapidly repair or rebuild the machines that are the foundation of our economy.
For most of its history in manufacturing, metrology’s competitive arena was at the point of measurement.
The L.S. Starrett Company has appointed Jim VandeHei Director of Sales, Starrett Metrology Systems.
In October, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, a smaller machine shop in Wisconsin needed a robot to deburr parts—and fast.
Mitutoyo America Corporation releases new Mitutoyo AI Inspect Software to its lineup of software solutions
The aerospace industry is setting itself up for a massive conjunction of need for industrial capacity to produce parts in the near future.