Remote Diagnostics, Giant Workpieces, Deep-Hole Drilling and More in 10 New Ideas for Machine Shops

If you operate a machine shop — or any manufacturing operation with a focus on machining, and all the surrounding process technologies like product and process design, troubleshooting, CAM programming, tool design and selection, quality control, etc. — you face a steady flow of new technology and products, updates and improvements intended to address the large and small, general and arcane details that concern machine operators, programmers and shop owners and managers. Here’s a list of the 12 ideas for setting up, programming, cutting, turning, grinding, tool selection, and so on … that caught our attention this week.