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    Apicha Thumvisead | Dreamstime
    CNC machine control panel.
    Automation and Robotics

    NC Automation Elevates Machine Shop Productivity

    Dec. 16, 2024
    Human error, time inefficiencies, and inconsistent quality are among the factors that machine shops can overcome, and improve their competitiveness, by adopting a more method ...
    Mazak Corp.
    Mazak’s SmartBox 2.0 is a comprehensive device that integrates advanced communication protocols and edge computing to enhance productivity and security, ensuring safe data export from machines to factory networks.
    Automation and Robotics

    Enhanced Machine-to-Network Connectivity

    Sept. 4, 2024
    Mazak’s SmartBox 2.0 device integrates advanced communication protocols and edge computing for enhanced productivity and security.
    Ryzhov Sergey
    A CNC machine operator.
    Shop Operations

    Overcoming the Machinist Shortage

    Aug. 27, 2024
    From automation to training, these five options offer machine shops and all manufacturers a starting point for resolving the expanding personnel and production problem.
    UNISIG
    The new operating system, featured on UNISIG’s UNE6-2i-750-CR small-diameter gundrilling machine, streamlines set-up for dozens of different part-handling combinations to reduce new-part set-up times by 80% or more.
    New Products

    New OS Streamlines HMI-Robot Interface

    Aug. 14, 2024
    Significantly improved communication between a machine’s HMI and robotic controller means coding and data for gundrilling operations and part handling are stored together for ...
    Flex Machine Tools
    Automation and Robotics

    Tapping, Drilling, Balancing, and Material Handling Arms

    July 18, 2024
    Devices that assist in manufacturing processes while optimizing performance, simplifying set-ups, reducing operator fatigue, and increasing safety and efficiency.

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    2023 Robot Demand -30%

    Feb. 13, 2024
    Q4 signaled some recovery, but a slow economy, higher interest rates, and over-purchasing during the 2022 supply-chain crisis dragged the volume of new orders after two straight...
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    Haimer
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    New Products

    Automated Work Cell for Tool Presetting

    Nov. 2, 2023
    Robotic cell handles automatic shrinking in and out, as well as measuring of tool assemblies, and can manage up to three different interfaces simultaneously and up to eleven axis...