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Voice Control Technology Is Here for the Machine Shop

Voice recognition software has been a growing trend in the Industrial Internet of Things and is already changing the way we look at machine tools.

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Medical

Methods Commits to Medical with New Tech Center

The company says the facility is well-positioned to fill healthy demand for CNC machining equipment, service and support among medical manufacturers in the southern United States.

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News of Note: November 2018

Study highlights benefits of machining brass, Hirschmann appoints a new president/CEO, and other industry news. 

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CAD/CAM

Toolpath Simulation Software Enables Custom-Part Production

MYT Works used NCSimul Machine from Spring Technologies, which enabled the company to efficiently prototype and produce custom camera equipment for film.

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Buying a Coordinate Measuring Machine: Sorting through Standards and Probes

What’s the difference between the ASME B89.4.1 and ISO 10360 calibration standards for CMMs?

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Holemaking

Add Punch Tapping to the List of Thread-Machining Options

Emuge has introduced the Punch Tap, a new class of tool for rapidly threading holes in aluminum.

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Get More Out of Your Machining with This Cutting Strategy

Radial chip thinning, also known more broadly as constant chip load machining is an alternative cutting strategy designed to better optimize machining speeds and feeds. Here’s how.

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Women Transform IMTS

The Digital Transformation Conference at IMTS featured an all-female panel that presented tips and tricks for understanding the value of manufacturing data, enabling those on the shop floor to make better decisions.

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Basics

A Video Introduction to Additive Manufacturing

This video playlist offers a quick introduction to 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM), including best use cases for this technology.

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U.S. Machine Tool Consumption to Hit $7.7 Billion in 2019

The 2019 Capital Spending Survey projects 11-percent growth in machine tool consumption, with prices continuing to increase.

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Automotive

Overcoming Racing CNC Machine Shop Challenges

Automotive racing teams’ machine shops are essentially job shops. An IMTS panel discussion I moderated highlighted ways Stewart-Haas Racing’s shop meets the challenges of a high-mix/low-volume machining environment.

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Basics

Just This Once, You Can Blame the Gage

Even the old, reliable gage is subject to wear. George Schuetz, director of precision gages at Mahr inc., gives guidance for machinists to maintain their gages.

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