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GOOD NEWS: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CONSUMPTION JUMPS 58.9 PERCENT
Ignoring the typical summer doldrums for machine tool purchases in July, U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $266.08 million, up 10.1 percent from June and up 72.6 percent from the total of $154.13 million reported for July 2009.
SOFTWARE REDUCES TOOLPATH LENGTH MACHINING CYCLE TIMES
VoluMill? 3.5 from Celeritive Technologies has several enhancements, including Freeway Linking? that lifts the tool slightly off the floor of the part and detours it at high speed around obstacles along a smooth path.
GIANTS COLLABORATE TO COMPETE IN FACTORY AUTOMATION MARKET
FANUC FA America and Rockwell Automation are collaborating to offer closer integration between CNC and programmable automation controller (PAC) environments. Strategic emphasis will initially be placed on industrial automation systems where both CNCs and PACs are used.
Plouse Precision Manufacturing Named Finalist for Internet Award
Website combines design, functionality and content that is recognized as a benchmark for digital content development by other companies.
HORIZONTAL PROFILERS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN MACHINING ON DEFENSE PROJECTS
Pacific Contours, an aerospace parts manufacturer, uses them in a two-machine cell for producing aluminum components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, CH-47 Chinook helicopter and other critical defense projects.
GERMAN MACHINE TOOL ORDERS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
Overall demand in the German machine tool industry during the first half of 2010 was up 58 percent over the preceding year’s figure. Second-quarter order bookings show a rise of 71 percent.
LAI Continues Impressive Revenue Growth in Tough Times
Revenue growth of 53.5 percent in the last three years positions this supplier of airframes, aircraft engines, power generators, defense systems and medical devices as one of the fastest-growing and most-promising private manufacturing businesses in the U.S.
3-TURRET MULTITASKING TURNING CENTERS INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, CAPACITY
The Nakamura-Tome NTY3 Jumbo Super Mill 90 mm 16-station turret and NTY3 Jumbo Standard 100 mm 12-station turret multitasking turning centers from Methods Machine Tools use 100 percent stock-on turning and machining to virtually eliminate lost productivity due to tool changes.
LONGER BLADE LIFE LESS WASTE WHEN CUTTING CAST IRON
The patent-pending Diamond blade design from Lenox produces a straight, clean cut for joining cast iron pipe and doubles blade life when cutting cast iron so the user can flip the blade and continue working, rather than having to change blades.
NEW NORTHEAST DISTRIBUTOR FOR TOOLPATH ENGINE
Manufacturers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland can now turn to Jones Kinden for the VoluMill plug-in toolpath engine used with any CAM system in place of traditional roughing toolpath engines.
DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINING SURGICAL TOOLS
By using advanced DMG machine tools with Siemens controls, this surgical toolmaker has improved surface finish, reduced cycle times by over 20 percent, and shortened the R&D cycle.
NEW MARKETING STRATEGY FOR SWISS TOOL MANUFACTURER
“Work with the best” theme includes a website redesign that features new graphics and diagrams to capture real, on-site user situations for the tools in demanding environments.
