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Siemens Pre-Packs CNC Staples
Pre-defined system packages containing the most frequently used Sinumerik 828D CNC drive, motor and accessories will be stocked in the U.S. to ensure quick delivery. The fast-package program includes a price discount.
Grinders Designed for Punishment
Metabo puts the Power-Up Grinders series on the market, offering higher RPM and amps than their previous models. The tools include 11 metalworking grinders for weld cleaning and removal, pipefitting, metal fabrication, shipbuilding, and beveling. Added to that are four concrete grinders built for a beating in concrete/masonry applications
Methods Machine Tools Tapped to Distribute OKK Machining Centers
Known for power, speed and ease of maintenance, OKK’s horizontal, vertical, and 5-axis machines are now being sold and serviced throughout North America by Methods Machine Tools based in Massachusetts. To control quality, OKK manufactures its key machine tool components in-house, including spindles, mechanical gears, precision square slide guide ways and special controller features.
CAM Software Takes Off – Supports NASA Star Mission
A Massachusetts computerized machine shop creates critical camera-mount brackets using Open Mind Technologies’ hyperMILL CAM software. Ramco Machine achieves the necessary tight tolerances with 5-axis machining of a nickel-iron alloy that holds up to launches and the temperature swings of outer space.
Skip 5 Months of Payments
Finance a new Hurco CNC machine, and all the spring and summer payments will be waived. It’s how Hurco and distributor Applied Machine Solutions are teaming up to ease the cash crunch many companies are facing these days.
Coherent Creates ‘Center of Excellence for Fiber Lasers’
Laser source assembly and testing join the manufacturing site of fiber laser components, laser engines and combiners at Coherent’s Tampere, Finland facility. The entire Coherent HighLight fiber lasers series will be housed here to create the industrial high-power fiber lasers for challenging welding tasks.
Laser Welding Labs Specialize in Electric Motors, Batteries
Comau’s highly specialized laser laboratories feature Comau NJ-220 robots and LHYTE technology that optimizes high-precision joining. The labs are in Italy, Shanghai, and Michigan.
Where to Find Federal Funds to Buoy Your Small Business
Until the light emerges at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, SBA funding options may give small manufacturers the financial life rafts they need to weather the storm. Additionally, the federal government addresses 8 common challenges small businesses may be wrestling with.
Work Instruction Software Free Till Pandemic Ends
VKS is making its VKS Lite available at no charge to help companies rapidly disseminate internal knowledge. The software is beneficial for standardizing best practices as well as for training new staff.
Forging the Factory of the Future
Manufacturer signs three-year service agreement that will transition the operation from fixing one robot at a time after a failure to monitoring the performance of 30 robots individually and as a fleet.
Have We Achieved Lights-Out Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)?
In line with Industry 4.0, the rConnect central communications platform from GF Machining Solutions is one step closer to elimination of process downtime, improved machine performance, and fully predictive manufacturing process and product quality.
Mitsubishi Electric Consolidates CNC After-Sale Services
Tailored for the company’s M8, M7, and M6 Control Series, the CNC Total Care Package combines software backup, machine tuning, and preventive maintenance to minimize downtime. The goal is to make customers’ machines as productive as they were when new.
