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Full Real-Time Visibility of all Facility and Machine Maintenance Needs
Using eNETMD real-time Maintenance Dashboards from eNETDNC, a shop can schedule or prioritize today’s maintenance needs or even weekly, monthly and yearly preventative maintenance projects. It also offers an email server with automated notifications to improve communication within the maintenance department.
Combination Wheels Increase Productivity While Reducing Cost
Ideal for general fabrication, oil rig building and repair, rail, container, and pipeline manufacturing, durable Norton Quantum3 Combination Wheels from Saint-Gobain Abrasives reduce the need for wheel changes, decrease production downtime and labor cost, and increase productivity by 15 percent so users can finish more pieces in less time.
IMTS 2018 Showtime: Abrasive Machining, Sawing, Finishing
These are systems for applications requiring high tolerance and precision surface finish, including grinding technology, sawing and cutoff machines and a variety of finishing systems, such as lapping, balancing, honing and polishing machines, as well as advancements in abrasive size, shape or composite materials, and nano-materials for improved surface finishes in more constrictive areas.
CNC Machining Simulation, Verification and Optimization Software
VERICUT 8.2 software from CGTech optimizes all types of CNC machining, including drilling and trimming of composite parts, waterjet, riveting, robots, mill/turn and parallel kinematic/hexapods.
Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem Developed by Machinists
Ideal for Industry 4.0 practitioners in small and medium-sized shops, ProShop software from Adion Systems provides an integrated, comprehensive set of modules for managing typical ERP operations, MES and QMS functions, including ISO-9000, AS9100, API and ISO 13485.
Engineering Software Streamlines the Entire Manufacturing Workflow
3DXpert 14, GibbsCAM 13 and Cimatron 14 from 3D Systems cover digitization, design and simulation through to manufacturing, inspection and management.
Precision Manipulation and Fixturing of Large, Heavy Parts for Welding and Machining
Powered Manipulators from Bluco protect workers from injury by using motors and hydraulics to lift heavy parts weighing up to 8,000 lb to 72 in, rotate them 360 deg and tilt them to the desired position, from 0 deg to 180 deg, all in seconds.
Robot Arm Ecosystem Lowers the Automation Barrier for Shops
Third-party product developers for the UR+ platform from Universal Robots deliver plug-and-play peripherals that integrate with UR robot arms to quickly and seamlessly deploy entire robotic applications.
Grinding, Milling and Drilling in a Single Part Clamping
With spindle speeds up to 10,000 rpm for high precision machining, the 5- or 6-axis Mägerle MFP 51 grinding and machining center from United Grinding combines grinding, milling and drilling in a single part clamping to dramatically improve productivity.
Batch Mode Fine-Grinding Systems
The Spiro F5 and Spiro F12 from Supfina can grind highly precise, ≤ 1.0 µm plane parallelism and machine precision bearings, pump gears, valve plates, and more up to 20 times faster than lapping to greatly reduce costs per unit.
Flexible Grinding of Micro Tools, Gun Drills, Hob Cutters and Complex Geometries
Along with advanced wheel changing, automated collet changing and robotic workpiece handling, the flexible 325linear 5-axis CNC grinder from Schütte is equipped with SIGSpro software for full 3D simulation on the HMI or offline for more accurate quotes and complete cycle validation.
Innovative Grinding Wheel Technology
HPL anti-friction abrasive tools, hybrid-bonded durable precision dressing tools, double-disk fine-grinding wheels and more from Meister Abrasives dramatically reduce process variability, improve quality and increase grinding productivity.
