While fossil fuels dominate the energy market, expect a new mix of parts as renewable energy and EVs grow in market share.
5-axis machining terms can sound like a foreign language. Shorten your learning curve with Okuma’s glossary of 5-axis machining terms.
New program empowers manufacturers through customer care for the life of their machines
From a conventional machine operator to the founder of a company that manufactures high-precision cutting tools, Kumar Arumugam Naidu took his company to the next level through education and key partnerships.
According to Siemens Industry Inc., the new digital thread leverages technologies from all four companies.
Recycling increases efficiency, enhances brand image and saves money.
The world of quality measurement devices and software continues to expand, and IMTS years are especially exciting times. If there is a theme in the many offerings—new devices, new software—it might be how quality devices are continuing to burrow their way into the heart of manufacturing on the shop floor.
In Donald, Ore., 24 miles south of Portland, GK Machine Company Inc., is manufacturing parts for heavy agricultural equipment such as harvesters, sprayers, tree diggers, and hose reels.
Originally marketed for their proficiency in heavy metal removal applications while delivering longer tool life and multi-point efficiency, turning inserts have grown more sophisticated in response to advances in materials, machines, methods, and even social factors.
Five-axis machining, once a novel and somewhat forbidding technology, has become routine in many shops. Meanwhile, some organizations are still hesitant to use it, largely due to programming concerns.
