Ultra-High-Power Fiber Lasers Change the Competitive Landscape of Cutting October 19, 2022 How lasers are changing metal cutting.
Clamping Smartly October 10, 2022 Move over dumb chucks and vacuous vises: The next generation of smart, communicative, and modular workholding solutions is on its way.
Tooling Up for Electric Vehicles October 7, 2022 A look at how tooling is adapting for electrified vehicles.
Hybrid Engraving Operations Hinge on Laser Texturing October 6, 2022 Shops need both chemical and five-axis laser texturing capabilities to generate patterns that were once considered unattainable.
Cutting Tool Orders Total $173.2M in July September 16, 2022 July 2022 U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $173.2 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
A Big Step for Handling Small Parts September 9, 2022 Tooling and workholding adjusts for output of small parts
Get a Grip on Five-Axis Setups September 9, 2022 There’s more than one way to hold a part: all around, underneath or on top.
Toyota Using AI, 3D Printing as Tools August 25, 2022 Toyota Motor Corp. is using artificial intelligence and 3D printing to help it navigate the biggest changes the auto industry has seen in more than a century.
Better, Faster, Smarter August 16, 2022 New tooling and workholding systems help prep machines shops for Industry 4.0.
Turning Away From (Some) Tooling Conventions August 12, 2022 Has the cutting tool industry finally realized that the ISO and ANSI indexable insert systems, though good for standardization, sometimes stand in the way of increased productivity?