Optimizing your Manufacturing or Distribution workforce for an uncertain economy (Sponsored Content)
It’s been a tough few years for manufacturing and distribution leaders across the US. Following the immense challenges of the pandemic, many organizations now face economic conditions that are anything but certain – with intense growth and low interest rates giving way to rising inflation and the shadow of potential recession.
Video: Fast and Easy Tool Changes (Sponsored Content)
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Video: The Right Kind of Shop Floor Visibility - Right Now (Sponsored Content)
Unlike traditional shop floor production scheduling that focuses on finite capacity and static planning, Protected Flow Manufacturing from LillyWorks is the only manufacturing production planning and execution system that accounts for variability by adjusting to real-time conditions.
Automation
Automation is one of the most important long-term trends reshaping machining. Collected here are three Modern Machine Shop articles describing not only the benefits shops are realizing through automation, but also the types of challenges they’ve faced on the way to more automated machining.
AI And Manufacturing
What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on manufacturing? We are just beginning to understand its influence. An equally intriguing question might be: What impact has it had already? The capability is available now and its role in the systems that use it is sometimes subtle. This collection of articles from Modern Machine Shop and Additive Manufacturing explores the intersection of AI and manufacturing as it stands today.
Buying A Lathe
In this content collection, several considerations are provided for buying a lathe. Go over the basics learn about turrets, live tooling, spindles, tailstocks and more to cover all your bases when preparing to purchase a lathe.
CAD/CAM
This content collection features CAD/CAM Software, which is used to generate part designs and CNC machining programs corresponding to part designs. Short for “computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing,” these systems create these programs for CNC machine tools.
Grinding
We built this content collection to help readers consider aspects of grinding that will hopefully enable them to improve their own processes. The so-called “dark art” of grinding is one of the most precise subtractive manufacturing techniques in metalworking. Capable of reaching tolerance well beyond what even the most precise endmills can achieve, grinding is the use of abrasives — often in the form or grinding wheels — to remove materials from parts. However, it is also one of the more difficult processes to master.
Buying A Vertical Machining Center
In this content collection, we look at the fundamentals of milling machines and walk the reader through the considerations that must be made when purchasing a VMC. How does the frame impact repeatability? What is the relationship between spindle speed, torque and horsepower? What chip-removal strategies will you employ? Buying the VMC that suits your needs depends on the answers to these questions.
Measurement
This content collection breaks down the basics of the measurement process and provides tips and tricks for measuring with common devices such as dial indicators, comparator gages and profile systems. You’ll learn the best use cases for several types of measurement devices, explore how to set up these devices for optimal use, and discover how to read and interpret data.