Manufacturing managers concerned about their operation’s performance and overall equipment effectiveness often ask us how their machine and fixturing investments should affect the number of parts that ...

Hardinge Inc. (www.hardinge.com) says its new Plate and Cube Trunnion Rotary Systems can be loaded with collet blocks, or configured with clamping devices, or customized with a window-box fixture to ...

From textile roots to precision machining, Ketchie is a third-generation manufacturer that has leveraged Mastercam CAD/CAM software and Mazak technology to streamline operations, reduce cycle times ...

Editor's Note: An updated version of this information can be found here. What exactly is computer-numerical-controlled (CNC) machining? It’s a means to make parts by removing material via high-speed, ...

Increasing the number of axes in CNC machines raises the risk of vibration, especially with toolholding flaws like poor grip and high runout. High-precision toolholders significantly reduce runout, ...

Whether in a production job shop or other high mix manufacturer, many machine shop managers think their automation options are limited due to all the variability of their parts that are run in ...