MMT Blog
Making Chips at IMTS
Philip Paull, of Noblesville, Indiana, owner of Excavating Solutions, won the Hurco Chipmaker Challenge Championship at IMTS in Chicago last week. The prize package Paull won includes a brand new Hurco CNC mill worth more than $100,000, a tooling package from Sandvik Coromant and $10,000 of Hurco bucks that can be used for training or machine options.
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MMT at IMTS 2014
Last week at IMTS moldmakers were looking for technology to optimize their processes and to help them get a part off the machine with a bench-free finish. They want to save time and money without sacrificing quality. Two main areas of interest for moldmakers this year are the two As: automation and additive manufacturing.
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A View from the Top Reveals Craftsmanship from the Ground Up
From atop the YCM Americas Inc. double-deck booth visitors can sit and enjoy a beverage and snack while taking in the 14 machines on display this year that showcase the latest vertical, horizontal and five-axis machining technology as well as the company’s unique strengths in manufacturing machines from the ground up.
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IMTS: Automate Your Way out of the Skilled Labor Shortage
GF Machining Solutions is on a mission this IMTS to help industry overcome the skilled labor shortage and stay competitive at the same time. Their solution is automation.
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10,000 Reasons to Consider Additive Manufacturing
When this company first started selling EDMs, the technology was in its infancy. Since then, it's sold 10,000 of those machines.
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Readying Students for High-Tech Careers
FANUC America is promoting a new CNC certification at this year's IMTS. Stop by the Student Summit to check it out.
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IMTS: The Need for Speed
High-efficiency and five-axis machining are essential for gaining speed and accuracy in machining operations today. To drive that point home Delcam has set up a dedicated test drive area in its IMTS booth where visitors are shown key features of its CAM software in 30 seconds, highlighting just how fast the software is.
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Ingredients of a Modern Mold Shop
That’s the tagline for our September issue cover story about the technical and cultural transformation of a captive mold-building operation. However, the shop’s story has more to offer than what appeared in the article.
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An Onsite Moldmaking Academy
This moldmaker has undertaken an extensive effort to institute formal training for every position within the company.
Read MoreCosting Challenges and Strategies
Mold manufacturers should automate the mold costing process to improve quote accuracy and accelerate RFQ response.
Read MoreBreaking Barriers Between Vision and Reality
For this OEM, speeding time to market required empowering its captive moldmaking operation with not only new technology, but the culture to use it effectively.
Read MoreAvoid Unplanned Downtime with Predictive Robot Data
Production success relies on manufacturing equipment as much as it does on employees.
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