Automation
Smart Workholding Technology Enables Automated Workflow to Standardize the Manufacturing Process
FCS North America features smart work holding technology at Amerimold.
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Methods Machine Tools Opens Precision Center
Methods Machine Tools, Inc., North America's foremost supplier of leading-edge precision machine tools and automation, announced the opening of its new Precision Center in Acton, Massachusetts.
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New Molding Simulation Solution Enables Realization of Smart Manufacturing
EPS Flo-Tek and Moldex3D releases Moldex3D R17, the next-generation plastics molding simulation solution, helps users close gap between physical and virtual worlds.
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2019 Leadtime Leader Award Winner: X-Cell Tool and Mold Inc.–The Continuous Drive for Perfection
Continued investment in new technologies and automation has enabled this moldmaker to maintain shorter lead times no matter how large or complex the mold build.
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Siemens Introduces Validation Program for Autonomous Vehicle Development
Siemens introduces the PAVE360 pre-silicon autonomous validation environment, a program established to enable and accelerate the development of innovative autonomous vehicle platforms.
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Shop Tour Emphasizes Many Changes for Long-Retired Moldmakers
What began as a favor to an uncle and his fellow moldmaker retirees becomes “an historic event” for Cavalier Tool and Manufacturing.
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Strong Design and State-of-the-Art Equipment Gives Omega Tool a Competitive Edge
Design expertise, supported by cutting-edge CNC, materials, software and inspection enables Omega Tool Inc. deliver notably robust molds.
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Machine Learning for Mold Monitoring 101
Outsourced tooling supply chain management system offers data automation, more in-depth tooling analytics and performance trend measurements.
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Highly-Automated Tool Shop Achieves Efficient, Precise Medical Device Manufacturing
When a basketball player needs a knee replacement, standard implants simply won’t do. With a total of 18 different additive manufacturing systems, the Aesculap division of medical company B. Braun is the place to go to have custom implants printed to size. However, the highly-automated tool and mold shop has much more to offer when it comes to producing injection molds, complex progressive dies as well as prototypes and fixtures for series production.
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Automation and Apprenticeships?
We talk a lot about automation. Automation involving pallet changers, tool changers, work cells, and robots. But what does automation have to do with apprenticeships? As it turns out, plenty.
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