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3 Trends From PMTS 2025

The 2025 Precision Machining Technology Show provided an excellent look at the variety of machining solutions catering to the U.S. metalworking industry, including a range of automation solutions for turned and milled parts.

Soft Skills Prove a Sharp Edge in Plastics Manufacturing

East Coast Precision Manufacturing’s uncommon specialties attract many customers — but its prompt, earnest communication strategy is what wins it repeat business.

United Grinding President, CEO Elected to AMT Board of Directors

Markus Stolmar, president and CEO of United Grinding North America Inc., joins AMT’s board of directors to help U.S. manufacturers overcome competitive obstacles with innovative solutions.

AMT Elects New Board Leadership, Honors Outgoing Members

Michael Cicco, president and CEO of FANUC America Corp., has been elected chairman of the board for AMT. Markus Stolmar, president and CEO of United Grinding North America Inc., joins as a newly elected board member.

Shop Tour Video: Inside a Family-Owned Machine Shop Specializing in High-Precision Plastics

In this episode of “View From My Shop,” East Coast Precision Manufacturing guides us through their plastics job shop. Learn how this shop has quickly and inexpensively built out its shop floor, as well as how it formed a niche for itself during difficult business conditions.

The Four Phases of a Manufacturer’s Automation Evolution

With more and more automation options available for manufacturers, how do shops figure out what works best? Medical manufacturer rms Company has acquired robot arms, AGVs, pallet changers and software, and while it has found success with all, it has learned how some solutions meet its particular needs better than others.

JIMTOF 2024 Report: EVs, AI and Autonomous Robots Abound

The 2024 Japan International Machine Tool Fair (JIMTOF) showed how the manufacturing industry is adapting to the needs of electric vehicle manufacturing and adopting new technology including AI and autonomous robots.

Setting Up the Building Blocks for a Digital Factory

Woodward Inc. spent over a year developing an API to connect machines to its digital factory. Caron Engineering’s MiConnect has cut most of this process while also granting the shop greater access to machine information.

How to Automate a Prototyping Shop

By focusing machine tending on pallets rather than individual parts, KAD Models has automated its high-mix, low-volume workload — and thrived as a result.

How to Determine the Currently Active Work Offset Number

Determining the currently active work offset number is practical when the program zero point is changing between workpieces in a production run.

Four Automation Technology Trends

Robotic technology is advancing, enabling manufacturers to automate more tasks than ever before.

FANUC Details Robotic Vision, ROBODRILLS and More at IMTS 2024

FANUC’s IMTS 2024 booth includes real-time demonstrations that show the abilities of its equipment, including robots, controllers and machine tools.

Seeking Custom Grinding and Automation with Weldon Solutions

Weldon Solutions is demonstrating three grinders at IMTS 2024. Though they differ in size and use case, all feature the company’s hallmark customizations.

Sparks Fly as Supertec Machinery Debuts New Booth, New Tech

Supertech Machinery, Inc. is showcasing new technologies and a new look for its booth at IMTS - The International Manufacturing Technology Show in 2024. And giveaways! Don’t forget about the giveaways!

The Human Impact of Machining Technology

SSP’s commitment to adopting the latest machining technology benefits not only the business, but its employees as well.

A User-Created Canned Cycle for Porting Tools

FANUC’s version of parametric programming, Custom Macro, enables you to create your own canned cycles tailored to whatever the application requires.

Robot-Ready Laser Marking Machines Hit the Show Floor

Laser Marking Technologies LLC (LMT) is highlighting its robot readiness not only in its booth but also in its customers’ booths and partners Universal Robots and FANUC booths.

FANUC Presents Cobot for Painting Automation

IMTS 2024: FANUC showcases the explosion-proof CRX-10iA/L Paint cobot for automating painting and coating processes in high-mix, low-volume environments.

Seeing Is Believing: 3D Vision System Enables Bin-Picking Robot

With the help of a 3D vision system and robotic arms from FANUC, MetalQuest was able to automate a physically challenging bin-picking task.

Protecting Your Automation Investments

Shops need to look at their people, processes and technology to get the most of out their automation systems.

Abrasives Supplier Provides Automation Consultation

Recognizing the demand for automation solutions in grinding and finishing applications, this abrasives manufacturer is providing free consulting services to help shops develop automated processes.

Studer's Automation, Entry-Level Solutions Take Center Stage

At its 2024 Music Motion Meeting, Studer AG showed off its entry-level line of grinding machines, as well as its newest universal loading system.

New Scale Robotics Partners With FANUC to Automate Manual Gaging

This new partnership will enable the automation of manual gaging processes, helping manufacturers eliminate bottlenecks and improve productivity.

Three-Axis Bridge Mill Opens New Doors for Construction OEM

Different industries often require different machining priorities, a truism recently demonstrated by Barbco, an OEM of heavy-duty boring equipment that opened up new design possibilities by pivoting toward rigid, less complex machining centers.

Custom PCD Tools Extend Shop’s Tool Life Upward of Ten Times

Adopting PCD tooling has extended FT Precision’s tool life from days to months — and the test drill is still going strong.

FFG Celebrates Grand Opening of Technology Center

The event featured live demonstrations of CNC equipment and vertical/horizontal milling and turning solutions for high-speed, die/mold, heavy duty, multi-axis, multitasking and high-volume machining solutions across various FFG brands.

Which Approach to Automation Fits Your CNC Machine Tool?

Choosing the right automation to pair with a CNC machine tool cell means weighing various factors, as this fabrication business has learned well.

Same Headcount, Double the Sales: Successful Job Shop Automation

Doubling sales requires more than just robots. Pro Products’ staff works in tandem with robots, performing inspection and other value-added activities.

Open House Showcases Five-Axis Capabilities, Digital Tools

Five-axis machining technology was the highlight of the Hwacheon open house in Lincolnshire, Illinois this August.

3 TASC Topics That Touch on Automation Considerations for Job Shops

Automation is no longer a luxury in manufacturing today – it’s a necessity. The Automated Shop Conference (TASC) will connect job shops with experts who offer advice and considerations for this process.

Pay Attention to These 7 Themes at TASC

Looking to automate your shop floor? The Automated Shop Conference (TASC) will connect shops with experts who can advise them through this transition.

Inverting Turning and Five-Axis Milling at Famar

Automation is only the tip of the iceberg for Famar, which also provides multitasking options for its vertical lathes and horizontal five-axis machine tools.

Shop Quotes Smarter, Works Harder with Machine Monitoring

Temco first installed MT-LINKi to optimize quoting. Now, the software helps the shop optimize its machines — and machine purchases.

Automation and Process Simplification Define Eastec 2023

Manufacturing technology at this year’s Eastec met the market with tools to streamline operations and assist machinists in achieving greater productivity.

Zoller Event Shines Lights on Shopfloor Connectivity

The company’s open house event highlighted smart manufacturing solutions from CAM to part.

Lessons on the Journey Toward Shop Automation

By necessity, small and mid-sized American job shops are automating production, whether through swift, dramatic upgrades in capital equipment, or slow, methodical changes to processes and procedures on the shop floor.

Automation Solutions, Multitasking Machines Take Center Stage at Machine Fest 2023

Methods Machine Tools' Chicago-area Machine Fest saw over 15 live demos and more than 20 industry vendors over its two days, with a noticeable presence of automation solutions and multitasking machines.

Rebuilding Machine Centers: Low Cost, Higher Performance

By sending its grinding machines out for rebuilding, a tooling manufacturer achieved higher speeds at roughly three-fourths the cost of a new machine.

Automation and Flexibility Counter Inflation at BI-MU 2022

Automation headlined BI-MU 2022, while flexibility underscored exhibitors’ products. These twin benefits may be shops’ greatest assets against inflation.

Jorgensen Announces New Company President and COO

Karl Kleppek will head the company’s day-to-day operations and execute business development strategies for growth.

An Additive Manufacturing Machine Shop

Finish machining additively manufactured implants requires different pacing and workflow than cutting parts from stock — different enough for an experienced manufacturer to warrant a dedicated machine shop.

Partial Automation Inspires Full Cobot Overhaul

Targeting two-to-four hours of nightly automation enables high-mix manufacturer Wagner Machine to radically boost its productivity past a single shift.

7 CNC Parameters You Should Know

Parameters tell the CNC every little detail about the specific machine tool being used, and how all CNC features and functions are to be utilized.

IMTS Takeaways From the ��ϲ� Editorial Team

The first in-person IMTS in four years left the ��ϲ� editorial staff with a lot to digest. Here are a few of our takeaways from the show floor.

Better Together: Combining Cobots and Palletization

Using a collaborative robot to tend a machine with a pallet changer can help shops maximize unattended machining time.

Building Capacity Through Automation

Stecker Machine, a production shop that specialized in runs of a couple hundred parts, needed to develop highly automated cells to produce tens of thousands of complex parts from castings every year.

Digitalization Suite Boosts Machining, Programming Efficiency

NC Reflection Studio is said to provide full machining simulation for verfication and optimization of the G-code program, job setup and part production.

Haimer USA Models a Streamlined Toolroom

Haimer USA is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a live demonstration of its digital toolroom. Find out more past the aluminum panther.

Interface Enables More Communication for Control

Zoller's zidCode 4.0 comes with new FANUC FOCAS interface.

Top Shop Builds Upon Employee Ownership for Future Success

In its quest to become the Fox Valley’s best-in-class employer, A to Z Machine has adopted an ESOP, expanded benefits and invested in apprenticeships.

Watchmaking: A Machinist’s View

Old-world craftsmanship combines with precision machining on a vertical machining center and Swiss-type lathe to produce some of the only U.S.-made mechanical wristwatch movements.

CNC Engineering Integrates 3D Printing Solutions With CNC Machine Tools

CNC Engineering and Meltio have collaborated to design a solution that combines the power and reliability of FANUC CNC with cutting edge additive manufacturing technology.

Dental Drill Loading Kit Protects Delicate Workpieces

Anca’s dental drill loading kit includes a specialized pallet and altered robot grippers to support delicate, thin workpieces.

Tabletop Robot Series Offers 10 Model Variations

These robots are known for their lightweight, tabletop size and ability to process or handle parts weighing up to 14 kg.

Improve CNC Programs With User-Defined G, M Codes

CNC operators can program user-defined G and M codes to call custom macros and improve upon or replace existing codes, which can in turn improve production.

FANUC Mobile Apps for CNC Product, Maintenance Support

Company says new apps offer flexible, easy ways to access important FANUC CNC product information.

United Grinding Offers Automation Solution for Radius ID Grinders

Studer roboLoad system is designed to offer seamless part integration for CNC radius internal grinding machines.

Methods Launches Twin-Turret Multitasking Machine

Operators can use the Nakamura-Tome SC-100X2’s twin turrets for superimposed machining or twin-spindle machining, achieving high speed and precision with both.

Automation Cell Outperforms CNC Machines Fourfold

An automated turnkey machining cell simplified one Utahan manufacturer’s part handling and halved its cycle times.

FANUC Robot's Serial-Link Construction Improves Flexibility

The M-1000iA can handle payloads of up to 1,000 kg with full articulation, and can extend its arm upright and rotate it backwards for improved flexibility.

Robotics Industry Pioneer Retires After Nearly Four Decades

Distinguished robotic technology expert John Burg, founder of Acieta, to retire. Greg Morehouse will assume Burg's responsibilities.

FANUC Launches Mobile Apps for Comparing CNCs, Components

The CNC Comparison, the CNC Functions Catalog and the CNC Alarms apps are said to provide key FANUC product information in a user-friendly way.

FANUC America Debuts New Robot for Machine Tending, Picking

The LR-10iA/10 robot mounts to the floor, upside down or on an angle. FANUC says the robot is easy to mount to an automated guided vehicle or other mobile platform to accommodate a variety of repetitive tasks or automate machines that are standing idle.

United Precision Services Offers Hexram CNC Machines

Hexram CNC machines feature FANUC controls, moving gantry, moving portal, moving table, as well as moving and fixed rotary table options. According to the company, a selection of durable cutting heads enable manufacturers to take on applications from nearly any industry.

Consistency and Compatibility Improve CNC Productivity

Consistency and compatibility among CNC machines can decrease setup time and confusion among operators.

Beyond Toolpaths: Four Additional Priorities for CNC Programs

An effective CNC program respects considerations such as ease of use and program-to-program consistency that go beyond just driving the machine in a particular application.

Pedrazzoli Features Automated Work Cell

Westec 2021: With the help of an articulated loading robot, the Bend Master 45 + FANUC + Stern 25 reproduces all the work phases of an operator.

Solution for Retrofitting CNC Systems for Cybersecurity

FANUC Panel i Replacement Program gives operations an upgrade solution for legacy CNC machines running on operating systems older than Windows 10.

Robotic Cell Improves Quote, Wins Shop an Aerospace Job

By adding a FANUC-controlled automation cell, Kemco Aerospace Manufacturing improved the cost-competitiveness of its quote and won a major aerospace job.

��ϲ�s Must Invest in Technology and Training

Investing in new technology, training and automation is a necessity for keeping up with the changing nature of manufacturing, according to Tony Staub, founder of Staub Precision Machine Inc.

Robots Get a Ride with CNC Machine-tending AGVs

Mobile machine tenders prove that “automation-ready” is a state of mind.

FANUC Announces Production Of 750,000th Robot

FANUC is capable of producing 11,000 robots per month in fully automated factories that use its own robots to make robots, controllers and machine tools.

FANUC Partners with Recycleye to Automate Recycling

FANUC and Recycleye have collaborated to offer an automated waste-sorting solution.

Adjusting Feed Rate in Circular Motion Commands with G-Codes

While it is possible to calculate by hand adjustments to feed rate for circular milling operations, cutter radius compensation CNC programs streamline this process.

ATI Now Offering CRX-Ready End-Effector Kits

ATI Industrial Automation has introduced CRX-ready end-effector kits, which increase the versatility of ATI’s end-effectors for FANUC CRX cobots.

Avoiding a Failed Automation Integration

New features that simplify robot use have blurred the lines between tasks that shops can automate independently from those that will require the support of an integrator. Here’s what shops should keep in mind to avoid a costly failed integration.

FANUC and Rockwell Partner for Automation Apprenticeships

FANUC and Rockwell have formed a coalition alongside several other companies to help develop work-and-learn automation and robotics apprenticeships.

FANUC America and Plus One Robotics Form Logistics Solution

FANUC America and Plus One Robotics have jointly created a fulfillment solution using FANUC robots and Plus One AI to automate repetitive sorting tasks.

Custom Control Adds Accuracy, Flexibility to New Machine Tool

A new boring-mill machine with a custom control is helping a shop hold tighter tolerances and accommodate rapid travel rates for faster machining.

FANUC and CNC Software Introduce Five-Axis Postprocessor

FANUC and CNC Software have launched a Mastercam postprocessor optimized for five-axis simultaneous contouring accuracy on FANUC CNC machines.

U.S. Department of Labor Recognizes FANUC America, Rockwell Automation and Industry Partners for Apprenticeship Programs

Leading automation companies awarded for efforts in closing the manufacturing skills gap.

Simplifying Job Shop Automation with Hand-Guided Robots

Easy to implement and flexible enough to handle a range of applications, hand-guided robots can help job shops automate high-mix, low-volume production.

CNC Machine Shop Reaps Benefits of Hiring an IT Person

A database guru combined off-the-shelf technology with an elaborate proprietary shop management software to drive efficiency throughout all areas of a machine shop.

Sometimes the Trickiest Part of CNC Machining Is Holding the Part

Finding a way to fixture contoured marine propellors proved to be this shop’s biggest challenge in developing an effective automated machining cell.

Tour a Large New Robotics and Automation Facility

Here’s a look at FANUC America’s new 461,000-square-foot warehouse, R&D and testing facility it recently opened in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Is Robotic Automation the Key to Drawing (and Keeping) New Employees?

Robotic automation is transforming a job that was perhaps a machine operator’s least-favorite work assignment into one that is not a heavy lift.

Methods Seeks the Perfect Machining Environment

With its new Precision Center, Methods Machine Tools is locking down environmental variables that could impact machining processes. Why? So North American manufacturers will no longer need to send parts, tooling and material to Japan or somewhere else to have intricate, sensitive or challenging test cuts performed.

Methods' FANUC Robocut EDM Features Improved Wire Threading

The FANUC Robocut C800iB-20 wire EDM from Methods Machine Tools offers new features for increased accuracy, efficiency, and throughput.

Horizontal Machining Center Provides Rigidity, Support

Eastec 2019: Takumi USA’s H12 double column machining center is designed for parts that require speed and accuracy, such as die/mold, aerospace and other high-speed applications.

If at First Your CNC Machine Shop Doesn’t Succeed with Robots, Automate Again

Alexandria Industries struggled with its first robotic machining cell. However, the aluminum extrusion components manufacturer — now with more than 20 robots — discovered that by simplifying and standardizing its automation strategy, it could reap the benefits of unattended machining even for relatively low batch sizes.

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