Manufacturing Tomorrow

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

• CAM Assist Cycle Time Estimator, a new solution from CloudNC, uses AI to accelerate how quickly machinists can estimate new work will take - a bottleneck in any machine shop • By automating the estimation process for multiple parts simultaneously, Cycle Time Estimator allows CAM Assist users to turn around estimates for 3+2 axis parts up to 20 times (..)

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Video as a sensor has been a topic for several posts here at The Manufacturing Connection. You have been trying to point out bottlenecks to production on your machine. The video analytics point out the bottleneck. Low process efficiency—cycle time variability, too many interruptions. Vindicated. Proof in the data.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 27, 2023

You have been trying to point out bottlenecks to production on your machine. The video analytics point out the bottleneck. You are an operator on a production line. Then engineers install streaming video pointing not just at a specific point on you or the machine but with wide enough scope to see the larger process. Vindicated.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

If there’s one thing for certain in manufacturing, it’s that shops should always be open to new ideas. For shops with five-axis machining centers, this milling approach can yield time reductions of 90% or more and result in better surface finishes. This is where the bottleneck happens.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 22, 2025

Fabricators relying heavily on external vendors often face quality issues, bottlenecks and unpredictable costs. Additionally, many CNC manufacturers offer comprehensive training and ongoing support to help fabricators quickly get up to speed. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through vertical integration.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

“With Flexxbotics and FOBA together, customers can optimize cycle time, expand capacity, and increase profit per part.” Enabling Flexxbotics robot-driven manufacturing with our FOBA laser marking and engraving equipment to enable autonomous process control can remove bottlenecks and deliver continuous operation.”

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing (KAM) knows this perhaps a little too well — one sealing groove on a turbo pump assembly proved complicated enough to consist of 30% of the part’s CAM programming tree and required multiple operations with high tool wear, but the high costs of failure discouraged experimentation. Material Matters.

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ATS

MARCH 5, 2024

Share One of the tenets of lean manufacturing is that goods should flow like water through production. That flow is smoothed by determining the takt time and configuring manufacturing to achieve it. This blog explains takt time in manufacturing.

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Modern Machine Shop

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The difficulty of finding people to operate its machines and the lengthy downtime waiting for the crane became bottlenecks for FIBA. While the actual cycle times for completing machining operations on the dome are similar between the Soraluce and the older machines, the time savings from eliminating the extra operation are significant.

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ATS

MARCH 20, 2024

The only way to succeed is to keep looking for ways to do things better, which is what fuels the drive for optimization of manufacturing processes. Optimizing a manufacturing process is like fine-tuning a race car. This blog dives into the subject of manufacturing optimization. What is process optimization?

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 11, 2024

CloudNC – a manufacturing technology company – today announces the launch of CAM Assist Cycle Time Estimator, a new tool that accelerates the CNC machining estimation process and eliminates bottlenecks in the quoting workflow.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 26, 2023

Despite having access to large amounts of data, modern-day manufacturers often struggle to derive meaningful insights, especially regarding machine usage. After spending countless hours with manufacturers, shop owners, and managers, we’ve developed a solution that converts disparate data into actionable information; the solution is Alora.

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Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Within additive manufacturing, there is a big focus on part and application qualification. This takes time and requires a collaborative effort amongst OEMs, users, and research institutes. related to the Additive Manufacturing Policy. In March of 2020, the Department of the Navy published Marine Corps Order 4700.4

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

While desktop machines operate at slower speeds compared to traditional industrial machines (with typical cycle times around 60 seconds), they offer impressive capabilities. A desktop Swiss lathe can eliminate this bottleneck by producing these components with precision, reducing both lead times and labor costs.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

JANUARY 8, 2024

Momentum for Realtime Robotics’ Optimization-as-a-Service Solution Continues, as Industry Leaders Use It to Identify and Eliminate Production Bottlenecks

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ATS

APRIL 5, 2024

It includes machine production data such as quantities processed, cycle times achieved, yields or measurement and other inspection results. It can also cover operational information such as run time and down time. In other cases, manufacturers retrofit machines with IoT devices.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 11, 2023

Parts for a line of these canisters are manufactured at Above All CNC , a Goleta, California, machine shop founded in 2016. “The biggest bottleneck eventually became the tumblers, so we needed to speed that process up or eliminate it entirely,” Rousseau says.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2025

Prima stands for Progress in Manufacturing Automation. Finn Powers expertise was in punching and shearing technologies, and in creating flexible automation systems, such as the Night Train FMS for material storage, with intelligent cassette management for real-time monitoring. The manipulators are automating the process, Plass said.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems Linear AMS , a company that originated in 2003 as a toolmaker and molder, swiftly adopted metal additive manufacturing (AM) early in its journey. Read the full article. Read the full article.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

MSI Mold Builders identified a bottleneck at the very start of its manufacturing process where it squared mold blocks and drilled and tapped eye-bolt holes to rapidly and safely move large blocks around the floor. This typically involved six setups on two different machines and each setup took 30-60 minutes. MSI Mold Builders.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The platform enables users to collect, manage, and analyze data from hundreds of factory devices, including ABB robots, to determine key performance indicators including cycle time and overall equipment efficiency (OEE). Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing. For more information click on [link].

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 2, 2023

The WCP program tests and evaluates abrasives to compare product life, reduce cycle times and increase efficiencies. The WPS program focuses on providing industrial grinding and automated deburring solutions to alleviate bottlenecks in high-volume production operations.

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21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 15, 2021

But when we ordered a sofa trundle bed we ran up against a supply chain bottleneck. Recently, the CBS news program, 60 Minutes , ran a piece describing the very problem with global supply chain bottlenecks in the port of Los Angeles that likely had befouled our sofabed purchase. We repainted. No problem. We then ordered it.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The key — and in my opinion what made the conversation interesting — was outlining the distinctions between data-driven manufacturing for high- versus low-volume production. Real-time shopfloor data for machine utilization, tool life, production bottlenecks and so on require humans to interpret and act upon that data.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Most manufacturers continue to be manually driven from a management perspective, often relying on operators and shop floor personnel to collect, compile and enter information. While a necessary evil in manufacturing, it’s surprising that scheduling has not evolved beyond the current standard. Yeah, it’s a crapshoot system.”

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 18, 2023

With this data on the shop floor, Pioneer Service can easily calculate and keep track of its overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) using various uptime, quoted time and actual cycle time statistics to calculate how well the shop is performing.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 11, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, automation can be a critical component to increasing safety, efficiency, productivity and profitability — with manufacturers in various industries constantly looking for ways to streamline processes, reduce errors and keep competitive. Photo courtesy of Path Robotics.

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MEM

APRIL 12, 2023

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence division has announced the launch of its new generation of Leitz PMM-C ultra-high accuracy coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). Clear configuration choices and enhancement options enable manufacturers to define the measurement system that perfectly solves their individual application needs.

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Automation Mag

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Canada is experiencing unprecedented demographic shifts and economic pressures that are reshaping its manufacturing sector. Despite this growth, the manufacturing sector, including food and beverage processing companies, face severe labour shortages. Mimic robots are being designed to fit into existing workflows.

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MEM

JULY 20, 2023

While we may not be able to replicate its vision system directly, understanding its remarkable features can inspire us to push the boundaries of manufacturing vision systems. The software also enables real-time monitoring and data analysis, allowing manufacturers to identify bottlenecks, optimise workflows and make informed decisions swiftly.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A “help wanted” sign is a common reality today at many manufacturers and general fabrication shops. These products can help minimize bottlenecks in the operation. The process doesn’t have to interrupt production or take up time at facilities. Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing. www.weilerabrasives.com.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2025

Prima stands for Progress in Manufacturing Automation. Finn Powers expertise was in punching and shearing technologies, and in creating flexible automation systems, such as the Night Train FMS for material storage, with intelligent cassette management for real-time monitoring. The manipulators are automating the process, Plass said.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Advances in machine tool hardware, software, subtractive and additive manufacturing processes and related system integration were among four major Siemens IMTS announcements. It includes a partner ecosystem in designing and manufacturing next-generation electric vehicle (EV) components using additive and traditional CNC manufacturing.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

By automating tasks like process planning, optimizing tool paths, and synchronizing multi-channel machines, this solution enhances efficiency and reduces cycle times. www.hexagon.com AI in CAM Software Provides Seamless Access to Knowledge The Manufacturing Copilot is available in CAD/CAM software Cimatron, GibbsCAM and SigmaNEST.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

The flexible tooling system allows for quick setups and accommodates diverse applications, making it a versatile addition to any manufacturing facility. Harrisburg, PA) takes over repetitive, labor-intensive tasks in manufacturing environments. The robotic machine tending system AutoTend from Mid Atlantic Machinery Inc.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

The flexible tooling system allows for quick setups and accommodates diverse applications, making it a versatile addition to any manufacturing facility. Harrisburg, PA) takes over repetitive, labor-intensive tasks in manufacturing environments. The robotic machine tending system AutoTend from Mid Atlantic Machinery Inc.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

By automating tasks like process planning, optimizing tool paths, and synchronizing multi-channel machines, this solution enhances efficiency and reduces cycle times. www.hexagon.com AI in CAM Software Provides Seamless Access to Knowledge The Manufacturing Copilot is available in CAD/CAM software Cimatron, GibbsCAM and SigmaNEST.

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