Modern Machine Shop

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Source: Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. Speed multipliers for all BMT turrets including Doosan, Haas, Miyano and Nakamura, as well as many Citizen models, are in stock, with others available from factory stock for short lead times. 1:3 axial live tool speeder from Heimatec features ER 25 output and 18,000 rpm max.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 20, 2024

Source | Pyramid Molding Group Reshoring has become a prominent buzzword in the world of manufacturing, but it's more than just a trendy term; it’s a real phenomenon. Customers are welcome to visit any time and check on the progress of a mold. Pyramid Molding Group is committed to full transparency.

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Freight Sourcing Lead Time Logistics 98

Modern Machine Shop

JULY 11, 2024

Source: Porta Solutions North America Inc. The machine can reportedly machine over three times faster than a typical machining center, reducing labor, automation and part costs, as well as space and energy consumption. The Portacenter 400 is mass-produced with lead times ranging from 60 to 90 days.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 6, 2024

Source: Replique In the realm of modern manufacturing and automation, the integration of robotics continues to redefine industry standards. Source: Replique Optimize performance with lightweighting Another key advantage of 3D printing in robotics lies in its capacity to optimize weight and enhance performance through innovative design.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Source: AUAR Automated Architecture, or AUAR, yesterday said it is shipping two of its Micro-Factories, which feature ABB robotic arms, to the U.S. Unlike existing systems, they don’t require large factories to be set up and have a quick lead time of 12 weeks from order to shipping, said the partners. This is the Bristol, U.K.-based

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Source: AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology The world’s leading additive manufacturing (AM) trade show is launching a U.S. ” Additive manufacturing is a means of part production offering the chance for low labor requirement, fast lead time and design complexity such as internal features.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 2, 2024

Source | Stock, Copilot Mold manufacturing boils down to lead times. If you can’t meet or exceed a customer’s delivery expectations, that customer probably won’t return. So mold builders must use all available resources, including skills and experience, to continually improve their work performance.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 21, 2024

Source: Meltio Meltio ’s M600 metal 3D printer features blue lasers, a large build volume and a fully inert chamber for the best material properties. The printer is designed to solve the problems of long lead times, costly stock-keeping and fragile supply chains.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 5, 2024

Source: Uddeholm Uddeholm USA ’s Tyrax ESR combines toughness, corrosion and wear resistance. This matrix-based microstructure is designed to achieve a high-gloss surface with only a few polishing steps, reducing the tool lead time and enabling the production of better plastic parts, the company claims.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source: (top left) Boucherie, (top right) TK Mold & Engineering, (bottom left) Emuge-Franken, (bottom right) Plastic Ingenuity The top ten most-viewed articles in January were not only a testament to what our readers took an interest in—they reflect what is trending in our small but mighty world of moldmaking. Dapra Corp.,

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Source | Vista Metals Vista Metals Corp. This enables both lead time and cost savings. offers one of the largest aluminum mold plate sizes in the world, its Duramold-5 Aluminum Mold Plate produced in super slab sizes.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 16, 2024

Source: Nikon Nikon Corp.’s To address the challenges in the conventional repair process, Nikon developed the LM300A and SB100 as a solution that can reduce lead times up to 65% compared to the conventional welding process and minimize postprocessing requirements. Nikon’s Lasermeister SB100 and Lasermeister LM300A.

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3D printing Lead Time Additive manufacturing Automation 52

Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 5, 2024

Source | System 3R System 3R highlights its WorkPartner 1+ (WPT 1+) for manufacturers in need of flexible automation. The company says these systems shorten lead times and maximize ROI. The modular automation system is suited for moldmaking needs such as milling, EDM and laser micromachining applications.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 29, 2024

Source | CloudNC CloudNC has announced that its CAM Assist solution can now create programming strategies and tool paths with AI for 3+2-axis CNC machines. This enables manufacturers using CAM Assist to raise productivity and shorten lead times, while also estimating for more work, more quickly.

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MEM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Revolutionising manufacturing for resilience and efficiency ~ Redefining production with dual sourcing of your hybrid manufacturing ~ In today’s globalised and rapidly evolving business landscape, disruptions to manufacturing are inevitable. The right choice of second-source partners can solve a lot of headaches.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 19, 2024

Source (clockwise) | Steel 21, Trumpf, Molder’s World and TCI Precision Metals. Sintered, Porous Mold Steel Eliminates Gas Buildup Source | Molder’s World Molder’s World Inc. The injection molding process all starts with a metal mold. The processes and technologies used to produce these molds are also just as pivotal.

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MEM

AUGUST 21, 2023

Here, Jerry Sanham, Business Development Director at Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of RF-to-mmWave components and subsystems , explores how dual sourcing your hybrid manufacturing requirements can help. The right choice of second-source partners can solve a lot of headaches.

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i4.0 today

AUGUST 18, 2023

Here, Jerry Sanham, Business Development Director at Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of RF-to-mmWave components and subsystems , explores how dual sourcing your hybrid manufacturing requirements can help. The right choice of second-source partners can solve a lot of headaches. For more information, visit www.filtronic.com.

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SMMT

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ellerslie T&C has sourced a new DAF CF 450 tipper grab direct from MV Commercial’s Ready to Go fleet, helping the utilities contractor to avoid lengthy lead times. MV Commercial helped the Glasgow-based firm when it experienced significant problems trying to quickly source a tipper grab to expand its utilities work.

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 1, 2024

Source (clockwise) | Kennametal Inc., Innovating in an Ever-Changing Manufacturing Landscape Mid-Year Look at Technologies Available for Your Mold Shop Double Column VMC Designed With Large Mold Machining in Mind Source | Kitamura Machinery of USA Inc. Neck Relief Option Optimizes End Mill Cutting Strength Source | M.A.

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Modern Machine Shop

MAY 21, 2024

Monaghan Tooling Group introduces MK Tools’ four-fluted Rambo Speed Drill series of solid-carbide drills, which are said to cut short-chipping material three times faster than traditional solid-carbide tooling. Available in standard sizes from 6 to 20 mm, 4 × D or 6 × D, with through-coolant or non-coolant fed designs.

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Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 1, 2024

Source: AIMS Metrology AIMS Metrology demonstrates its multisensor inspection capabilities with its range of turnkey five-axis CMMs. With the current economy, labor shortages and lead times for new and leased equipment continuing to grow, companies need versatile options. They also need a service provider they can depend on.”

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Fit Lead Time Sourcing Automation 52

Mold Making Technology

MARCH 20, 2024

Source: Mold-Tech Inc. Part of the mold building process used by Mold-Tech Inc. serving the designing, building and sampling of high-quality injection molds, includes the addition of a Makino D200Z five-axis machine to its hard milling department.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 3, 2024

Source (clockwise) | DMS, Lyndex-Nikken, SprutCAM and Hasco. Source | DMS 3D-Printed Hot Runner Nozzles Yield Consistent Temperature Profile Selective laser melting (SLM) metal 3D printing, combined with artificial intelligence (AI), produce DMS Monolith hot runner nozzles, tailored precisely to part and process specifications.

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AU Manufacturing

MARCH 30, 2023

“The Tucson facility provides reduced lead times and increased supply security, and through local sourcing and reduced freight, better environmental results for our customers,” Moke noted.

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Manufacturing Freight Sourcing Lead Time 70

Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Source (all photos): Suburban Tool. ” This was one of two key motivations for Suburban Tool ’s recent shift toward producing its large tombstones and angle plates in-house rather than having them machined off-site, says Kevin Heintz, the company’s lead sales engineer. Don Bailey, CEO of Suburban Tool Inc.,

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

MARCH 30, 2023

• Xometry’s AI-Powered Instant Quoting Engine Is Exclusive Provider Of Real-time Pricing, Lead Times on 1688.com

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Image: Capral FIN Windows & Doors partners with Capral Aluminium to source Australian-made components, ensuring high-quality custom windows and doors for Newcastle, Central Coast, and Hunter Valley customers. Not only is it locally sourced, but it also helps us reduce our carbon footprint in production.”

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Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. The nature of AM can shorten lead times, too. Content Source: ASTM Wohlers RELATED CONTENT: Wohlers Report 2023 Unveils Continued Double-Digit Growth ASTM International: Helping Our World Work Better

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Now, 40% of orders are processed via LSO, reducing lead times by half — from two months to just one. Console Connect’s launch of an open-source LSO API adapter is also significant, allowing for collaborative, continuous API enhancements.

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Artificial Intelligence Lead Time Sourcing Automation 59

Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Source: CloudNC CloudNC has announced that its CAM Assist solution can now create programming strategies and tool paths with AI for 3+2-axis CNC machines. This enables manufacturers using CAM Assist to raise productivity and shorten lead times, while also estimating for more work, more quickly.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 31, 2024

Source: ANCA CNC Machines US ANCA ’s TapX grinding machine is designed and integrated with automation to provide high productivity in mass production. The total setup time is said to be one hour for a TapX machine, reducing lead times for small- to medium-batch production, urgent order response and customer changes.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 22, 2024

Source | APSX LLC In a recent collaboration, injection molding machine supplier APSX-PIM and Nexa3D have integrated the APSX-PIM desktop injection molding machine with Nexa3D’s freeform injection molding (FIM) 3D printers, culminating in new possibilities for product design, prototyping and production.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Manufacturers have had to rapidly reassess and pivot to new sources of supply to ensure greater resilience in their supply chains and reduce excessive capital-intensive inventories. Konica Minolta has identified the three primary reasons why industries are turning to 3D printing: reduced lead time. production delays.

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Automation Mag

JULY 2, 2024

enabling even faster customer response while continuing to uphold industry-leading maintenance service level agreements (SLAs). The two companies will collaborate to source and finance the entire lifecycle of Formic’s RaaS model, an all-encompassing managed solution for manufacturing automation.

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Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics Automation 59

Robotics Business Review

JUNE 24, 2024

Source: Formic Technologies Formic Technologies Inc. The company said this will allow it to provide more automation to more manufacturers, deploy more rapidly, and offer shorter lead times. Formic Stack address labor shortages with automated palletizing, while Formic Pack automates placement of prepacked goods into containers.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 25, 2024

Specifically, within the defence context, SMEs face barriers to entry such as increased security requirements, limited publicly available information about Defence requirements, and long lead times before contract signature.” Image: Industry Capability Network It identified an improved approach to collecting as the first step.

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