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3 Machine Options to Aid Automation
Don’t overlook controller options, process security options and coolant handling when staring down the line items of a new machine purchase.
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KUKA Automation Tech Day Highlights the Power of Integrated Automation Technologies
A demonstration of an automated machining cell showed the power of combining vision systems, robots and AMRs.
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Taking Machine Monitoring from Data to Action
What will define the next stage of machine monitoring software? MachineMetrics’ Rutherford Wilson believes the answer will look something like a manufacturing execution system.
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91ÊÓƵ Activity Continues to Improve in February
On the cusp of expansion, key index components reveal strengthening business conditions.
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The Downloadable Metal 3D Printer
Copenhagen researchers introduce a fully open-source laser powder bed fusion system, now available on GitHub. This release follows their development of an open-source vat polymerization machine. Here is the purpose and promise of this philanthropically funded effort to advance additive manufacturing application and adoption.
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Function Over Form
While the metalworking industry includes a wide variety of machine shops, it is worthwhile remembering that the differences obscure a key commonality: they all run on human ingenuity.
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Expanding Automation Among US Manufacturers
AI and vision systems are among the technologies that will make automation more accessible to the small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the U.S.
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Video: Apply Metal and Machine It With Hermle’s Metal Powder Application (MPA) Process
The Metal Powder Application (MPA) process uses cold spray to apply metal to an existing workpiece. Because the material deforms rather than melts, MPA opens new possibilities for functional grading and other multimaterial applications.
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Reshoring — What Do You Have To Say About It?
Your insights on reshoring manufacturing operations to the U.S. are wanted. Please share them in the USA Reshoring Survey 2025. The goal of this survey is to understand how policy changes, such as tariffs and workforce training, impact decisions and actions in the industry. Survey results will be shared with the new administration to inform policies that aim to support manufacturing growth.
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Five-Axis CAM Strategies Cut Cycle Time for Two Shops
After being acquired by the same parent company, two shops found that working together and sharing knowledge improved both of their bottom lines.
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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.
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One Machine Shop's Unlikely Edge: Generosity, Creativity and Vertical Integration
Here's how Marathon Precision masterfully pairs trust, creativity and a full spectrum of manufacturing tech — from blacksmithing to precision CNC machining — to outpace competitors.
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