Tooling and Workholding
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By Elissa DavisJan 31, 2024

Like most genius inventions, the machining center was designed to make people’s jobs easier (looking at you, spell check). OK, but what is a machining center, really? Elissa Davis goes back to basics and answers the questions we were too afraid to ask.

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By AMTJan 13, 2021

Cyber-Physical Machine Tools (CPMT) are becoming ubiquitous parts of manufacturing sectors. CPMT offer immense potentials in the current CNC machine tool through integrating the machine tool and the machining process using computation and networking to...

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By AMTOct 22, 2020

Ehrhardt Automation Systems' VP Pat Walsh Discusses Automation, Growth, and New Workers. Willis Ehrhardt founded Ehrhardt Tool & Die in a horse stable in St. Louis in 1937, and for the next several decades, built a reputation as a premium tool and die...

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By AMTAug 25, 2020

Tool changing is fully automated in machining centers, from removal until the insertion of the new tool in the spindle, and takes less than a second. To achieve maximum system effectiveness, this process must function with ultimate reliability. The...

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By Michael GuanceJun 18, 2018

What do you think of when you think workholding? A vise, hydraulic clamps, vacuum plates, toe clamps, magnets, glue? Absolutely, but this is only half of the equation. What about the interface between these components and the machine tool? This is...

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By Jamie SchwarzOct 11, 2017

In today’s ultra-competitive manufacturing industry, planning workholding in conjunction with a machine tool purchase has become more important than ever. Gone are the days of ordering a machine, having it installed, and then mounting whatever...

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By Penelope BrownSep 29, 2017

The Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office is offering funds for projects that would allow manufacturers to use DoE's high-performance computer resources. Specifically, they are seeking projects that would have a potential impact on...

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