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February 11, 2015 - Volume 09 Issue 02
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Image - Ultra-High Performance Toolpath Technology Enables Detroit Fab Shop to Increase Efficiency Over 200% Ultra-High Performance Toolpath Technology Enables Detroit Fab Shop to Increase Efficiency Over 200%
In recent years, improvements in toolpath optimization have focused primarily on computerization. But a breakthrough technology changes all this. Ultra-high performance toolpath (UHPT) software improves the way that tools cut their way through material, using high-speed continuous tangent motion rather than sharp, interrupted movements.
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Image - Tips for Making Small Quantity/High Mix Tubing a Profitable Business Model Tips for Making Small Quantity/High Mix Tubing a Profitable Business Model
In the US, many high volume tubing suppliers have moved production facilities overseas to low cost producers like China or Mexico. Minimum buys are now the rule, leaving many US manufacturers in a quandary -- how to get small quantities of a wide variety of tubing needed for research or smaller production runs. A.T. Wall has developed a system to handle this need for flexibility.
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  Industry News
Image - CE Compliant Reversible Drum Vacs Fill a 55 Gallon Drum in 90 Seconds CE Compliant Reversible Drum Vacs Fill a 55 Gallon Drum in 90 Seconds
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  Big Kaiser Tool Repair and Maintenance Now Done at Illinois Facility
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Image - New Tablet Brings Real-Time Production Information to the Sheet Metal Shop Floor New Tablet Brings Real-Time Production Information to the Sheet Metal Shop Floor
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  Product Spotlight
Image - Loc-Jaw Clamping System Produces 6000 lbs of Holding Force Loc-Jaw Clamping System Produces 6000 lbs of Holding Force
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  Compact Multi-Tasking Turning Centers With Y-Axis Eliminate Need for Secondary Machining
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Image - New Job-Shop Honing Machine Simplifies and Speeds Bore Sizing and Finishing New Job-Shop Honing Machine Simplifies and Speeds Bore Sizing and Finishing
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  New Milling Tools Increase Feed Rates Up to 60%
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  Product Spotlight Cont'd
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  Increased Payload Makes New Robot Ideal for Machine Tending -- From Boring to Milling to Grinding
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