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April 08, 2020 - Volume 14 Issue 04
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Image - New Style OD Clamp Making Innovation Easy New Style OD Clamp Making Innovation Easy

Mitee-Bite Products is now shipping this new style Concentric Outside Diameter (OD) clamping tool. Repeats within tenths, compact for high density application, tough enough to limit yourself to tooling capabilities, can be machined to hold any shape (completely through clamp and fixture plate as well as gripping workpiece above compression nut). Limited only by your imagination!


Mitee-Bite Concentric OD Clamp | Watch Video of Clamping Tool


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We hope and pray this eNewsletter finds you, your family and your team safe and well.


The staff here at Nelson Publishing is working hard to continue to serve the needs of our readers during this challenging time, while keeping our employees safe. We will be working from remote locations as we continue to publish Modern Applications News (MAN), Tooling & Production (T&P), and Manufacturing Center Product Spotlight on their regular schedules.


We will continue to provide the latest news and product releases from the machine tool/metalworking industries, especially any information that may help companies during these unprecedented times.

In that spirit, if your company is offering a free service, product, or idea to help others in our industry deal with this pandemic, we are happy to offer free advertising space for you to get your message out. Please contact Bob West at bwest@nelsonpub.com if you are interested in this offer.


Again, as this crisis evolves, our goal will be to provide you with useful information and our hope is that you stay safe and healthy.


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  Featured Articles
Image - Free Help for Shops Forced to Change the Way They Do Business Because of COVID-19 Free Help for Shops Forced to Change the Way They Do Business Because of COVID-19
Many communication specialists are stepping up to offer free help to companies from all industries, including manufacturing, who have been forced to change the way they do business during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Free virtual meeting spaces, cybersecurity for remote workplaces, and a "How to Guide" for changing a physical event to a virtual conference are some of the offers that may be helpful to your shop.
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Image - Calculating Robot ROI -- How to Determine the True Cost of Robotics Calculating Robot ROI -- How to Determine the True Cost of Robotics
Web searches for the phrase, "how much does a robot cost?" have doubled since 2009. But determining the total cost and return on investment (ROI) of a robot isn't straightforward, as Nigel Smith, managing director of industrial robot supplier TM Robotics, explains.
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  Industry News
Image - Siemens Opens Additive Manufacturing Network to Requests by Doctors, Hospitals and Medical Equipment Suppliers Siemens Opens Additive Manufacturing Network to Requests by Doctors, Hospitals and Medical Equipment Suppliers
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  GM Delivers First Shipment of 20,000 Face Masks; Will Ramp Up to 1.5 Million/Month
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Image - Fords Ships Out 1 Millionth Face Shield; Producing 50,000 Ventilators in 100 Days Fords Ships Out 1 Millionth Face Shield; Producing 50,000 Ventilators in 100 Days
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  AIRWOLF3D Offers Emergency Additive Manufacturing of Respirator Valves, Other Medical Equipment
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Image - Snappy Cobots Deliver Zero Defects, Double Production Snappy Cobots Deliver Zero Defects, Double Production

With no robotics experience, the Arizona-based Zippertubing Company integrated Universal Robots' UR5 cobot in vision-guided applications tending snap fastening machines for wrap-around cable jacketing. Watch how this was done.


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  Product Spotlight
Image - New Highly Repeatable Concentric OD Clamp Ideal for High-Density Applications New Highly Repeatable Concentric OD Clamp Ideal for High-Density Applications
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  3-Finger Gripper Easily Handles Cylindrical Objects
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Image - Portable UV Sanitation Cart Can Disinfect Your Shop Portable UV Sanitation Cart Can Disinfect Your Shop
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  Modular Toolholder Simplifies Swiss-Style Machining; Enables Fast Tool Changes
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Image - Star CNC Swiss-Type Automatic Lathe Offers Greater Flexibility and Rigidity for Increased Productivity and Higher Accuracy Star CNC Swiss-Type Automatic Lathe Offers Greater Flexibility and Rigidity for Increased Productivity and Higher Accuracy

New modular design of the SR-32JII provides greater flexibility and productivity. Slanted tool post with dovetail structure provides rigidity for heavy machining and better accuracy. Increased number of tool positions adds to capability. Back working tool post features increased pitch for 32mm O.D. turning -- no interference with other tool stations. 6-spindle unit (Type A) or 8-spindle unit with "Y" axis (Type B) can be used with or without guide bushing.


Star CNC Machine Tool Corp. | Watch SR-32JII Video


  Product Spotlight Cont'd
Image - Laser Machine Enables Shops to Execute New Surface Design While Controlling Cost per Part Laser Machine Enables Shops to Execute New Surface Design While Controlling Cost per Part
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  "No Drip" Nozzle Shuts Off Liquid Flow Immediately
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Image - Orbital Lathe's "Wizard" Feature Makes Complicated Operations Simple Orbital Lathe's "Wizard" Feature Makes Complicated Operations Simple
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  Deburring Kit: Everything You Need in One Box
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  Product Focus Award Winner
Product Focus Award Winner Ultra-Rigid Desktop 3D Printer Offers Reliability with Over 180,000 Testing Hours Completed

Based on reader interest and analysis from our editorial staff, this article won MAN's Product Focus Award for last month's eNewsletter. We would like to congratulate the winning company. In case you missed it, please click on the headline above to view the article.


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