New Paths in Part Production
To understand electro-chemical machining (ECM) it is best to start by understanding ECM is not electrical discharge machining (EDM). These technologies for non-contact machining...
Forging Forward with Automation
The industrialization of our economies around the world owes a debt to forging and the men and women who operate forging equipment. Without the...
Mastering Operational Processes
The Minerva group, created in 1996, designs and manufactures complex parts for the energy, transport and defense industries. The group has developed several integrated...
Surpassing Energy Savings
Advanced Structural Technology (AST) in Oxnard, California, an industry leading manufacturer of forged and spin/flow formed products for the automotive, defense, aerospace and alternative...
Endless Cutting Possibilities
TECHNI is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of profile waterjet cutting systems. TECHNI Waterjet offers complete water jet cutter solutions utilizing their own...
Acieta and ATI Make Metal Fabricating Easier
Automation integrator, Acieta, has developed a new system that enables medium- to high-volume metal fabricators to reduce costs and offset labor shortages. The Robotically...
Automatically Producing the Perfect Weld Seam
Nowadays, welding tasks have to be completed more quickly, more cost-effectively and produce higher quality than ever before, with increasingly complex component geometries and...
Slugs Take Flight for True EDM Automation
Shops specializing in wire EDM processes face a single major hurdle when it comes to configuring machines for completely unmanned continuous operations – slug...
Automation Solutions for Legacy Machines
All Axis Machining struggled to automate the operation of old machinery. When the company discovered the open integration architecture through the Universal Robots+ platform...
Powerful Machining, Superior Accuracy: Volvo Aero Connecticut Gets Two For the Price of One
Located near Hartford, Conn., Volvo Aero Connecticut specializes in the machining of large components: fan cases for aircraft engines and gas turbines, fan and...