VIDEOS

Automation & Robots

View From My Shop Video 1: A Deep Dive Into Automation with Advance CNC

Advance CNC leverages multiple forms of automation to increase its milling machines' productivity. Learn more in this episode of The View From My Shop.
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Swiss-Types

The Right (Machine) Tool for the Right Job

This high-production shop uses both mechanical and CNC Swiss machines to make parts, but which machine is right for which job?
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System Offers Fast, Catastrophe-Free Fire Suppression

This fire suppression system supplies a chemical agent directly to a fire within a machine tool, helping extinguish it in less than 10 seconds, leaving no machine damage.
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Production Machining Editorial Submission Guidelines

Production Machining covers the manufacture of precision parts in high volumes — commonly referred to as the precision machined parts industry. We welcome articles and illustrations of products and services germane to all aspects of this industry.

Medical

The Value of Dual Thread Whirling Units for Bone Screws

Dual thread whirling units on a Swiss-type enable it to produce medical bone screws with two different thread leads in one setup, eliminating the need for time-consuming, single-point threading.
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Automation & Robots

Automation Brings Reliability to Laser Marking Bone Screws

To overcome human error in laser marking, consider a reliable, high-throughput automated system designed to run 24/7.
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Parts Cleaning

New Cleaning Methods for Alternative Manufacturing Processes

Tyler Wheeler, product line manager at Ecoclean Group, covered the current manufacturing trends and how cleaning technologies are evolving to keep up with the cleaning demands of these trends.

Toolholders

Fast Change Tooling System Increases Spindle Uptime

This coolant-through tooling system replacement for the gang plate on a Swiss-type machine can save hours of spindle downtime per day as well as increase tool life and enhance chip control.
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Let’s Go to the Tech Brief Video

Machining “Tech Brief” topics in print can also be presented via video. Here are a few examples.
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Parts Cleaning

Video: The Advantages of CNC in a Cleaning/Deburring Process

This on-demand webinar from Sugino Corp. offers information on CNC waterjet for cleaning and deburring parts, pressure pumps and nozzle options for the system as well as how to add value to the process.
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