Unplanned downtime and production loss due to equipment failure is one of the leading losses for manufacturers. Most shops perform maintenance on a fixed schedule or on failure. This means a machine will be maintained regardless of how often it is used and unexpected breakdowns will stop production.
Mazak Corp. (Florence, KY) continues its steady advance toward the complete factory digitization of all its manufacturing operations with the recent transformation of its Oguchi, Japan, facility into yet another Mazak iSMART Factory.
Using a digital process such as computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software can streamline the workflow between the additive and subtractive processes and reduce the chance of error,
How to create complex, customized parts with ease
CESMII assembles a national Think Tank to advocate for the transformation of the U.S. manufacturing ecosystem
Interoperability will make the autonomous mobile robot’s world go ‘round
The right tooling can have a profound effect on a shop’s competitiveness and future growth.
AI software enables the company to capture relevant runtime metadata and put it into context to create useful information in real time.
Guill Tool has announced its intent to offer merchant machining services to the global aerospace industry.
Larger manufacturing enterprises have benefitted from smart-manufacturing innovations while smaller manufacturers have lagged behind—but that is changing.
