Lights-Out Manufacturing: How to Get Your CNC Shop Running 24/7
Most CNC shops operate 40 hours a week. The machines they own are capable of running 168. That gap is 128 hours of idle…
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Going to Westec 2021? Don’t Miss These Booths Demonstrating Automation and IIoT Together
Two of Absolute’s partners, Productive Robotics and Scytec Consulting, will be exhibiting together in Scytec’s booth Booth #1617 at Westec 2021 in Long Beach, California,…
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Machining a .223 Bolt – Demo on Quicktech T8 Hybrid at Shot Show 2022
At Shot Show 2022, Absolute Machine Tools will have a demo at booth #40554 featuring a Quicktech T8 Hybrid machining a .223 bolt. What…
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Hydraulic Braking in CNC Rotary Tables: Why It Matters for Heavy Cutting
When evaluating a CNC rotary table, most buyers focus on indexing accuracy and table diameter. Braking mechanism often gets overlooked — but it’s one…
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Why Add a 4th Axis Rotary Table to Your Milling Machine
If you run a job shop, you already know that every setup change costs time — and time costs money. Adding a 4th axis…
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Bar Feeders for CNC Lathes: How to Choose the Right One for Your Shop
A bar feeder is the most common automation accessory in production turning — and for good reason. Bar feeders provide a simple, dependable means…
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Guide Bushings for Swiss Lathes: Everything You Need to Know
Guide bushings are what separates a CNC Swiss lathe from a conventional lathe. First called an anti-friction guide bushing, the rotary guide bushing was…
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Step 7: Successfully Implement Cobots
Risk Assessment It’s hard to believe but OSHA has not published standardized risk assessment regulations pertaining to collaborative robots (cobots), although it likely won’t…
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Step 6: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
Do Cobots Need Maintenance Like Industrial Robots? Everything mechanical eventually needs some type of maintenance, and nobody should tell you otherwise. Collaborative Robots, or…
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Step 5: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
Vision: Should You Go There? For those that have not taken the first step to implement 2D, 2.5D, or 3D vision into their manufacturing…
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Step 2: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
What Role Do Integrators Play In This Process? An integrator will definitely get the job done, but beware of a few potential pitfalls. Not…
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Step 3: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
How is the Work Staged? It Should Be All Part of the Master Plan Most manufacturers don’t understand — and sometimes underestimate the importance…
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Step 1: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
By now everyone knows what a Cobot is, but many aren’t sure if they are ready, or if they are, how to successfully go…
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How Can the OB7 Make Your CNC Operations More Efficient and Profitable?
Automation is one of the biggest trends in the CNC machining industry, as more and more companies discover that integrating robotics with their CNC…
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CNC Indexing Rotary Tables: How to Choose the Right One for Your Machining Operations
An indexing rotary table, also known as an indexing table, is a tool used to quickly and precisely rotate a workpiece so that a…
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The Role of Machine Tools in the Aerospace Industry: Precision, Efficiency, and Innovation
The aerospace industry is synonymous with groundbreaking innovation, precision engineering, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible. At the heart of this industry’s…
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Quicktech ROBO 4-Axis Mill/Turn Centers Offer Speed, Efficiency & Flexibility
With integrated 6-axis Mitsubishi robots, the QuickTECH i-42 and i60 ROBO 4-axis mill/turn centers offer fast, automated loading and unloading of medium-diameter (i42: 42mm/1.68″,…
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Maximize Precision Output of Small, Complex Parts with Compact S-32 ATM Mill/Turn Center from QuickTECH
The QuickTECH S-32 ATM 9 axis twin spindle mill/turn center is a compact, high precision solution for maximizing production of small, complex parts while…
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Find Solutions for Any Precision Turning Application in Booth 3050 at PMTS 2019!
PMTS is upon us, and we couldn’t be more excited to see you all there. Absolute Machine Tools will be in Booth 3050 with…
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FREE Tracer Bar Feeder with Purchase of LICO, Nexturn & Quicktech Machines
Absolute Machine Tools is excited to offer a FREE Tracer Bar feeder with the purchase of any LICO, Nexturn or Quicktech machine until 4/30/19*!…
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Turning Towards Automation
Absolute Machine Tools maximizes profitability in the precision production turning industry by matching the right part to the right machine. This means partnering with…
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Look for Nexturn SA-20B Swiss Lathe Firing Pin Cutting Demo at Shot Show 2022
Absolute Machine Tools is excited to head to Las Vegas next week for Shot Show 2022! We will have several live demos at booth…
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Swiss Machine Shop Automation: Bar Feeders, Cobots, and More
In today’s competitive marketplace, manufacturers need to find ways to increase productivity and efficiency. One way to do this is by adding automation to…
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SHOT Show 2022 Recap
Nexturn SA-20B Swiss Lathe Firing Pin Demonstration Why is a Swiss machine the most efficient way to cut a firing pin or similar part?…
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Absolute Earns PMPA Technical Members Participation Award
Absolute Machine Tools is proud to announce that we have earned the Precision Machine Products Association’s Technical Members Participation Award for the second year…
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Absolute Machine Tools Earns PMPA Technical Member Participation Award
Absolute Machine Tools was the proud recipient of the PMPA’s 2017-2018 Technical Member Participation award at the association’s annual meeting on October 6 in…
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One More Week Until The Absolute Oktoberfest!
Machine tool company open houses can be oh so unoriginal. Here’s one that sure isn’t — The Absolute Oktoberfest! And it’s only one week…
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Visit Absolute at the 2018 PMPA National Technical Conference
Come out and see the Production Turning Team from Absolute Machine Tools at the 2018 PMPA National Technical Conference, held April 21-24 at the…
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The OB7 Cobot Makes it Easy to Maintain Social Distancing on the Shop Floor
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has manufacturers all over the U.S. scrambling to figure out ways to protect their employees and still maintain…
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Tax Law Updates Benefit Manufacturing Industry
The New Year has arrived, and if you aren’t crunching away in the gym, you’re at a desk crunching tax numbers in preparation for…
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Manufacturing Magazine Highlights Shift to Automating EDM Processes
In its October issue, SME’s Manufacturing Magazine explored in-depth the move to automate EDM processes. Mark Cicchetti, Absolute Machine Tools’ EDM technical director, was…
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Jeff Sturtevant Hired as General Manager of Absolute’s Mason, Ohio, Technical Center
Absolute Machine Tools is pleased to announce Jeff Sturtevant, formerly of DMG Mori, has been hired as the new General Manager of our Mason…
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Greg Knight Receives Gold Micrometer Award for 40 Years of Service
Absolute Machine Tools is proud to congratulate our own Greg Knight on receiving the Precision Machined Products Association’s Gold Micrometer Award! The award recognizes…
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Absolute’s Phillip Judt Recognized in Production Machining’s 2018 Emerging Leaders
In its July issue, Production Machining magazine recognized the young talent in the precision machined parts industry. These men and women are making strides…
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Absolute’s Greg Knight and Scott Petrisko Discuss Swiss-Style Machining
Greg Knight, vice president of sales for production turning products, and Scott Petrisko, Applications Engineer for Absolute Machine Tools, shared insights on Swiss-style machining…
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OB7 Collaborative Robot: Affordable. Easy to Use. Immediate Automation
The moment Productive Robotics’ OB7 is delivered to your door, you have all the equipment needed to connect it to your CNC machine. OB7’s…
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Increase Production, Cut Manufacturing Costs With High Pressure Coolant
Adding high pressure coolant to your machine tool is an easy way to increase production and cut manufacturing costs. The addition of high pressure…
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Good News in Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October & November Jobs Reports
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October and November Jobs Reports, unemployment remained at its lowest level since 1969 at 3.7%. Here are…
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Absolute to Co-Exhibit LoadMate Plus™ with Mitsubishi Electric Automation at Automate 2022
The Absolute Machine Tools’ Automation Team is excited to co-exhibit the LoadMate Plus™ Machine Tending Robotics Cell with our partner Mitsubishi Electric Automation (MEA)…
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Tongtai’s NEW Ultrasonic iVU-5 Assisted Machining Center is Here!
Tongtai has recently come out with a brand new Ultrasonic iVU-5 Assisted Machining Center. This rotary-type machining center also operates as a dual task…
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Absolute Machine Tools Highlighted in “Bridge Mills: A Bridge to Success”
Absolute Machine Tools’ vice president of sales, Klaus Miller, recently shared insights about bridge mills in Advanced Manufacturing article “Bridge Mills: A Bridge to…
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CNC Indexing & Feeding Technologies Has Merged with Absolute Machine Tools
CNC Indexing & Feeding Technologies has officially merged into Absolute Machine Tools, aligning all machine accessory products under a single brand name. While the…
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Absolute Machine Tools Now Exclusive Distributor of LICO Screw Machines
Absolute Machine Tools is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Advanced Machinery Solutions, based in Columbus, Ohio. With this transaction, Absolute Machine Tools…
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Benefits Of Dual Lead Worm Gear Over Split Type
Absolute Machine Tools is proud to carry TJR Precision Technology rotary tables. All of TJR’s rotary tables incorporate a range of features that give them an edge over…
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Get Better Results By Using A High Pressure Coolant Systems
There are two elements in the process of metal cutting metal: a sharp edge for cutting, drilling or milling, and a rapidly rotating motor….
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The Kaizen Approach to Clean Shop Air
Let’s start this off with a question for everyone who is reading this. Do you remember what Kaizen means? In Japanese “kai” means change…
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HPC-2000: The Ideal High Pressure Coolant System for Your CNC Swiss Lathe
At Absolute Machine Tools, we manufacture our own line of high pressure coolant systems to help our customers decrease costs and increase productivity. The HPC-2000 is…
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How Is a Tailstock Important to the CNC Machining Process?
Is a tailstock necessary when using a CNC lathe to machine a workpiece? The answer depends on the length of the piece. You can get by…
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Advancing Aerospace Manufacturing with 5-Axis TCP and Milling-Enabled EDM Drilling
EDM drilling machines have evolved far beyond simply punching small start holes for wire EDM cutting. With today’s high demands and tight tolerances, surface…
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Safety Advantages of Automating Vertical Turning Centers and Lathes
Vertical turning centers and lathes (VTCs and VTLs) are large, heavy-duty machine tools that often require a forklift or overhead crane to lift and…
