Cobots are an ideal, entry-level robotic device for smaller shops to begin using automation in an economical way. Of course, as with any equipment integration, it takes a knowledgeable team with experience to make cobot integration as seamless and painless as possible.
Production Turning to CNC
Greg Knight, Absolute Machine Tools’ VP of Sales Production Turning Products, recently discussed the evolution of the precision production turning industry in an article in Production Machining magazine titled “Production Turning to CNC.”
Bridge Mills: A Bridge to Success
Absolute Machine Tools’ vice president of sales, Klaus Miller, recently shared insights in Advanced Manufacturing article “Bridge Mills: A Bridge to Success” on the benefits of bridge mills versus C-frame vertical machining centers.
Job Shop Automates Using Cobot Arm
B.I.C. Precision Machine Company Inc. invested in Productive Robotics’ OB7 collaborative robot arm, which was supplied by Absolute Machine Tools, to automate a repeat contract job that was very labor intensive.
7-Axis Cobot Reduces Operator Fatigue, Bumps Productivity
B.I.C. Precision is a contract shop in Blanchester, OH, and a top tier contract supplier of components for essential industries such as food processing and packaging equipment, railroad transportation, oil and gas, electronics and medical. The company recently installed an OB7 collaborative robot (cobot) servicing a turning center cell.
When a TURN-MILL Doesn’t Turn
AMoManTech, a precision machine shop in Big Sky Country, uses a B-axis multitasking machine to produce complex, prismatic medical parts that require no turning complete from barstock.
Advancing Metalcutting Technology
As car manufacturing consolidates with fewer models built on common platforms, and assertive startups address lower-volume, but growing, niches, machine tools have stepped up to address the agility demands of automotive firms seeking the goal of mass customization.
One Spindle, Two Spindles, Three Spindles, More?
There are seemingly endless variations in how milling and turning machines are equipped, including mill-turn and turn-mill combos. But one of the basic ways to differentiate between machine tools is by counting spindles.
Dual-Spindle Technology a Boon to Automakers
As a key part of auto manufacturing technology, builders are improving machine tools to maximize flexibility and productivity. For example, CNC horizontal machining centers (HMCs) permit multi-sided machining, maximize chip evacuation, and facilitate pallet-based automation systems.
Shop Evolves with CNC Turning
Debbie Sommers answered a newspaper ad for a receptionist job at a South Elgin, Illinois, screw machine shop in 1980. Today, she owns the shop, an 18,000-square-foot facility with 20 employees and sales growth of 25 percent in 2017.