It's easier to carve an apple with a knife than an axe. The same goes for manufacturing, where plants are increasingly building things with precise, programmable electric tools instead of machines run on compressed air. Industry groups say ...
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CNC (computer numeric control) lathes remain electrically powered machines that are used to create such symmetrical objects as table legs and baseball bats. The operator programs a task into the lathe and the machine carries out the task on ...
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The CNC lathe turns raw material, which can be metal, plastic, or wood among others, and uses a computer to guide a tool to cut shapes and profiles. The CNC lathe greatly reduces human error overall and can lead to a more productive and ...
Taiwan government has announced to allow investors from mainland China to buy into local firms in the five key manufacturing industries such as LED, FPD, semiconductor, machine tool, electronic and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, ...
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Despite the lingering European sovereign debt crisis, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry president C. C. Wang said Taiwan’s machine-tool industry has gradually bottomed and demand from emerging markets as China, India and ...
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The two main types of CNC, or computer numerical control, machinists that you see in machine shops across the world are for lathes and milling machines. When a machinist first starts, he slowly learns the basics and works his way up to more ...
The European Machine Tool industry, represented by CECIMO, has launched a European initiative focused on sustainability: The Blue Competence Machine Tools initiative. The Blue Competence initiative [BluECOmpetence] is led by Germany's ...
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There are few main types of CNC machines used in metal shops as well as production shops around the world today. These machines uses computer controls to make intricate movements to cut and shape metal, wood and plastics. By learning the ...
Computer numerical control (CNC) machines can be run after you have learned the many procedures that you must follow in order to be a successful machinist. The two most popular types of CNC machines are CNC mills and CNC lathes. With a bit ...
A number of Italian companies make five-axis machine tools that are used primarily in the metal-cutting industry. These companies exhibit their latest and best tools every two years at BI-MU, Italy's machine tool show in Milan, as noted by ...
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A machine tool is any machine used in the manufacturing process and includes mills---both CNC and manual---and lathes of both varieties. The CNC machine tool has revolutionized the manufacturing industry by bringing speed and accuracy to ...
German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW) predicts a 5-percent growth in production output in 2012, according to a press release issued Friday. "The German machine tool industry is back to its full vigor following the crisis, and ...
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Domestic manufacturers and machine shops ordered $519.98 million worth of machine tools and related technology during December 2011, a rise of 12.2% from the November ($430.17 million), and a 12.7% increase from the December 2010 total ...
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WNT(UK)'s Open House on the 20 and 21 March in Sheffield will provide visitors from industry and the education sector with the opportunity to see the latest cutting tools in live demonstrations, emphasising the productivity benefits of ...
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WNT(UK)'s Open House on the 20 and 21 March in Sheffield will provide visitors from industry and the education sector with the opportunity to see the latest cutting tools in live demonstrations, emphasising the productivity benefits of ...
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