Every day, every CNC program, every sensor reading, every tool change, every quality inspection report contributes to a ...

Humans had to carry out all their machining processes by hand for centuries. Even precision tools had to be maneuvered very carefully, inch by inch, by people holding the devices personally. That all ...

One of the major advantages of Swiss-type lathes is how much action gets squeezed into a comparatively small work area. This enables the machine tool to dramatically increase the efficiency of part ...

If you’re building a CNC router, laser cutter, or even 3D printer, you’ll usually be looking at a dedicated controller. This board takes commands from a computer, often in the form of G-Code, and ...

The new MTConnect-compliant adapter brings real-time monitoring and data analytics to legacy Citizen Swiss-type lathes ...

Version 4.1.00.00 of the Flexium+ CNC platform from NUM places an advanced tool management system at the disposal of manufacturers operating multiple CNC machine tools. The platform is suitable for ...

The idea of a single robot that can transform into three different machines sounds like science fiction, but it is already ...

Maximizing return on investment (ROI) is critical for manufacturers seeking growth and sustainability. For any machining operation, computer numerical control (CNC) is a manufacturing technology with ...

We recently gave you some tips on purchasing your first milling machine, but what we didn’t touch on was CNC (Computer Numerical Control) systems for milling machines (or other machines, like lathes).