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IMTS: The Future is in Chicago
With Westec and Eastec both behind us, it is time to roll up our sleeves and start the countdown to Chicago …. and IMTS 2004. With the recent upswing in manufacturing, this year promises to be an exciting one for exhibitors and attendees alike. Not to mention the new introduction to the show – The Emerging Technology Center – which is unlike anything ever presented at IMTS before.
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Mill Operations Training Classes Added
Three new Mill Operators classes have been added in our Lewisburg, WV training center. This informative class will introduce you to the basics of CNCs and Mill Programming. It’s a great way to get up to speed in these important areas. The Lewisburg location has REAL milling machines on site, so students can actually experience real milling while training.
Click below for the latest schedule.
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Agressively Pursuing Precision
Aggressive Tool & Machine has earned its name. Like many small, niche shops, Aggressive was coming up against competitors that were making large-scale investments in new machinery and could not afford the same level of capital outlay. This tough, eight-person shop wasn’t about to lose a bid in its hard-earned niche – supplying close-tolerance carbon electrodes for electrode discharge machines (EDMs) used in making molds. After an aggressive pursuit for affordable precision, co-owners Jerry Ryan and Joe Cox decided to test whether the new Bridgeport XV-Series vertical machining center with a GE Fanuc 21i CNC would help them win their bids.
It turned out to be a good choice.
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Identifying Root Causes of Machine Tool Builder Messages Displayed on the CNC
Alarms and operator messages generated by the GE Fanuc or FANUC CNC and drives system are typically documented in the product maintenance or operation manuals, often with cause and action instructions or troubleshooting flow charts. Alarms generated by the machine tool builder through the machine ladder interface called the Programmable Machine Control (PMC) are not documented in the GE Fanuc or FANUC documentation. If documentation is not available from the machine tool builder, a little detective work can be used to detect the root cause of an alarm, and get the machine back into production faster.
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GE Fanuc Announces New High Performance Laser
GE Fanuc Automation has introduced two new high-performance carbon dioxide laser sources designed for laser cutting or welding machine tools. The latest GE Fanuc C5000-E and C6000-E carbon dioxide laser sources are of 5kW and 6kW power. High beam quality allows the 5 kW model to cut thin material with extremely high speed and thick material with high quality surface finishes. With optimized beam quality, the 6 kW model covers a wide range of applications, such as stable cutting of 32 mm mild steel. The latest models complement the existing C1000-E, C2000-E and C4000-E models of 1kW, 2kW and 4kW power respectively. All models feature the latest radio frequency excitation technology.
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