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Fortnightly Ezine on CNC Technology

Vol 6, Issue 10  -

1st December 2002 

In This Issue

Up To 12 Tools In One Holder
New Products From Plansee
Customizing Tools Online
Be more flexible
ERP System Keeps New Work Center Fully Loaded
Alpha
CRM: pay attention to retention

  MACHINE TOOLS

Up To 12 Tools In One Holder

Imagine a single cutting toolholder that can be used to perform 12 distinct metalcutting operations without a tool change. That's the concept behind a new cutting tool innovation designed and built by Mazak.

http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/0602rt2.html

  CUTTING TOOLS

NEW PRODUCTS FROM PLANSEE

Check For Yourself And Get Competitive Edge.

http://www.plansee.com/english/02news/main/11-03produkte.html

Customizing Tools Online

As part designs become increasingly complex, specialized metalworking processes must be developed for efficient manufacturing. This frequently demands that a machine shop tailor its cutting tools to the specific job at hand.

http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/1202rt2.html

  CAD / CAM 

Be more flexible

Work purely within ArtCAM Pro or bring artwork and data in from a variety of sources including, scanned images, imports from other software and paint packages, digitised data, laser scanned data, CAD surface models. Output your finished work to machine tools, rapid prototyping machines or print high quality rendered images.

http://www.delcam.com/artcam/introduction.asp?From=Home

   ACCESSORIES

ERP System Keeps New Work Center Fully Loaded

It's difficult for a small, specialized machine builder doing $1.5 million in sales annually to buy a $100,000 machine tool, then keep it fully loaded and realize a good return on investment without upsetting the workload throughout the shop—especially with the current manufacturing slowdown. But that's what Ontario Sewing Automation (Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada) has managed to do.

http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/1102bp1.html

  

   METROLOGY

Alpha

ALPHA line of gantry CMMs represents the result of Brown & Sharpe DEA unrivaled experience gained from pioneering the technology in the dimensional inspection of large parts.

http://www.brownandsharpe.com/home.asp?div=cmm_products&id=9009

  WEB TECHNIQUES 

CRM: pay attention to retention

Customer relationship management (CRM) has been getting a lot of flack lately. But there's nothing inherently wrong with the technology. Enterprises have just been ignoring customer retention strategies.

http://www.zdnetindia.com/biztech/ebusiness/crm/stories/64690.html

 

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