Modern Machine Shop

The Manufacturing Futures Institute (MFI) at Carnegie Mellon University has transformed its headquarters at Mill 19—a repurposed steel mill near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—into an innovation hub for manufacturers. The facility features expansive high and low bays filled with advanced equipment: CAD/CAM programming stations, a five-axis CNC machine, wire EDM, laser cutting tools, an additive manufacturing lab, metrology instruments, welding equipment, robotic arms, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and even bins of colorful Lego bricks. Read more about MFI in our recent article: https://bit.ly/3NJVx2G #CAD #CAM #CNC #FiveAxis #EDM #Robotics

The Manufacturing Futures Institute (MFI) at Carnegie Mellon University has transformed its headquarters at Mill 19—a repurposed steel mill near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—into a playground for manufacturers. The facility features expansive high and low bays filled with advanced equipment: CAD/CAM programming stations, a five-axis CNC machine, wire EDM, laser cutting tools, an additive manufacturing lab, metrology instruments, welding equipment, robotic arms, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and...bins of colorful Lego bricks. Read more about MFI in our recent article: https://bit.ly/3NJVx2G #CAD #CAM #FiveAxis #CNC #EDM #Robotics

“Production monitoring, at its core, is about the collection of data,” says Greg McHale, founder and CEO of Datanomix. New software like TMAC AI, which was created as part of a partnership between Datanomix and Caron Engineering, Inc. to collect tooling data, uses this data to predict production outcomes, helping shops reduce scrap and extend tool life. Read more about TMAC AI: https://bit.ly/3YgR5NG #ToolingData #Data #ToolLife #Software

Will Fennell, founder of Xcelicut, wasn’t a machinist by trade—his background is in mechanical engineering. After working at GE, then Kennametal, he saw a growing demand for machine shops as others closed without succession plans. Spotting the opportunity, he launched Xcelicut to help fill this gap and support customers in need. Read more about Xcelicut in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/gAU7mccw DN Solutions America NTMA Horn USA, Inc. Haas Automation, Inc. Mikron Group PMPA: Precision Machined Products Association

Discover how to avoid costly pitfalls during manufacturing facility upgrades such as new machinery acquisitions, factory layouts and construction in this webinar from Autodesk. #Webinar #Manufacturing #Machinery #ManufacturingFacility

Here are three task-simplifying suggestions that improve CNC machine utilization, emphasizing return on investment: https://bit.ly/3A8Pz8q #CNC #CNCMachining #ROI #CNCMachines

In the latest installment of "The View From My Shop"—take a tour of The Machineosaurus Manufacturing Company, a Massachusetts machine shop where CNC machines are named after dinosaurs! 🦖🦕 Join Matt and Leigh Ann Boucher as they showcase their CNC mills and lathes, from Allosaurus to Triceratops. Specializing in prototyping, production, repair, and assembly, Machineosaurus also boosts productivity with a four-day workweek. Learn about their processes, quality control, and upcoming 5S project in the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gKBYie95 #CNC #ViewFromMyShop #MachineShop #ShopTour

Determining the shape of a workpiece is required in many manufacturing processes. Keep in mind these important points to ensure that you master the process: https://bit.ly/3Uhn8fe #Manufacturing #ManufacturingProcesses #Metalworking

Coordinates in a CNC program specify the tool's positions throughout execution, guiding tasks like approaching the workpiece, machining surfaces, axis retraction, or other movements. The workpiece coordinate system, typically aligned with a datum surface, serves as a common reference point (program zero). Multiple workpieces on a machining center may each have their own coordinate system, managed via offsets (G54-G59 in FANUC). Additionally, programmers should be aware of alternate coordinate systems and their specific applications. Here are two other coordinate systems that programmers should know: https://bit.ly/48cDo7b #CNC #CoordinateSystem #CNCMachining

AI chatbots are now mainstream, but the technology is just starting to reach other areas like robotics. A key challenge in adopting AI in robotics is the availability of data. While LLMs can access vast online data, robotics data takes longer to gather. At Mill 19, the site of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute and Carnegie Mellon University’s Manufacturing Futures Institute, they are working to solve this. Read more about how Mill 19 is using AI and digital twins to make robots better at production machine tending, assembly and other applications: https://bit.ly/3ZWkL59 Carnegie Mellon University #Robotics #Automation #AI #Chatbots