Siemens used this test part to demonstrate new state-of-the-art milling techniques. It is made of tool steel hardened to 54 HRC and was machined on a Micron HPM 800U machining center. Something most ...

Mazak’s iSMART Factory concept involves drawing information from machines and work cells advanced to maximize productivity and flexibility, with “free-flow data sharing” for machine and process ...

Manufacturing evolves to meet the demands of customers and novel products. Sometimes, this means machine shops need to change their approach to normal steps or processes, including how they set-up to ...

Robotic automation has the potential to revolutionize the machine shop, allowing machining shops to increase efficiency and productivity while reducing costs. With robots taking on more of the tedious ...

Can small shops succeed with advanced machine tools and software? If so, how do they do it? Read on to learn the strategies that have helped Midway Swiss Turn, our 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor ...

Few outside the Thayer School of Engineering seem to know of the Machine Shop. I’ve been lucky enough to descend into the basement of Cummings Hall where the MShop resides several times as a student ...