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Unplanned Downtime: Causes, Calculations, and Cures

‘Downtime’ is one of the most dreaded words in manufacturing. While downtime is part of life in a factory, managers, operators, and technicians constantly strive to reduce it and mitigate its
Downtime / Sep 22, 2022

Schedule Attainment: Accurately Plan & Meet Production Goals

Did your team finish all the work that was planned for this week? Many KPIs are used in manufacturing to track production efficiency, quality, labor utilization, capacity, waste, and more. These KPIs
MachineMetrics / Sep 15, 2022

How to Improve Quality in Manufacturing

There are a few core measurements that every manufacturer uses to manage their operation. Measurements like efficiency, productivity, capacity, labor, and equipment utilization are almost universally
MachineMetrics / Sep 08, 2022

MachineMetrics, Universal Robots’ Partner to Automate Robot...

Precision manufacturers can now monitor collaborative robots from Universal Robots in real-time to drive automation that improves performance and reliability. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., September 6, 2022 --
press release / Sep 06, 2022
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    A Guide to Cutter Compensation: What is G41 and G42?
    MachineMetrics / February 03, 2022
    CNC machining is a big business. It’s estimated that as of 2020, CNC machining is an $81.95 billion industry and is expected to reach $128.4 billion by 2028. This growth is being driven by greater...

    Manufacturing Tooling Costs - A Complete Guide
    MachineMetrics / December 30, 2022
    With labor, transportation, and material costs rising in every manufacturing sector, companies are anxious to find ways to save money. For CNC machining, tooling is an additional, often unforeseen,...

    How to Reduce Tool Failure with CNC Tool Breakage Detec...
    MachineMetrics / December 23, 2021
    Tool breakage has always been a challenge for machining operations. These breaks can occur during regular machining cycles due to tool wear that eventually results in failure. They may also occur due...

    What is Tool Life? How to Optimize Tooling with Machine...
    MachineMetrics / October 28, 2021
    The expense of tooling combined with scrapping defective parts makes extending tool life an important objective for metal cutting companies. Traditional machining relied on settings determined...

    How to Identify and Reduce Tool Wear to Improve Quality
    MachineMetrics / October 14, 2021
    In CNC machining, the reality is that metal meeting metal results in tool wear. Metal cutting, grinding, drilling, boring, and other tasks are all part of machining. And as these activities are all...
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