Humans had to carry out all their machining processes by hand for centuries. Even precision tools had to be maneuvered very carefully, inch by inch, by people holding the devices personally. That all ...

If you have CNC machines that are beginning to show signs of aging, your production is at risk of experiencing unexpected downtime. To keep your CNC machines in production, inspect these five ...

SainSmart, a decade-long leader in open hardware and desktop manufacturing, unveils the Genmitsu PROVerXL 2X2. Adding a powerful new form factor to the world's most comprehensive family of desktop ...

A category of automated machine tools, such as drills and lathes, that operate from instructions in a program. Numerical control (NC) machines are used in manufacturing tasks, such as milling, turning ...

If you’re building a CNC router, laser cutter, or even 3D printer, you’ll usually be looking at a dedicated controller. This board takes commands from a computer, often in the form of G-Code, and ...

Equipped with Heidenhain TNC 640 HSCI numerical control and Heidenhain's Industry 4.0 package, the Powermill G3 PC3 makes ...

One of the major advantages of Swiss-type lathes is how much action gets squeezed into a comparatively small work area. This enables the machine tool to dramatically increase the efficiency of part ...

CNC machines can be very noisy, and we’re not talking about the kind of noise problem that you can solve with earplugs. With all those stepper motors and drivers, potentially running at high-speed, ...