The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries ...

Double-acting pneumatic and hydraulic swing-clamp cylinders have single or double-sided clamp arms with CW or CCW rotation. The clamp arm extends straight up as it releases workpiece, then rotates 90° ...

cylinders extend for clamping force and retract for part removal. The clamps' designs ensure repeatable clamping locations and linkage repositioning from ports for clamping at 90, 180, or 270°.

When — and when not to — pile parts onto workholding fixtures. Integral-pallet tombstones combine machine pallet and fixture as one, which gives shops more high-production workholding options because ...

Hydraulic cylinders convert fluid pressure and flow into force and linear movement and are used in a wide variety of applications and industries. They are complex devices incorporating a wide range of ...

These days, almost every component and system in a piece of heavy equipment is becoming more intelligent through the incorporation of sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT). “The core vision of IoT ...