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Leading the Smart Manufacturing Revolution
Whether you’re faced with a pandemic, a war, or simply an unexpected shift in customer needs, your manufac- turing success depends on your ability to adapt rapidly. Happily, advanced Italian manufacturing equipment in
the machining and glass industries are embracing the smart manu- facturing revolution that makes this possible. Let’s explore their use of artificial intelligence (A.I.), manufacturing efficiency, data collection and integration, and metrology.
Efficient Tool Prep
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe,” a wise metalworker knows he ought to preset his cutting tools, lest he waste precious time dialing them in on the machine. The wisest
metalworkers get their presetters from SPERONI SpA (Spessa, Italy, https://www.speronispa.com).
A proud member of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, the Italian Machine Tools, Robots, and Automation Manufacturers’ Association, (Cinisello Balsamo, Italy, www.ucimu.it/en/home), SPERONI makes presetters that are accurate, easy to use, and durable, plus an interface that automatically transfers tool measure- ments to the metal cutting machines: the Simple Post Interface, SPI. What’s more, SPERONI also created tool management soft- ware— INTELLIGO— that organizes and optimizes your tooling and streamlines your manufacturing processes.
Patrick Cratty, sales manager for tool management systems at SPERONI’s U.S. business partner, BIG DAISHOWA (Hoffman Estates, Illinois, https://www.bigdaishowa.com/en) explained: “Keeping the
SMART MANUFACTURING
The Protube MES provides a single interface for easy management of part programs for the main BLM GROUP machines, even allowing the user to prepare work orders in the office and send production orders to the connected systems
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