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What if the biggest gain in your automated cell has nothing to do with cutting metal? In many shops, machine tending is still treated as simple load-and-unload work. But once the cell is running smoothly, the real opportunities start to show up in everything around it that’s still done by hand. Part marking, deburring, inspection, and small secondary ops, for example, may live outside the cycle, but with 10DER® Machine Tending Systems, they don’t have to. If the timing and la

A machine shop was facing a common challenge in high-mix CNC production: labor-intensive part loading and unloading, hand deburring, and inconsistent spindle utilization. To solve this, CNC Solutions designed two turntable automation cells that handle machine tending, regripping, and deburring for a Mazak HMC 5000, enabling operators to load multiple parts and walk away while the machines continue running. The Challenge Before automation, operators manually loaded parts into

Customer:  Mathews Archery Location:  Sparta, Wisconsin Customer Business Issue:  Limited capacity and rising demand Solution:  CNC Solutions machine-tending automated cells Results: 25% increase in production, 50% less scrap Return on Investment: 1.5 years per cell Known for pioneering innovations like the single-cam system, Mathews Archery manufactures bows trusted by hunters and competitive archers worldwide. At the heart of every bow is the riser, a rigid central fr