For Cutting-edge Manufacturing, Reimagine and Repurpose
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“Sometimes it’s just what are you willing to think is possible.” John Schmidt, Resource Manager and Hard Lathe Department Lead Tweet Taking advantage of an opportunity can require rethinking what’s possible–despite limitations. For Alcon Tool, requests for advanced products from new and existing customers throughout 2021 presented some exciting possibilities, but the company needed to […]
The Future of Industrial Machining Has Five Axes
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Being an innovator at the forefront of cutting-tool manufacturing creates both opportunities and challenges. For experienced Alcon Tool specialists Brian Marsh and Andy Shawk, producing parts with increasingly complicated shapes represents a significant opportunity in their industry. The challenge? Finding a way to push past the limitations of the existing CNC machines they were operating. […]