Modern Applications News – Metalworking Ideas For Today's Job Shop: Every Friday through Sunday in Wichita, Kansas, there's a distinctive location in the city where employees have left the building, the lights are out, but spindles hum nonstop, producing parts to exact spec, all weekend long. This is all made possible by one company's vision to take its manufacturing capabilities to the next level through technology.
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Prior to reading this article, I thought I was going to learn about a machine shop in Wichita that grew from a few people in a farmhouse to a large, successful business. However, this article seemed to be more of an ad for Okuma robots. CNC has revolutionized not only the world of manufacturing, but also the world of scenic construction. There is no denying that there are many projects that these machines can finish faster than we can and with better quality. It will be interesting to see over the next few decades how much CNC integration develops in theatrical shops. The CNC router is what is most common for theatrical shops, but other types of CNC machines can also be very helpful. Many places today have a CNC router, but as they get better and better, having a CNC may be just as common as having a table saw or mitre saw in the shop.
I was not sure what I was getting myself into when it came to this article as I did not know how this article would be showing the progression of a CNC show. It was really cool to read this article and see the images that show how the CNC shop in question came to be, and in fact it is cool to see the order in which the shop bought equipment and expanded to be successful in the CNC shop industry. To me the coolest part of this article is actually the images that the article showcased when it came to a few of the pieces of machinery that the shop bought over the years that led them to be the full scale CNC machine shop that it is today. This progression becomes even more impressive when you see the original image of the Farm house / shop that the CNC shop started off as.
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