James Niedzinski

31st March 2022

Entrepreneurs Load Shops with Compact Machines | SME Media

Most CNC job shops and manufacturing contractors secure work before purchasing new machines. Typically, this method makes it easier for management to schedule jobs on specific machines and allows for more flexibility.

LeNoir “Len” E. Zaiser III and his son, Len E. Zaiser IV, are not most people, and their businesses are far from typical—they’re extraordinary. The father and son entrepreneur team puts production process first. Len Zaiser IV said developing skilled CNC machinists and programmers,

31st March 2022

Benefits of horizontal CNC machining

CNC machine tool capable of drilling, reaming, tapping, milling and boring. Normally comes with an automatic toolchanger. See automatic toolchanger.

Microprocessor-based controller dedicated to a machine tool that permits the creation or modification of parts. Programmed numerical control activates the machine’s servos and spindle drives and controls the various machining operations. See DNC, direct numerical control; NC, numerical control.

Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or t

31st March 2022

Methods’ Vice President of FANUC Products Slated to Retire | SME Media

Sudbury, Mass., August 17th, 2021 - Methods Machine Tools, Inc., the foremost supplier of high- quality CNC tools and automation systems in North America, announced that Thomas Saur is set to retire at the end of the calendar year.

Saur started at Methods in 2004, establishing and managing the company’s Detroit Technical Center. He played a crucial role during the center’s move from Grand Rapids, Mich. to Wixom, Mich. Saur helped spur unprecedented growth, Detroit Technical Center sales increas

Today's Medical Developments • 31st March 2022

Methods Machine Tools's automation cell

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the JobShop Cell PRO, an automation solution featuring the RoboDrill D21SiBadv vertical machining center series. The JobShop Cell PRO incorporates a main enclosure with several different pre-engineered end-of-arm and infeed/ outfeed options for high mix, medium-volume machining applications.

JobShop Cell PRO features an industrial grade, articulating Fanuc 6-axis robot in an aluminum enclosure which allows the RoboDrill to be placed on the left or right

31st March 2022

Methods Machine Tools Hosts Concurrent Open Houses in the Southwest | SME Media

CNC machine tools supplier Methods Machine Tools is hosting concurrent open houses at its Phoenix (Oct. 5 and 6) and Los Angeles (Oct. 6 and 7) technical centers. The Phoenix open house will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST each day, while the Los Angeles open house will last from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PST.

Visitors will be able to talk shop and learn from some of the most innovative, experienced CNC and automation experts in the industry, the company said. Technical specialists will host seminars at

8th March 2022

Methods Machine Tools Hosts Concurrent Open Houses in the Southwest | SME Media

CNC machine tools supplier Methods Machine Tools is hosting concurrent open houses at its Phoenix (Oct. 5 and 6) and Los Angeles (Oct. 6 and 7) technical centers. The Phoenix open house will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST each day, while the Los Angeles open house will last from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PST.

Visitors will be able to talk shop and learn from some of the most innovative, experienced CNC and automation experts in the industry, the company said. Technical specialists will host seminars at

4th August 2021

Moving to Horizontal Machining Cuts Shop’s Cycle Time by 50%

Alicat Scientific manufactures precision mass flow instruments such as flow controllers, mass flow meters and differential pressure controllers. For much of its life, the company relied on three-axis vertical machining centers, but in July 2016, machine shop manager Greg Camron began looking at ways to increase the company’s throughput.

Multiple machine tool suppliers suggested ways he had already tried. “The only thing I knew at the time was vertical machining, so that’s what they showed me,”

Today's Medical Developments • 1st June 2021

Standard automation delivers reliable results

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America.

More than two dozen cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. While Waterloo, New York, was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it’s difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day.

Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design • 10th May 2021

Questions with Steve Raucci

1) How have wire EDM machines evolved and how has the technology improved?

Traditionally, many manufacturers viewed EDM as a niche industry. For decades, machinists considered EDM a necessary evil. With cutting speeds much slower than milling or turning machines, around 2 square inches per hour, nobody was using an EDM machine except for cutting steel or aluminum.

Modern wire EDM machines have made vast technological improvements. Cutting speeds exceed 32 square inches per hour, and with core

Robotics & Automation News • 16th April 2021

Methods Machine Tools adds next generation of RoboCut to product line

Methods Machine Tools, a supplier of machine tools and automation equipment in North America, recently added the Fanuc RoboCut α- CiC series to its line of wire electrical discharge machining (EDM) products.

Steve Raucci, Methods’ technical sales director and RoboCut product manager, says: “The α-CiC series continues to push the boundaries of speed, precision, and reliability.

The next generation of the RoboCut features innovative technology, making it the most productive wire EDM machine on t