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This year's International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS 2014) has shown optimistic numbers, and the Manufacturing.net staff was part of the thundering traffic cruising through McCormick Place in Chicago. There was more to see than any normal human could take in within the six-day show - 1,900 exhibitors displayed their wares for over 100,000 attendees.
That's why we've collected some of the best of IMTS 2014 - admittedly though, we may have missed some nuggets of interest amongst the crowds.
10. Heavy-Duty Construction For The Aerospace Industry
Okuma unveiled a new CNC turning center (the VTM-2000YB) at IMTS, which exhibited a large work envelope demonstration on a fan hub and engine case. Tooling within the aerospace industry is always an impressive feat, but this machine provided "natural" part handling in a conservative footprint.
9. The Ballet Of Machine Tools And Robots
We're all familiar with machine tools and the robotics systems that grace shop floors and manufacturing facilities, but IMTS provided a seemingly never-ending array of machines - all moving to different programming in an...