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GROB Systems to Host 5-AXIS LIVE! Machining Technology Event
08/22/2023 @ 8:45 am - 4:00 pm
GROB Systems, Inc., Bluffton, Ohio, a global leader in the development of manufacturing systems and machine tools, announced it will be hosting a 5-AXIS LIVE! technology event, together with nineteen of its industry partners, at GROB’s North America headquarters and production facility in Bluffton, Ohio on August 22nd, 2023 from 8:45 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. The special one-day event will include informative seminars and live 5-axis machining demonstrations highlighting new machining strategies for optimizing the production of complex medical, aerospace and mold/ die parts. Tours will be offered of the GROB 400,000 sq. ft. facility which features vertically integrated manufacturing of machining centers and automation. The event is complimentary and manufacturing professionals are encouraged to attend.
In addition to live demonstrations on a full range of GROB machining centers, other industry partners participating at 5-AXIS LIVE! are leaders in machining applications, software, cutting tools, automation design and integration and more. They include Blaser, BLUM, Concepts NREC, Empire Dynamics, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, Fraisa, Heidenhain, Kennametal, Mapal, OPEN MIND Technologies, Robb-Jack, RotoClear, Sandvik Coromant, Schunk, Seco, Siemens, ThirdWave, Walter and Zoller. Informative seminar presentations will be conducted by Siemens covering its Sinumerik controls, by CAD/CAM software suite developer OPEN MIND Technologies about innovative hyperMILL® CAM strategies, and by metal cutting solutions provider Seco discussing its cutting tools for medical applications.
A broad range of GROB 5-axis machining and automation solutions will be under power for attendees to see live demonstrations on a range of GROB G350 and G550 5-axis Universal Machining Centers, as well as the PSS-T300 Tower Pallet Storage System and GRC Robot Cell. GROB will also have a customer panel available for attendees to learn firsthand what it is like to purchase a GROB machine. There will also be an opportunity to learn how the GROB Apprenticeship Program is successful for manufacturing workforce development to address the skills gap crisis.
