Hammer-down might be a subtheme at the upcoming Westec machinetool and manufacturing show set to commence March 31 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Follow along as Kuka’s Ed Volcic dissects the various components of a typical machine tool tending cell.

The basic engine lathe is one of the most widely used machine tools, but tool set-up is critical for when many identical parts must be machined as rapidly as possible.