Thank you for the link. I'm looking forward to trying the numbers on the next appropriate job.
The last lines of the article read:
"Steele said he is somewhat reluctant to use the term
“breakthrough,” but feels “we are pretty close to redefining
the way people ought to be machining. In our battle with
offshore competition, we have to be smarter. Automation
and techniques like this are going to help us win.” "
Win what? What's to prevent an offshore vendor from buying the tooling, software, machines and doing the same? You think Seco or Iscar will limit who buys their tooling?