Omega Manufacturing specializes in challenging wire EDM work, but also offers one-stop parts manufacturing.

Up productivity without increasing payroll. Adding robotic production.

Increase flexibility and repeatability when machining high-volume auto parts. A hydraulic stationary clamping system.

A through-spindle and through-tool laser-assisted milling process.

Boost productivity and extend tool life when cutting cast aluminum surgical light housings. A special PCD endmill with laser-machined cutting edges.

With a focus on machining large parts in multifunctional mill/turn machines, QualTech Industries quickly attracted customers after opening 4 years ago in Kings Mountain, N.C.

Bring outsourced parts in-house that were being milled and machine them on a CNC lathe. A 6-axis turning center equipped with a bar feeder.

A PCD drill with an internal extraction system for removing workpiece dust when drilling carbon- and glass-fiber composites.

A CVD tool coating with unidirectional crystal orientation.

Run at high machining parameters without chatter when demonstrating machine tools. A precision collet chuck.

Combination cutting tools for holemaking applications save a significant amount of time when the application is right.

Speed up and simplify inspection of watch movements. An image dimension measurement system.

An intelligent manufacturing application.

Effectively produce M-42 and M-2 HSS microdrills. A 5-axis tool and cutter grinder coupled with CBN wheels.

Separate yet combined is an apt description of Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument. Located on New York's Long Island, in New Hyde Park, both sides of the company were founded, and are still managed, by engineers.

Vise jaws that grip as little as 2mm of workpiece material without special tooling or machining a gripping feature.

Increase throughput and reduce scrap when machining thrust bearing races for down-hole mud motors. An automated gaging system integrated into a turning cell.

Whether the surface-treatment task involves deburring, blending, grinding, polishing, finishing, dimensioning, patterning or shaping a metal workpiece, there's a coated-abrasive product available to get the job done. The products include belts, rolls, sheets, pads and flap discs and wheels.

Achieve a 24-hour-maximum turnaround time on aluminum prototypes for tablet computers. Endmills designed for maximum metal-removal rate when cutting aluminum.

A new cryogenic cooling milling tool.

Achieve a higher accuracy and resolution when measuring cutting tools and components. An optical 3-D measurement system.

Tucked into the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, Linda Tool, a family-owned machine shop, is adding to its capabilities.

Achieve tightened tolerances and increase throughput when machining microholes and other microscale features. Two new machine tools, each with 0.5µm positioning accuracy and a 50,000-rpm maximum spindle speed.

A tungsten carbide-based CVD coating that's an environmentally friendly alternative to hard-chrome plating.

Cutting cycle time for a 3,000-piece run. Two wire EDMs.

A review of metalworking products as compiled by the editors of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

A nanoscale metalworking fluid additive.

Simultaneously improve product quality and productivity when EDMing PCD and PCBN cutting tools and wear parts. An automation process that incorporates work cells.

Ultrashort pulsed-laser deposition of diamond-like coatings.

Minimize lubricant for a mass-production cylinder head line. Switch to minimum quantity lubrication.

A collection of metalworking products for your review.

An MTConnect app for Google Glass.

Improve cutting edge integrity and flute faces of cutting tools. A flute finishing process that uses a fine-grit, hybrid resin-bond flute polishing grinding wheel, special truing wheels and fine-grit dressing sticks.

Producing prototype automotive parts via 3-D printing helps reduce time to market while boosting vehicle quality and fuel efficiency.

Produce additional parts without investing in a new machine tool and eliminate manually bending parts. A robot that is flexible and easy to program and move.

Boost productivity when machining hubs and other parts. Replace an outdated vertical machining center with a new one.

The advantages of heat treating parts with 1µm-wavelength lasers.

Eliminate part deviations when performing lights-out machining. CAM software with the properly adjusted post-processor for automatically measuring parts on a machine tool.

A dual-spindle boring mill with integrated contouring head.

Reduce energy costs as part of a sustainability program. Replace a waterjet cutting machine with a fiber optic laser cutting machine.

Learn details about the many new products manufacturers are offering the metalworking industry.

A new R&D center for synthetic diamond.

A second Look Ahead item features a micromachine that performs up to seven machining operations.

Extend tool life when machining titanium vertebrae implants and supports. A shrink-fit collet and collet chuck system.

Look Ahead column in July 2013 issue eyes a new CVD technology for depositing thicker coatings on turning inserts.

Eliminate component degradation on tool grinding machines. Switching to a low-viscosity, cobalt-inhibited, hydrocracked synthetic grinding oil.

Repairing a spindle--the heart of a machine tool--is more economical than buying new, but part manufacturers need to understand the process.

Reduce downtime on three aging horizontal machining centers. Replace them with two new HMCs.

An inline, noncontact measurement system for 100 percent inspection of vehicle wheels.

Eliminate premature insert breakage and premature wear when facemilling. A facemill body with pockets that accurately seat inserts.