Spiral Machining
There has been an increase in demand for scroll, or spiral, compressors as the accuracy of the methods used to make them have improved.
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Preview: MT Series West 2025
The Manufacturing Technology Series West (formerly Westec) kicks off Oct. 7 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Schedule at a glance.
Reshoring & Tariffs: Supply Chain & Logistics
Maybe tariffs will drive U.S. manufacturing reshoring, maybe they won't. Based on how the industry has fared so far in 2025, I think meh is a precise one-word assessment. That's why, in August, two separate announcements from Apple and GE Appliances caught my attention.
Getting In Gear With Shot Peening
A Rosler shot peening machine that provides high throughput helped BMW precisely and quickly surface finish gear components for electric vehicles.
Holding Long Overhangs: Turning Performance
When machining component features like deep pockets, long bores or intricate internal cuts, tooling setups with long overhangs are usually unavoidable.
Process Capability: Drilling Performance
Process capability is a valuable concept used by automotive manufacturers that machine shops should consider adopting to improve productivity.
Lauding Light Cutting: Heat Control in Medical Machining
If a milling strategy comes along that promises critical advantages like higher productivity & longer tool life, it should be no surprise shops flock to it
Zero Is The Point: 5-Axis Machining
Reducing setup time between jobs and enabling a machine tool to spend more time producing chips boosts the bottom line.
Grinding Fatigue
The Grinding Doc reviews a recent finding that bad grinding caused an Alaska Air Boeing 737's landing gear to fail during landing on Aug. 30, 2023.
Thread Milling Machining Parameters
While delving into thread milling for this column, Brandt Taylor met and learned something new from an EMUGE-FRANKEN expert on high-volume production.
Platinum Tooling Showroom Tour
Platinum Tooling showroom at its distribution facility intended to help industry visitors learn more about its lines of precision machine tool accessories.
Hexagon Gathering Emphasizes Industry Need For ‘true Autonomy’
For Hexagon AB, Stockholm, Sweden, 2025 marks a quarter century of measurement technology development since acquiring manufacturer Brown & Sharpe.
