Machining

IMTS 2010 Booth Visit with PRAB

Mike Hill, vice president of sales and marketing for PRAB, Kalamazoo, Mich., provides an overview of the briquetting operation featured at the PRAB booth during IMTS 2010.

Successful Machining of Composites

Jared Tellian, applications engineer with RobbJack Corp., presents a 12-minute seminar on "Successful Machining of Composites" as part of Cutting Tool Engineering's Fast Track Seminar series. The seminars were presented and filmed at our booth during IMTS 2010.

Novel Manufacturing Strategies Enabled by New Machines and Cutting Tools

Abhijit Sahasrabudhe, of DMG/Mori Seiki USA, addressed "Novel Manufacturing Strategies Enabled by New Machines and Cutting Tools" during the Fast Track Seminar series at the Cutting Tool Engineering booth during IMTS 2010.

Machining rings

A complement to our Part Time column, this brief video offers an overview of Tungsten Pride's ring production capabilities.

Knight Carbide issues case study on custom inserts

Knight Carbide recently issued this animated case study involving the production of a custom part radius for a hollow mill operation. The objective was to eliminate bird nesting, reduce machine down time and increase performance.<br><br>View Knight Carbide's animated case study below.

Apparent mass of moving machine elements

12/01/2012

Author:

Dr. Scott Smith

The moving elements of a machine tool have mass. Forces from the actuators cause the masses to move and accelerate. As the speed of the machine tool motion increases, the ability of the actuators to cause acceleration becomes more important.

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Heavy metal machining

This brief video report features a Mitsui Seiki USA Inc.'s 5-axis trunnion-style machine producing an aerospace part as well as a MAG NBV 700 5X 5-axis machine trochoidal milling a titanium blisk.

Enhancing machining efficiency

02/01/2016

Multiple machine tool builders offer equipment for machining the helicopter transmission components Northstar Aerospace Inc. produces at its Bedford Park, Ill., facility, but not all are equally efficient in handling the task. The parts weigh up to 350 lbs. (159 kg), have diameter tolerances as tight as 0.0003" (0.0076mm) and are made of aerospace-grade superalloys typically hardened from 50 to 60 HRC, said Brian Cheek, vice president and general manager at Northstar.

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Avoiding machine crashes

02/01/2016

Author:

James Harvey

Everyone crashes, I was once told. It’s likely true. However, not all crashes are created equal. There are fender benders that just break small tools, and then there are head-on collisions that ruin much more—including your day. CNC machine crashes are relatively easy to avoid. They often occur during setup and debugging. If you can recognize high-risk situations, you’ll be in a better position to avoid them.

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Addition of 5-axis training program draws national attention

A partnership between GF Machining Solutions, Lincolnshire, Ill., and a Colorado community college that brought 5-axis training to the school's machine technologies program recently earned recognition from the Obama administration for its efforts to confront an estimated 2 million manufacturing jobs expected to go unfilled over the next decade, according to a GF Machining Solutions news release issed Jan. 21.