Machining

While machine tool CNCs continue to evolve, one development expands that process beyond what a control typically represents. Mazak's Smooth Technology is a complete process-performance technology platform that spans the part production landscape from programming and setup to metal-removal operations to automation to data collection, monitoring and transfer.

Shafts and tubes are straightened using the same flame straightening techniques used for plates. An easy way to straighten a shaft is in V-blocks or, better yet, mounted between centers in a lathe using piped coolant.

Reduce the time to rough bore bearing pockets. Twin roughing heads.

Reduce workload on Swiss-style and mill/turn machines. A machine tool that bridges the gap between Swiss-style and multitask machines.

Quest for cutting tool knowledge leads Machinist's Corner Columnist Michael Deren to attend cutting tool seminars provided by Sumitomo Electric Carbide Manufacturing Inc., New Berlin, Wis.

Improve productivity for a repeat job. A multifunctional, 90° indexable-insert shoulder cutter.

Bring damaged components back into spec. A flexible cylinder hone.

The Talking Shop column this month offers a conversation with a fresh "face of manufacturing."

Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton addresses flame straightening corrections in the May 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Reduce cycle times when machining hydraulic components. A solid-carbide, through-coolant drill that orients the margins radially.