Medical

AF160 Hobbing Machine

The AF160 can process parts with an outside diameter of up to 60mm and a length of 250mm. The machining length is between 110 and 180mm. The eight axes – all of them independent – make the AF160 the most flexible Affolter machine to date. It can produce straight gears, helical gears, straight bevel gears, face gears, straight or helical crowned gears, worm screws, worm wheels, cylkro gears, and internal gears. Power skiving, the milling of worms and shafts, as well as chamfering is possible, too.

EDMing pros outweigh the cons

05/03/2021

Author:

Christopher Tate

When electrical discharge machining is required, the disadvantages don't mean a thing.

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Automate deburring and finishing operations

Deburring and finishing are still predominantly manual processes for many manufacturers and job shops. However, the results can be inefficient and inconsistent. Automating these processes can solve these problems.

Multishift Automatic Laser System

Multishift is suitable for applications in medical, automotive, tooling, minting and jewelry. Its robotic precision ensures reliable and consistent results. Another advantage is ACSYS's specialized sensitive robotic gripping, which leaves no indelible marks. Multishift features automatic pallet processing to enable faster and more accurate laser processing as well as eliminating some batch tasks.

Making implants from tough-to-machine titanium

Machining medical components cost-effectively and reliably requires high-precision tools that have been tested in practice to meet specifications that often reaches the micron level. Tool manufacturer, Inovatools, offers the Inomed range of tools for this application.

Lathes to watch

05/04/2021

Author:

William Leventon

Two state-of-the-art Swiss-style lathes from Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Inc. are capable of precise cutting.

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Organic molecules help cutting

05/17/2021

Researchers at Purdue University have come up with a solution for cutting 'gummy' metals

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Starrag and Amorphology open lab for machining aerospace parts

Starrag, a manufacturer of CNC metalworking machinery and Amorphology, a developer of advanced amorphous metals, established a laboratory where customers of both companies can observe real-time precision engineering and machining of complex gears using amorphous metals.

Get inspired with Seco’s virtual medical manufacturing best-practice event

For the first time ever, on Wednesday, April 21, and Thursday, April 22, the annual 'Inspiration through Innovation' event, hosted by Seco Tools and industry partners, will focus on precision manufacturing in the Medical industry.

MD838 & MD839 Supreme Circle Segment Cutters

Conical and Tangential Cost-Effective Finishing Circle Segment Cutters

The Walter MD838 Supreme (conical version) has an effective radius of 250-1000 mm, a corner radius of 0.5 - 4.0 mm and is available in diameters of 6-16 mm. Walter also offers a version of this tool with ConeFit exchangeable head. The MD839 Supreme (tangential version) has an effective radius of 100 mm, a corner radius of 1-4 mm and in diameters of 6-16 mm. The two circle segment milling cutters are available both in the WJ30RD grade, for steel or cast iron materials, as well as in WJ30RA for ISO M and S.