Medical

The timing of the IMTS trade show in Chicago last September couldn’t have been better for Jason Bromiley. As vice president and co-owner of John R. Bromiley Machine Co. Inc., a job shop in Chalfont, Pa., Bromiley has the lead role in company plans to expand into aerospace manufacturing. Early last fall, the firm already was working on attaining the requisite certification (AS 9100B and ISO 9001:2008). And, as IMTS rolled around, Bromiley was in the market for equipment that would both streamline his shop’s current w

Part Time column for June 2009 issue.

Despite economic turmoil, vertical machine tool builders are keeping their customers and themselves in the game with new technology, services and added value.

Shops can be both lean and green by using work cell-based approach to parts washing and environmentally friendly cleaning compounds and technologies.

Innovative technologies and techniques for manufacturing minimally invasive medical technologies.

Boring tools can do more than true holes — they can also help overcome \r\nmanufacturing obstacles.

As the orthopedic implant market grows, manufacturers and shops search for new turning center technology to ensure a competitive edge.

Grooving miniature parts requires a conservative cutting approach and a choice between solid-carbide and insertable tools.

Manufacturers use broaching to make small parts for medical and aerospace applications.

Advanced ceramics' properties make them suitable materials for medical instruments and implants, as well as for parts in medical devices. Making ceramic parts, however, requires manufacturing techniques similar to those used to make P/M parts and may require applying diamond-impregnated tools and wheels.