Medical & Healthcare

After a wrenching 2009, when parts manufacturers saw precipitous sales declines and orders and sales of machine tools and cutting tools also dropped sharply, the U.S. metalworking industry experienced a relatively strong recovery in 2010.

More flexible grinding machines allow part manufacturers and toolmakers to fine-tune their production processes.

December 2010 Shop Operations column in Cutting Tool Engineering offers tips for design engineers who would like to start to bridge the gap between design and manufacturing.

Productive machining is all about keeping spindles turning and making chips. Time spent touching off tools, adjusting tool length and offsets in the spindle and doing test cuts is time—and money—wasted. That's the value proposition presented by manufacturers of tool presetters, and it's one that, surprisingly, is a bit of a hard sell in some shops.

PartMaker Inc., a division of Delcam Plc, has released PartMaker Version 2011, the latest version of PartMaker Software for programming CNC Mills, Lathes, WireEDM, Turn-Mill Centers and Swiss-type Machines.

The DD100 high-speed, direct-drive Super-Precision Rotary Table manufactured by Hardinge Inc. is a high-speed parts positioner with +/1 3 arc-sec accuracy and 4 arc-sec repeatability.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. offers the VisionGauge Digital Optical Comparator (Patent Pending) in a vertical configuration.

Master Bond Inc.'s EP21TDCHT-LO two part epoxy adhesive/sealant is specially formulated for demanding applications where factors like temperature cycling, high vibration, and mechanical shock are an issue.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has introduced a new, high-precision hydraulic chuck for clamping straight shank tools with diameters ¼" to 1 ¼" and 6mm to 32mm.

Dayton broaching tools give manufacturers the ability to produce highly specialized, high-demand products for the medical, dental and aerospace industries, including products such as bone screws, dental implants and aircraft assembly parts.

The Okuma MU-Series brings abundant power to the 5-axis design.

Get With The Program column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.