Electrifying prototypes
Ability to machine intricate geometries and hard materials drives growing use of wire EDM prototyping.
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Medical & Healthcare
Flute insurance
Engineered coating combinations control heat and keep chips flying in dry-drilling operations.
Match the process to the part
There's more than one way to machine a part. The trick is to match the part's complexity and volume requirements with an optimal production process.
Prepare for increasing business regs
As an owner or manager of a machining business, you have your hands full dealing with matters from the front office to the shop and everything in-between. Even so, nonproduction issues seem to be an increasing burden.
Spot On
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
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Part Time column for June 2009 issue.
Fighting back
Despite economic turmoil, vertical machine tool builders are keeping their customers and themselves in the game with new technology, services and added value.
Clean, green and lean
Shops can be both lean and green by using work cell-based approach to parts washing and environmentally friendly cleaning compounds and technologies.
Manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices
Innovative technologies and techniques for manufacturing minimally invasive medical technologies.
True stories: Boring tools
Boring tools can do more than true holes — they can also help overcome r manufacturing obstacles.
60 years for Kaiser AG
In 2008, Heinz Kaiser AG celebrated its 60th anniversary, a year that also marked a change in the ownership of the company. On Jan. 1, 2008, Chris Kaiser, Karlheinz Kaiser and Gabriela Brasher-Kaiser assumed ownership of the company from their father, Heinz Kaiser, who founded Kaiser AG in 1948.
Turning Implants
As the orthopedic implant market grows, manufacturers and shops search for new turning center technology to ensure a competitive edge.