Medical & Healthcare

Medieval soldiers did it to strengthen their armor, Civil War engineers did it to improve gun and cannon barrels, railroad men did it to locomotive axles before they rolled into the untamed West and Henry Ford did it to enhance parts bound for his new invention, the assembly line. More recently, aircraft manufacturers began doing it to virtually every square inch of their metal wares before sending them skyward. What shared action connects these warriors, inventors and manufacturers? The cold working of metal workpieces.

Minimize tool runout, extend tool life, reduce scrap and prevent fixture damage. An offline cutting tool presetter.

You never know when a simple comment will have a significant impact; sometimes that's not even the source's intention.

What possesses a new job shop to buy a $1 million, twin-spindle machining center when even the smallest purchases are subject to debate? At Jersey Elite Manufacturing (JEM), Rockaway, N.J., the answer is experience and detailed analysis, because sometimes a seemingly extravagant investment is the smartest move.

Five factors shaping the ceramic tool market.

GenSwiss announces less than 3-week delivery times for Utilis application-specific inserts used with Utlilis thread whirling rings and attachments in Swiss-type machines.

The Eldorado M75-30T from Kays Engineering Inc. is a twin-spindle gundrilling machine widely used for the manufacture of orthopedic implants, including femur nails and bone screws.

Ultrasonic LLC has partnered with Toefco Engineered Coating Systems Inc. to offer impact and chemical resistant coatings for tanks and baskets.

The Mini Tools line from Carmex Precision Tools LLC, combining long-reach carbide shank toolholders with through coolant with a wide selection of quick indexing coated inserts, are designed for high-performance threading, turning, grooving, boring and chamfering in conventional and hard materials.

A comparison of three threadmaking options.

The new affordable laser named thePico series, designed and manufactured by Bright Solutions, has novel pulsewidths and SLM output for micromachining, ablation, scribing, lidar, non-linear optics and many other industrial, medical, military and R&D tasks.