Medical & Healthcare

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Kip Hanson

HMC transformations

By their very nature, horizontal machining centers are among the best friends a shop can have if it hopes to remain agile and competitive in this brave new world of low-volume, high-complexity machining.

Products • February 1, 2014

Multi-Carb Endmills

SGS Tool Co. has expanded its Multi-Carb high performance end mill offering to include metric corner radius options.

Products • February 1, 2014

T-Carb Endmills

SGS Tool Co. has added a new series of 6-Flute High Performance End Mills to its offering.

Products • February 1, 2014

11mm Inserts

The latest addition to the Carmex Type B line includes a variety of 11mm inserts for internal thread turning and chamfering operations.

Products • February 1, 2014

Spiralock Thread Form Taps

Machinists can now add a locking feature to tapped holes by utilizing specialized Spiralock taps from Stanley Engineered Fastening optimized for extended tool life in high volume CNC operations.

Products • February 1, 2014

m&h IRP40.50 Infrared Touch Probe

Hexagon Metrology announced the availability of the m&h IRP40.50 infrared touch probe for the North American market.

Articles • January 1, 2014 • Tom Lipton

Programming a CNC lathe

A typical CNC lathe program is quite short compared to some of the mammoth CAM-generated programs for milling machines. Here are some tips and tricks to programming a CNC lathe.

Articles • January 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Collet chucks keep the show going

Run at high machining parameters without chatter when demonstrating machine tools. A precision collet chuck.

Articles • January 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Partnering to effectively grind microdrills

Effectively produce M-42 and M-2 HSS microdrills. A 5-axis tool and cutter grinder coupled with CBN wheels.

Articles • January 1, 2014 • Michael Deren

Wonderful world of manufacturing

Having been in manufacturing as long as I have, writes Machinist's Corner Columnist Michael Deren, "you might think I've grown tired of the daily grind. On the contrary, I usually can't wait to get to work each day."

Articles • January 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Joint Forces

Combination cutting tools for holemaking applications save a significant amount of time when the application is right.

Products • January 1, 2014

SintoGrind HSS Grinding Oil

SintoGrind HSS from oelheld U.S. was especially developed for profile and flute grinding of steel alloys and in particular for high-speed steel and medical steel.