Medical & Healthcare

Products • September 13, 2013

Talisker HE Lasers

Coherent Inc. has expanded its family of industrial ultrafast lasers with the Talisker HE series, whose high energy pulses reportedly enable drilling, cutting and scribing of thicker materials than with other ultrafast lasers.

Products • September 13, 2013

StarCut Tube Processing Center

Manufacturing a wide range of miniature thin-walled tube products requires the highest precision from the cutting and drilling processes used to produce them. The delicate tube material has to be machined without inducing distortion or leaving burrs, and this is where laser systems such as ROFIN's StarCut Tube offer significant advantages when compared to chemical and mechanical machining procedures, according to the company.

Articles • September 1, 2013 • Frank Burke

Talking cure

The use of conversational programming is growing and may influence tomorrow's conventional machine controls.

Articles • September 1, 2013 • Cheryl Larkin

Sound advice: How to implement precision ultrasonic cleaning for medical parts and implants

When cleaning parts, there is general cleaning and then there is precision cleaning. Both types are important in medical device manufacturing, but precision cleaning -- repeatable removal of contaminants to a specified, usually validated standard -- has become more prevalent in part because of increasingly stringent Food and Drug Administration oversight of the manufacturing process, resulting in stricter process QC.

Articles • September 1, 2013 • Tom Lipton

Machining the ‘unmachinable’

Tom Lipton, the author of Cutting Tool Engineering's Shop Operations column, shares a trick he learned that reveals an interesting use of relatively crash-proof soft metal or plastic bed plates on a milling machine.

Articles • September 1, 2013 • Kip Hanson

Software optional

Debating the need for CAM systems on Swiss-style machines.

Products • August 13, 2013

SinterGrip Vise Jaws

OML's new SinterGrip vise jaws from Lexair Inc. put an unbreakable grip on just 3.5mm of material to allow aggressive, 5-axis machining of high-value workpieces with minimal waste material.

Products • August 13, 2013

MESI Chipbreaker

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. adds MESI Chipbreaker for Swiss-style turning and small parts machining.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Tom Lipton

Even more tips for operating a CNC mill

Continuing the theme of the previous three columns, here are additional tips for enhancing the operation of a CNC milling machine from Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Replace an outdated vertical machining center with a new one

Boost productivity when machining hubs and other parts. Replace an outdated vertical machining center with a new one.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Kip Hanson

Worry free

Antipullout toolholders reduce scrap, increase tool life and eliminate anxiety while milling.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Product Showcase for August 2013

Learn details about the many new products manufacturers are offering the metalworking industry.