Stop the sticking
New developments in superabrasive grinding wheels help eliminate the need for dressing them.
Industry
Medical & Healthcare
Mastercam Swiss Expert
The newly released Mastercam Swiss Expert from CNC Software Inc. is designed to control a variety of Swiss-style NC machines, and is popular with watch-making, medical devices, dental, automotive, and electronics companies, all known for the requirement of extremely small, but very precise parts.
WIS10 and WWS20 Insert Grade
Walter USA LLC has introduced a new series of ceramic inserts directed at machining high-temp alloys such as Inconel, Waspalloy and Stellite.
HSM 200U MP Milling Machine
The new high-tech, high-speed MIKRON HSM 200U LP milling machine is available from GF AgieCharmilles.
The write stuff
The pros and cons of marking parts with laser, micropercussion and scribing technologies.
Driven Swiss-style Tools
Command Tooling Systems LLC offers a line of driven tools for Swiss-type machines.
Making it manufacturable
New tools help parts makers design for manufacturability, which reduces machining costs and improves part quality.
Suggestions for improving manual mills
Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton offers some suggestions for improving the design of manual milling machines in the October 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Tips for getting the most out of a wire EDM
Wire EDMing requires a range of equipment and complex operations, which can lead to a variety of problems. But the capability and flexibility of the electrical adaptive control technologies that monitor the EDM process—such as flushing, wire tension, automatic wire threading, wire consumption levels, geometry control, surface quality, water resistivity level and water chiller/thermal stability—have greatly improved over the past 10 years.
Proto-max Inox Endmills
Walter USA LLC has introduced the Walter Prototyp Proto-max Inox, a solid carbide end mill that typically boosts stainless steel machining performance by as much as 50 percent when compared with conventional, universal solid carbide end mills.
HLM Stroke Module
The new HLM Stroke Module from SCHUNK is compact, precise and resilient.
FQ30 Fiber Laser Marker
Telesis Technologies introduces the FQ30 Fiber Laser Marker based on the robust and field proven FQ10 and FQ20 systems, providing a higher power alternative for more demanding industrial applications.