Medical & Healthcare

Articles • April 1, 2012 • Kip Hanson

Part makers get a better angle for multiple-axis work

Say your machine shop just received an order for 316 stainless fuel-injector nozzles requiring angled holes to be drilled on the workpiece face. Or perhaps your best medical customer needs miniature blood-pump impellers with complex 3-D blade geometries like those on a jet-engine turbine. How are you going to make them?

Articles • April 1, 2012

Minimum molding

Manufacturing molds used to produce plastic parts with features that can be too small to be seen with the naked eye or measured with standard devices is challenging. That's why moldmakers that perform this work are specialists in the nuances of designing and building micromolds.

Products • March 12, 2012

The sPINner Deburring Machine

The sPINner machine from Techniks batch deburrs ferrous and non-ferrous parts produced on machining centers, swiss-type screw machines, and lathes.

Products • March 12, 2012

GrindSmart Nano6

Progressive miniaturization in the watch making industry, medical technology and electronics industries continue to put increased pressure on tool manufacturers: They are routinely required to produce increasingly smaller drilling and milling tools to meet the demand for high-quality machining results. But how can tools with diameters as small as 0.03mm be manufactured? The grinding machine experts at Rollomatic provide the answer: The GrindSmart Nano6.

Products • March 12, 2012

Tech Cool 35052CF

Chemetall introduces Tech Cool 35052CF, a Generation V high performance semi-synthetic metalworking coolant.

Articles • March 1, 2012 • Alan Richter

Building Growth

Dynomax Inc. is taking self sufficiency to a new level. For example, while machine tool builders often use their machines to produce parts for making other machines, Dynomax stands out by building machines for its own contract part manufacturing operation.

Articles • March 1, 2012

Primer on the king of machines

Shop Operations: The manual lathe is the cornerstone of any machine shop because almost all shop workers find themselves working on one when they start. The manual lathe has been called the "king of machines," for good reason. Some can be enormous; you can bet that if you need a forklift and a ladder to put a tool bit in the machine, some fun is bound to happen.

Products • February 12, 2012

DMU 65 monoBLOCK Next Generation

The new generation of the DMG/Mori Seiki's monoBLOCK series has become a sales hit since its introduction in 2010. The most recent version of the first model of this series, the DMU 65 monoBLOCK NEXT GENERATION, also impresses with its dynamics and efficiency.

Products • February 12, 2012

Supermill Tomcat

Primary Cutter LLC has introduced the SUPERMILL TOMCAT 5-flute carbide endmill line designed to run at high RPM and high feed rates providing rapid stock removal.

Products • February 12, 2012

RD 531

RD 531 aqueous cleaner from Miraclean removes buffing, lapping and drawing compounds for exceptional surface preparation prior to coating or other critical applications.

Articles • February 1, 2012

Rigging and lifting safely

In the olden days, riggers were the guys on the ground placing slings and chains around the object to be moved while the crane operator waited for their signals to begin lifting. Today, rigging in a small shop falls to the guys standing closest to the equipment when something needs to be moved.

Articles • February 1, 2012 • Alan Richter

Heat Handlers

Nickel-base superalloys can withstand hot and tough conditions, but are difficult to machine. With the right approach, machinists can keep their cool when cutting them.