Extra-Light Live Centers
Riten Industries Inc.'s Extra-Light live centers are designed specifically to turn or grind parts weighing as little as two ounces.
Industry
Medical & Healthcare
M10 Pro
Datron Dynamics Inc. has announced the release of the M10 Pro, a "next generation" in their line of German-engineered high speed machining centers that includes significant advancements in their machining technology.
Swiss-style Collets
A high quality collet is desirable when it comes to precision machining of small parts for the medical and aerospace industries. For a quality part that meets high-precision specifications, you need a burr-free collet with guaranteed concentricity. This collet would be finish ground to provide a smooth and concentric gripping area (order hole) for the bar stock or work piece. Hardinge Swiss-style collets meet all of these requirements.
Manual VTL Chucks
New Royal Machine manual VTL chucks provide close-tolerance capabilities required when machining thin-walled products.
Laser Machine Tools
Control Micro Systems Inc.'s line of turnkey laser tools provide marking, cutting, welding, drilling and scribing processes, covering a wide range of materials; optimized to the unique requirements of medical device manufacturers.
All Systems Go
Shop takes a 'systems' approach to holding microparts.
Critical Mass
Mass finishing parts at the machining center offers economic advantages.
Take Back Time
Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing's investment in new capabilities pays off with benefits in cost cutting and increased productivity.
Productive communication
Talking Shop column from the April 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine presents a conversation with Anderson Leveille, owner of Moscow Mills Manufacturing Services, Stowe, Vt.
Storing and handling raw material
Shop Operations column from the April 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine offers tips for efficiently storing raw materials.
When it rains, it pours
Manager's Desk columnist Keith Jennings looks at how to manage dramatic shop events in the April 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
MST Slimline Curve
Single Source Technologies offers MST's new Slimline Curve shrink-fit tool-holder systems for "2+3" and simultaneous 5-axis machining applications.