Shop cleans up its act with MQL
Eliminate excess coolant to improve shop floor safety and cleanliness. Minimum quantity lubrication systems.
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Micromachine for max accuracy
Accurately machine EDM electrodes used to produce micromolds for medical parts. A high-speed, high-precision, 3-axis micro milling machine.
Endmills that can take the heat
Efficiently machine stainless steel parts without breaking endmills. 6-flute, solid-carbide endmills.
Teaming up to boost productivity
Increase threading productivity while reducing scrap. High-performance, through-coolant thread formers.
Reducing unnecessary parts
Streamline the digital parts library used to produce workholders. Strategic parts management software.
Finish boring tools that ‘just work’
Reduce scrap and tackle challenging jobs. Adjustable finish boring heads.
Industrial vending reduces costs, invoices
Reduce costs associated with inventory management. An industrial vending system.
Cutting metal for laying ink
Reduce cycle times and time spent loading and unloading parts into a machine. Use clamps to create custom fixture plates and gang more parts per machining cycle.
Organizing inventory to keep product flowing
Improve inventory control and consolidate hundreds of cabinets and drawers for storing tooling and gages. SOLUTION: An automated storage system integrated with inventory management software.
Relying on rapid-fire micrographs
CHALLENGE: Increase QC efficiency when inspecting composite auto parts. An automated opto-digital microscope.
Advanced coating advances tapping
Eliminate tool breakage when tapping stainless steel. A tap with a new multiple-layered coating and an advanced chamfer geometry, rake and flute form.
Coolant bursts bubble on foam problem
Eliminate coolant foam and chip accumulation in chucks and increase coolant pressure. A nonfoaming coolant.