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News • May 26, 2022

Drag finishing polishes targeted surface areas on hip stems

Experience lower costs, improved quality and absolutely consistent finishing results with drag finisher technology.n

News • May 25, 2022 • Michael J. Hicks, Ph.D.

Photochemical etching of microfluidic plates

Plate heat exchangers are found in numerous industrial applications, and essentially use metal plates to transfer heat between two fluids. Their use is burgeoning as they out-perform conventional heat exchangers (often a coiled pipe containing one fluid that passes through a chamber containing another fluid) as the fluids being cooled are in contact with a much greater surface area, which optimizes the transfer of heat and greatly increases the speed of temperature change.

News • May 24, 2022

ANCA’s video academy gets new host

The ANCA Academy, the series of videos from ANCA that cover a different technical topic each month, has a new host. The third video in the series is called "Introduction to ANCA Software Applications," and introduces Hugh Ingham to the series.

News • May 20, 2022

Rush Machinery hires field service technician

Rush Machinery has appointed Tom Lebel as field service technician.

News • May 19, 2022

Big Daishowa’s Michael Herman promoted to VP of sales

Big Daishowa Inc. has promoted Michael Herman to vice president of sales.

News • May 18, 2022

Star SU appoints key account technical applications engineer

Star SU has appointed Jim Perry as its key account technical applications engineer. In this position, Perry will provide application support to the Southeast and Great Lakes regional sales teams with a specific focus on PCD Round Tool products.

News • May 17, 2022

CNC Software LLC establishes Mastercam UK

CNC Software LLC, the developer of Mastercam, announced that with the closing of 4D Engineering Ltd., the United Kingdom region will now be supported by a new business entity, Mastercam UK.

News • May 16, 2022

Energy advancements offer opportunities to machine tool industry

A VDW study calculates above-average growth in global investment up to 2040.

News • May 13, 2022

5 things to know about chip formation

Whether examining how tool selection impacts chips, how coolant plays a role in chip evacuation or looking at the size and shape of chips, chip formation says a lot about the application being run.

News • May 12, 2022

Shot-blasting deburring solution for e-vehicle parts

Producing highly accurate parts for e-vehicles requires exacting deburring equipment. One German manufacturer turned to shot blast equipment to meet required specifications.

News • May 11, 2022

Machine builder makes intricate cuts with Spyral saw blades

Since 1986, the Bestway Products Company has manufactured a full line of saw blades that enable tight, intricate cuts that have helped Panafab create products cost effectively.

News • May 10, 2022

Design for manufacturing to produce critical parts

From rapid prototyping and design for manufacturing before the first part is machined to adaptable and scalable manufacturing and state-of-the-art metrology and inspection throughout the process.