Machine tool builder GF Machining Solutions is planning a 3-day technology and education event called Solutions Days at its Competence Center in Lincolnshire, Ill. The event will feature advanced part-processing demonstrations and include a series of manufacturing-based workshops. According to Gisbert Ledvon, director of business development for GF Machining Solutions, the company intends for Solutions Days to be the year's foremost event for manufacturers that specialize in precision part production for industries that include aerospace, automotive, medical and moldmaking.
Event attendees can expect to see the company's latest milling, EDM, laser texturing and automation technologies, and they will have the opportunity to discuss these different forms of part processing with the company's applications experts.
"Solutions Days represents our dedication to helping customers stay ahead of the manufacturing curve," Ledvon said. "Not only will attendees get to see our latest technologies in action, they will leave the event highly informed on ways to improve their operations in today's competitive global marketplace."
Solutions Days will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 18 and Friday, June 19. Registration for this event is now open at www.gfms.com/us/openhouse2015.
Related Glossary Terms
- electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
Process that vaporizes conductive materials by controlled application of pulsed electrical current that flows between a workpiece and electrode (tool) in a dielectric fluid. Permits machining shapes to tight accuracies without the internal stresses conventional machining often generates. Useful in diemaking.
- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- milling
milling
Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.
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