General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Where applications demand precise thread quality and improved threadmaking productivity, Widia offers its new high-performance WIDIA-GTD HSS-E taps.

EB Manufacturing Co. Inc. offers a line of compensating chucks equipped with a floating jaw mechanism for holding eccentric workpieces, particularly for the firearms, automotive, aerospace and medical industries.

Seco Tools Inc. has announced the availability of its new grade CBN60K for finishing case-hardened steels (58 to 63 HRC) where precision and reliability are more important than high speed.

Ingersoll Cutting Tools' Power-Feed+Mini high-feed cutter accepts double-sided, four-edge inserts.

NCCS, the developer of NCL multiple-axis machining software for the aerospace, automotive and turbo machinery industry, announces new capabilities for multiaxis machining within NCL increasing overall productivity and tool path efficiency.

Three new carbide bur kits that are for specific tasks and come packaged in metal storage boxes to fit into a machinist's toolbox are being introduced by Rex-Cut Products Inc.

Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp., Cutting Tool Div. announced its new CA4505 and CA4515 CVD-coated carbide grades of indexable cutting tool inserts for machining gray and nodular (ductile) cast iron.

Shop Operations column for the May 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Focus Variation, the technique behind Alicona's Infinite Focus 3D optical metrology system, has enabled EDM Department, Bartlett, Ill., to measure and see what it is making down to 1.7µm tolerances. Watch this brief report to see the system in action and learn about how EDM Department implemented the system.

Take a tour of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory. As part of the 5th International Conference on MicroManufacturing (ICOMM/4M 2010) held at the university in April, attendees were offered an opportunity to visit the lab and get a first-hand look at current research efforts.

Video of Becker PCD Chipbreaker inserts sold by Rani Tool Corp. eliminate bird nest chips when turning aluminum.

GF AgieCharmilles' new CUT 1000 OilTech wire EDM makes surface protection a priority.