Grinding (Surface, Cylindrical, Tool & Cutter)

Products • October 1, 2014

Powergrind Bench Grinders

Built with high-capacity motors for heavy-duty use and long cycles, the 8-inch bench grinder from Palmgren ensures smooth, quiet power grinding, cleaning, deburring, chamfering and sharpening jobs.

Videos • September 21, 2014

United Grinding Unveiling

United Grinding unveils new machine at IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 21, 2014

United Grinding Helitronic Vision 400 debuts at IMTS 2014

Quick overview of the Helitronic Vision 400 at the United Grinding booth during IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 21, 2014

Rollomatic introduces grinding machine for long, thin drills

Rollomatic USA debuts its new 528XF grinding machine to grind long, thin drills at its booth during IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 14, 2014

Grinding Doc’s High Intensity Grinding Course

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine and host of CTE's Grinding Doc Video Series, previews his 3-day High Intensity Grinding Course.

Videos • September 14, 2014

Dressing versus grinding speed

A machinist wrote to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, because the "old-timers" in the shop tell him he has to dress at the same wheel speed he uses to grind. The machinist wanted to know if that was true, and, if so, why?

Products • September 1, 2014

Fine Filtration Systems for Tool Grinding

With rising energy costs, new laws and a new environmental conscience, the topic of energy efficiency of production machinery is increasingly being discussed and influences more and more purchasing decisions. The same holds true for filtration systems designed to clean cooling lubricants in the tool manufacturing process. Distributed by oelheld, the filtration specialist VOMAT prides itself to provide systems that filter in an energy efficient way, saving a lot of operating cost, just as its compact design does, by utilizing less expensive production floor space.

Videos • August 21, 2014

Reducing cycle time

A shop surface grinding 12" x 36" plates has to remove 1/8" of material on both sides, but the cycle time is a killer. To find a way to reduce the cycle time, the shop turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine and the host of our Grinding Doc Video Series.

Articles • August 1, 2014 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Finding the grinding sweet spot

The sweet spot is where the grits in a grinding wheel optimally penetrate the workpiece to form a chip -- not too deep and not too shallow.

Products • August 1, 2014

Gemini RightCut Wheels

Norton | Saint-Gobain has introduced a major upgrade to its Norton Gemini RightCut Wheels, reportedly providing an optimal aluminum oxide option for cutting steel and ferrous metals.

Videos • July 21, 2014

Switching to CBN?

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers a checklist for shops contemplating a switch from aluminum oxide to CBN wheels. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Dr. Jeffrey Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world.

Articles • July 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Bremen Castings celebrates its 75th anniversary, but doesn’t look back

What do baseball legend Ted Williams slugging his first big-league dinger, Batman comics hitting the streets and Germany attacking Poland to launch World War II have in common? They all occurred in 1939, the same year Ellis Brown, Charles W. Kling and Harold Heckamen founded Bremen (Ind.) Gray Iron Foundry Inc.