Machining

Learn how to use a milling vise to clamp a casting with a curved-surface datum.

Creating a lean manufacturing environment starts with recognizing sources of waste.

A little spending now can keep machine shops up and earning.

Electro-permanent magnetic workholders offer multiple advantages — even for nonmagnetic parts.

Replaceable heads represent the next step in the evolution of reaming.

Stop wasting time grinding nothing but air with some measurements and calculation.

Two organizations spearheading separate efforts to create a common language for machine tools causes confusion in the industry.

Romi Machine Tools Ltd. announces that Clayton Andrello has assumed the position of direct sales manager. Based out of the company's U.S. headquarters in Erlanger, Kentucky, Andrello is responsible for managing all of Romi's direct sales efforts in the U.S. and Canada, with a focus on Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

The latest release of SURFCAM features toolpath associativity for the facemill cycle, the option to extend the solution's parallel lace toolpath, enhanced additive undercutting, and a total of about 30 updates. Alongside the new SURFCAM 2020.1, the optional CAD for CAM Designer module has now replaced Part Modeler.

Fairport, NY: Steiner Technologies partners with German manufacturer, Hermann Bilz to fill the void left by the discontinuation of the main provider of manual back counterbore tools in North America

The video proves the point—YG-1's ONLY ONE end mill provides superior cutting performance to cut where others can't. Watch how coated carbide breaks down halfway through the cut and witness how HSS CO8 can't stand the heat and stops dead in its tracks.

The U.K. has approximately 10,000 miles of railway track on its network while the U.S. boasts over 140,000 miles. One thing that both networks have in common however is the need to maintain and repair the rolling stock, especially the wheels which can be prone to flat spots or other damage causing them to run out of round.