Machining

In connection with the Ceratizit Open Days 2019 press event May 13-15, I visited several of the cutting tool manufacturer's German facilities (in Stuttgart, Balzheim and Kempten), as well as Ceratizit Reutte in Breitenwang, Austria. The Luxembourg-based Ceratizit Group has combined its Ceratizit, Komet, WNT and Klenk brands under the name Team Cutting Tools.

Kennametal announced its new Mill 4-12KT, the next generation of tangential shoulder mills, producing high quality floor surface finishes for nearly all steel and cast iron applications.

Siemens offers its popular Sinumerik CNC Blackline touch panels with a new feature, the sidescreen enhancement. This development enables users to customize the panel of the CNC, laying out the operator panel in real time, using a drag-and-drop technology.

High Dynamic Turning, or HDT for short, from Ceratizit has turned conventional turning methods completely upside down. This new turning technology combined with the dynamic FreeTurn tooling, means that in the future it will be possible to carry out all traditional turning operations such as roughing, finishing, contour turning, face turning and longitudinal turning with just one tool.

ShopBot announces the launch of its Subscription CNC program, emphasizing a simple, straightforward service that makes it easy to put a ShopBot CNC tool to work for your business. For one monthly payment, subscribers can put a Handibot Smart Power Tool, ShopBot Desktop, ShopBot Desktop MAX or ShopBot Buddy tool into production and access ShopBot's world-class team of trainers, web training resources and in-house support.

This additive manufacturing process is helping machine shops create parts with complex internal cooling channels.

FlexCNC machine mills, drills, taps and bevels large or long workpieces.

Prioritize metalworking fluids when market factors reduce profit margins.

Mastering this machining operation requires a lot of research and consultations.

Broaching on a CNC machine enables multitasking, streamlines setups and saves money.

Various apprenticeship programs are available to connect the gap between the skills that parts manufacturers need and the ones job seekers offer.

The ability to peer inside machined parts allows metrologists to make better decisions faster.