New breed of facemills offer versatility
Today's facemills can help shops handle difficult-to-machine materials for automotive and aerospace applications.
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Machining
Global leader discusses the future and fate of metalworking
Talking Shop: Get an insider's view of our industry in this Q and A with AB Sandvik Coromant's Global President Nadine Crauwels.
Don’t brass monkey around
New research by the Copper Development Association Inc., McLean, Virginia, shows that U.S. machine shops may be underutilizing the machinability of brass by as much as 85 percent in part-processing operations. The study says manufacturers can and should be machining the material at significantly higher speeds and feeds—often five to 20 times faster—to increase productivity and profitability.
Consider the costs of growth
Manager's Desk: If growth is a part of your business plan, don't let the costs that go with it catch you by surprise.
Robot-based Drilling, Grinding, Filing, Cutting and Deburring
In cases where the cutting tool must be moved towards the workpiece, insufficient or not many practical solutions are readily available. This gap is being closed by the SUHNER robot machine tool program. One option is to bring the workpiece towards a standard stationary SUHNER machining unit. Today, SUHNER offers the possibility to adapt and guide the tool by the robot.
AV450 Automatic Vision System
The L.S. Starrett Company has introduced its AV450 Automatic Vision System. Versatile, accurate, fast,and American made, the new 3-axis vision system allows users to cost-effectively achieve high throughput in their inspection process, and is suitable for both repetitive, larger part-run applications and routine quality assurance.
Manufacturing industry growth projected to slow in 2019
Economic experts say that growth will rise but less briskly than it did this year.n
The FOGS HD can rough and finish precisely
Machine Technology: Starrag offers the first heavy-duty machine capable of meeting the most stringent precision requirements.
VBX-160 Automation Solution
VersaBuilt Robotics, a Boise-based robotics technology company, announces availability of the VersaBuilt VBX-160 automation solution with the FANUC LR Mate 200iD7L. With a 7 kg (14.4 lbs.) payload and a 717 mm (28.2 inch) reach, the LR Mate 200iD7L brings a new level of performance and reliability to the VBX-160 from FANUC.
Automated centerless grinding doubles production output for steel tap blanks
Founded in 1952, New Jersey-based Glebar has designed and manufactured grinding machines for many different types of metal and other components, ranging from 60- to 80-HRC stainless parts to 0.002"-dia. titanium parts. For one application, an OEM of machine tooling equipment wished to increase output for steel tap blanks used to drill threaded holes as used in the machining and tooling industry.
Auto Fast Change (AFC) Tool Systems
ARNO Werkzeuge USA introduces its new Auto Fast Change (AFC) Tool Systems for Swiss-style machining. Manufacturing Swiss tooling since the 1940s, ARNO has comprehensive understanding of the needs and issues that machining operations face with their Swiss-style auto lathes and turning machinery.
CH3515 and CBN150 Insert Grades
To eliminate the difficulties of hard turning operations, Seco Tools has added a new grade format and several new geometries to its already expansive line of PCBN inserts. These additions broaden the extremely tough Seco CH3515 insert grade and introduce a new solid CBN150 insert grade, special long and short wiper geometries and laser-etched chipbreakers.