Machining

Minimum quantity lubricationimproves productivity and tool life.

Camcraft added a flexible manufacturing system to enhance the spindle utilization of its horizontal machining centers.

Milling operations that benefit from chip thinning have become common, now it's turning's time.

With easier programming and simpler tooling, Lathes are, for the most, part robot-ready

Machinists find Haimer tool lasts longer, produces more.

The Grinding Doc takes on anti-directional dressing.

Get with the Program: Manufacturer turns to Vericut in hopes of avoiding "one big crash"

Scribe numbers, text, date codes, or artwork using your CNC machine. Eliminate secondary marking operations. No spindle rotation required. Uses long life carbide stylus, or ball point, to create fine lines. Mark curved surfaces without adjusting the Z axis. For soft or hard materials up to 62 HRC.

The new 4TEX® drill is engineered to deliver optimal chip formation and evacuation and provide higher penetration rates than standard twist drills for light duty machines.

Nachi's newest drill, the Aqua REVO has improved all 3 aspects of the cutting tool. New carbide, geometry and surface treatment from Nachi provides not only longer tool life but versatility as well.

The Hurco BX40Ui 5-axis CNC double-column machining center, with trunnion table mounted along the Y-axis, combines performance and flexibility. The ladder structure and double-column design provides extreme rigidity and outstanding support to the head casting.

Providence Texture LLC, Smithfield, Rhode Island, is a shop leading the way and showing how much femtosecond lasers can do. Femtosecond laser technology represents a new frontier in moldmaking.