Machining

Saint-Gobain Abrasives announced the introduction of its new Norton Winter Vitron⁷ CBN grinding wheels. The wheels feature a high-precision vitrified bond specifically designed for the high-performance external grinding of cam and crankshafts and internal grinding applications in automotive and bearing industries.

Saint-Gobain Abrasives announced the introduction of its new division, Performance Grinding Solutions (PGS). Saint-Gobain Abrasives created PGS in response to a strong demand for grinding process knowledge. This trend has been building due to a changing workforce, as well as the evolution of data collection and communication with customer investments in Industry 4.0 and IIoT.

The M4258 modular helical milling cutter from Walter, the most recent addition to its M4000 family of high-performance helical milling cutters, brings cost efficiency and excellent process reliability to slot milling, and can be used for ramping, pocket milling, shoulder milling and circular interpolation as well.

Effective use of rotary devices helps shops move forward.n

Check out Greg Bartlett's Q&A with Allied Machine's product manager.

Look-Ahead: Company pairs its change system with an industrial robot for full automation.

Cutting difficult-to-machine materials is becoming more prevalent but not necessarily less challenging.

Machinist's Corner: Michael Deren examines work ethics and opportunity.

Kip Hanson delves into what it takes to make the machines that make machine parts.

Get with the Program: InvoMilling, a flexible method for machining external gears and splines, cuts lead times.

Workholding: Suppliers develop solutions for parts that are simply hard to hang on to.

Machine Technology: Company builds 8-axis machining center with separate milling and laser-cutting workstations