Machining

LMT Onsrud LP, Waukegan, Ill., hired Roger Piekarski as sales and applications specialist for North and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Manitoba in Canada.

Allied Machine & Engineering announces its newest online tool: the Boring Insert Selector. This resource saves valuable time by simplifying the boring insert selection process and ensures machinists are provided the correct boring insert for each job's unique details.

Tungaloy is introducing the WavyJoint PCBN inserts, an innovative PCBN brazing technology for higher productivity in hard turning operations.

Emuge Corp. has announced its thread making tool quality is available in a Self-Lock integrated locking system. Emuge Self-Lock threading tools offer a high-quality alternative in thread locking for vital safety applications in a variety of industries.

A rotary tooling development manager started March 19 and operates out of the office in Pittsburgh.

Absolute Machine Tools Inc., Lorain, Ohio, is marking its 30th year as a machine tool importer and distributor in North America.

A line of quick-release clamp collars offered in three designs that provide clamping options by hand without tools for a wide range of applications have been introduced by Stafford Manufacturing Corp.

Dillon Manufacturing full-grip pie jaws made of 1018 CR steel are now available in diameters from 6 to 15 inches, with heights of 2, 4 and 6 inches. Constructed of 1018 CRS, these heat-treatable and weldable steel jaws allow for complete gripping of the workpiece to maintain accuracy.

Ryan Hodgkins joined Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill., in New England to support customers in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.

Motion Industries Inc., Birmingham, Ala., a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co., will open a distribution center in Auburn, Wash., in late spring.

GF Machining Solutions LLC, Lincolnshire, Ill., appointed several members to its sales and marketing team.

For all practical purposes, says Bob Warfield of CNCCookbook.com, manual machinists always use conventional milling and CNC machinists always use climb milling. "Most of us do one or the other, and seldom change," he observed, but is that right?"