Machining

Articles • May 15, 2017 • Kip Hanson

Shop Profile: From pewter to ultraprecision CNC machine tools

Craftsman Jasper Röders set up shop during the early 1800s to make pewter tableware for his neighbors in Soltau, Germany. Six generations later, his descendants still produce pewter but have expanded into blow molds and CNC machine tools.

Articles • May 11, 2017 • Stas Mylek and Jesse Trinque

Cutting tool and CAM collaboration

New, ultraresilient workpiece materials with high strength-to-weight ratios have cutting tool vendors and CAM developers scrambling to design new tools and toolpaths to efficiently cut them. To succeed, the vendors and developers must collaborate with unprecedented frequency.

Articles • May 10, 2017 • Alan Richter

Sandvik Coromant president promotes innovation

In an interview conducted by CTE Editor Alan Richter at a global press event held at the company's headquarters in Sandviken, Sweden, Klas Forsström, president of AB Sandvik Coromant, discussed his new role, the state of the cutting tool market, the importance of attracting talent to manufacturing, tool recycling and the role of R&D.

Articles • May 8, 2017 • Kip Hanson

Keep machine tools, shop floor data safe from hackers

Proactive security measures become even more important as manufacturing software moves into the cloud, machine tool intelligence and automation continue to grow, and the Industrial Internet of Things makes big data an increasingly big deal.

Products • May 5, 2017

Ecotech Grinding Machines

The Ecotech Machinery is a single-source of the following top-quality products: CNC cylindrical grinders, CNC Roll grinders, CNC vertical rotary grinders, CNC crankshaft grinder and special customer-built grinders. Ecotech grinders feature a heavy base design and hydrodynamic wheel spindle, which are reportedly essential to the Ecotech grinders ability to accurately machine larger parts.

Articles • May 4, 2017 • Keith Jennings

Manager’s Desk: The new normal

When your primary market tanks to its lowest level in 30 years, the impact can be drastic, according to the Manager's Desk column in the May 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Is your shop well managed and in a position to overcome such a hit?

Products • May 4, 2017

Grinding Machine Remanufacturing Services

GCH Machinery says it has both the machine tool remanufacturing experience and know-how to take your older machine and restore it to the original OEM specifications (and beyond) using the most modern mechanical and electronic technology available. The result is a high-precision machine or grinding cell that has been remanufactured to your exact requirements, fully supported by GCH Machinery's technical staff.

Products • May 4, 2017

KGM 281 Grid Encoder

HEIDENHAIN's family of KGM grid encoders have once again been improved to better meet the needs of CNC machine users who require accuracy testing. Now the KGM 281 grid encoder is available with a measuring range of 140 mm in diameter and an increased accuracy of ±1 µm.

Products • May 3, 2017

HF Series 5-axis Horizontal Machining Centers

Heller Machine Tools introduces its versatile HF series 5-axis horizontal machining centers to North America for machining complex prismatic parts from lighter, smaller workpieces to heavier workpieces up to 800 kg table load. In the series of two machines, the fifth axis is provided by the workpiece on a swiveling trunnion with rotary table or a pallet changer for higher-volume production.

Products • May 3, 2017

MicroTurn A/S

The advanced MicroTools for precise internal turning and copying operations.

Articles • May 2, 2017 • Michael Deren

Machinist’s Corner: Ya’ gotta love your vendors?

Machinist's Corner Columnist Michael Deren shares a cautionary tale for vendors and machine shops. Do your vendors realize how important they are to you? Do they appreciate your business or do they think they're the only game in town?

Videos • May 1, 2017

Benefits of high-feed milling

W.W. Grainger Inc.'s metalworking team put together this brief video on the benefits of high-feed milling as part of the company's Quick Tips video series, which is part of Grainger's online resource center, The Knowledge Center.