Machining

Videos • January 12, 2017

Episode 75: Rough start with electroplated wheel

A shop contacted the Grinding Doc to find out why it was getting a "horrible" surface finish when it first puts on an electroplated wheel. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, who writes the Ask The Grinding Doc column for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, explains the issue in the 75th episode of the Grinding Doc video series.

Articles • January 12, 2017 • Keith Jennings

Being the face of your shop

Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings discusses the benefits of being the face of your company in the January 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Products • January 12, 2017

HS8 Series Dual-Chamber Furnace

Lucifer Furnaces Inc. has designed and delivered a dual-chamber furnace ideal for heat treating high-speed steels. The HS8 series, built with rugged 12-gauge sheet steel and reinforced throughout, heats to 2,450° F in the upper chamber with silicon-carbide heating elements mounted across the roof and below the hearth.

Videos • January 11, 2017

Alpha mountain bike aptly named

Stewart Palmer, an engineer at family-owned North Bucks Machining Ltd., Milton Keynes, U.K., said the small parts manufacturer designed and produced its Alpha mountain bike to showcase the shop's capabilities using its existing machines and software.

News • January 11, 2017

Erwin Junker expands capabilities with showroom

Erwin Junker Machinery Inc. is extending an open invitation to visit its showroom in Elgin, Ill. The company is showcasing grinding machines from JUNKER and Zema, as well as industry leading air filtration units from LTA Industrial Air Cleaning Systems Inc.

Articles • January 11, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

A combination tool for thread forming

The Look Ahead department includes a combination broaching and tapping tool for thread forming in the January 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • January 11, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Burning hard metal

The Look Ahead department covers electro-erosion metal removal with a 5-axis horizontal machining center in the January 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Products • January 11, 2017

Three Sizes of Jig Grinders

Supertec introduces three sizes of jig grinders covering a full range of capability. Models offered include the pictured JG-510M (20" x 12" x 4" x 13" X,Y,Z,W), the JG-1270CM (47" x 27" x 4" x 16") and the JG-1010G (39" x 39" x 10" x 16"), a double-column style.

Products • January 11, 2017

ActiveEdge Nexus

The ActiveEdge Nexus from Rigibore includes coarse-adjustment and fine-setting capabilities, in addition to automatic cutting edge compensation in the machine tool. This design is a self-contained module added to flanges.

Articles • January 10, 2017 • Alan Richter

High-pressure holemaking

END USER: Modern Machining Technology Inc., (303) 945-7570, www.destroked.com; SOLUTION PROVIDER: Industrial Coolant Systems LLC, (303) 968-1707, www.industrialcoolantsystems.com; CHALLENGE: Reduce the cycle time when drilling a large quantity of holes in a 1018 steel part. SOLUTION: A high-pressure coolant system.

Products • January 10, 2017

#8150 4.5″ Diamond Grinding Wheel

Innovative Products of America (IPA) announces the #8150 4.5" diamond grinding wheel. The disc's innovative, 3D contour with topside abrasive coating and thin-profile edge allows for cutting, back cutting, gully cutting and bead finishing with one wheel.

Articles • January 9, 2017 • James Harvey

CNC training begins with changing tools

Shop Operations columnist James A. Harvey underscores the importance of his initial CNC training, which involved changing tools on a new mill. Just the act of changing a tool let him interact with the machine and controller in a way that gave him confidence.