Machining

Makino announces its newest addition to the nx-series, the a120nx horizontal machining center. As the largest machining platform within the nx-series to date, this machine is built to take on oversized structural components for industrial equipment, diesel engines and semiconductor manufacturing, while delivering high levels of speed and accuracy.

For more than 75 years, Fives has been synonymous with quality diamond dressers from CITCO Tools. Today, Fives continues this tradition by offering a broad line of diamond dressing tools.

BIG KAISER announces the release of the Smart Damper boring bar for lathe applications. A heavyweight, strengthened damping mechanism integrated into the toolholder functions as both a dynamic counter and friction damper.

The Mazak VTC-805E vertical traveling-column machining center brings high versatility and productivity to those shops that need to tackle long and/or heavy parts. The machine combines an increased Y-axis stroke, long bed/table size, high spindle speed and torque and Mazak's new SmoothG CNC for efficient, powerful machining, according to the company.

A $650,000 grant awarded last year to TCAT Elizabethton has enabled the school to begin a new program, machine tool technology. The first class will begin Jan. 4.

VERICUT simulates all types of CNC machining, including drilling and trimming of composite parts, waterjet machining, riveting, robots, mill-turn and parallel kinematics. VERICUT 8.0 features several enhancements designed to increase the ability of manufacturing engineers to analyze, optimize and document the CNC programming and machining process.

The new Rocky Mountain Twist Tri-Cam countersinks are designed with high-flow flutes for excellent material evacuations and finely tuned cutting edges for a smoother countersink finish. This results in a smooth, consistent finish for true fastener interface.

A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's "Ask the Grinding Doc" columnist, whether it's better to take several small, fast passes versus one large, slow pass when pinch-peel grinding tungsten-carbide shafts.

Grinding hardened steel using a water-based coolant is fine for a few hours, then—wham!—really bad burn. The Grinding Doc offers some insight. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

The Grinding Doc offers insight to a shop worried that it’s wasting abrasive on half-worn electroplated CBN wheels. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

A machine shop turned to the Grinding Doc seeking relief from the painfully long cycle times endured grinding cermets. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the author of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Ask the Grinding Doc column, explains what the shop should do to stop the pain. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the Ask the Grinding Doc columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, examines the new Cubitron II grit. The research cited in this episode is described in detail in the April 2014 edition of the Welding Journal, and can be found here: Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.