Machining

News • September 26, 2014

Polygon hosts National Manufacturing Day

Polygon Solutions is one of a group of Florida manufacturers that has volunteered to host events during National Manufacturing Day Oct. 3. About 1,300 events are scheduled throughout the U.S. This is the third year of the event, and the third year the Fort Myers-based company is participating. The rotary broach manufacturer was also named a winner of the event's first-ever Manufacturing Day Video Contest.

Videos • September 21, 2014

Starrag demonstrates Bumotec S191 Linear mill turn machine

Starrag demonstrates Bumotec S191 Linear mill turn machine at IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 21, 2014

THINBIT Kaiser Tool Co. celebrates 50th anniversary

Interview with THINBIT Kaiser Tool Co. at IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 21, 2014

Heule Tools celebrates 25 years

Heule Tools Corp., which celebrated its 25th anniversary at IMTS 2014, introduced two new products at the semi-annual trade show event. Gary Brown, president of Heule Tools Corp., North America, describes a new drilling line and the company's new counterbore tool said to be capable of creating back spot faces of more than 2x diameter.

Videos • September 21, 2014

United Grinding Unveiling

United Grinding unveils new machine at IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 21, 2014

United Grinding Helitronic Vision 400 debuts at IMTS 2014

Quick overview of the Helitronic Vision 400 at the United Grinding booth during IMTS 2014.

Videos • September 21, 2014

Rollomatic introduces grinding machine for long, thin drills

Rollomatic USA debuts its new 528XF grinding machine to grind long, thin drills at its booth during IMTS 2014.

News • September 16, 2014

ITAMCO donates Zeiss CNC

Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Cos. donated a Zeiss DuraMax coordinate measuring machine to the Precision Tool Manufacturing Training Program for students who attend Plymouth High School. The donation was announced at the 2014 International Technology Manufacturing show in Chicago. The new machine shows ITAMCO's continuing support for the program that Mark Neidig, purchasing manager at ITAMCO, proposed to the Plymouth School Corporation superintendent in 2013.

Videos • September 14, 2014

Grinding Doc’s High Intensity Grinding Course

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine and host of CTE's Grinding Doc Video Series, previews his 3-day High Intensity Grinding Course.

Videos • September 14, 2014

Dressing versus grinding speed

A machinist wrote to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, because the "old-timers" in the shop tell him he has to dress at the same wheel speed he uses to grind. The machinist wanted to know if that was true, and, if so, why?

Videos • September 14, 2014

Allied tailgates at IMTS 2014

Take a tour of the Allied Machine & Engineering Corp. booth decked out with a tailgating theme for IMTS 2014 at Chicago's McCormick Place. The company featured its APX deep-hole drilling system, which uses a fixed series body with various heads that determine the cutting diameter. There are 10 series to cover the diameter range from 1.500" to 4.000" and depths up to 10 diameters deep.

Videos • September 12, 2014

Multitask horizontal boring mills

View a demonstration of multitask horizontal boring mills with integrated contouring heads in this video provided by Fives.