66-700 Series DFC Multiflute, Low-Helix Endmill
LMT Onsrud LP introduces a new cutting tool to machine composite materials.
Operation / Process
Machining
Minute Man Tooling System
The duMONT Co. offers the "Minute Man" Tooling System. Single-point Inserts and Holders designed for use on a variety of machines, such as CNC Lathes and Machining Centers, as well as Conventional Lathes, Shapers and Slotting Machines.
CNC Pilot 640 Lathe Control features smart.TURN
HEIDENHAIN's top-of-the-line lathe control, the CNC PILOT 640, offers enhanced functions and new hardware.
Demo of Nexturn SA-32P Swiss-style machine
Demonstration of the Nexturn SA-32P Swiss-style machine. Machine and operation information supplied by Absolute Machine Tools.
Evaluating coolants
A coolant supplier having trouble getting customers to try a new product turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, for some insight into how the supplier could convince shops to change coolant. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Dr. Jeffrey Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world.
Mazak to host Southwest open house
Machine tool builder Mazak Corp. has invited manufacturers to its "Discover More With Mazak" event July 29 and 30 at the company's Southwest Technology Center in Houston. The company will demonstrate its latest multitasking, 5-axis, milling and turning processes on Mazak machines. Applications engineers will also be available to discuss new ways attendees can streamline their operations. For example, performing multiple processes in a single setup helps minimize material handling and work-in-process. Furthermore, the company encourages attendees to present their part-production challenges so its engineers can offer solutions for overcoming such difficulties.
Hwacheon Machinery relocates
Machine tool builder Hwacheon Machinery America (HMA) will relocate to a new headquarters and technical center in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire, Ill., on July 15.
Keeping machines and operators cool and clean
Shops today are more aware of environmental conditions. Mist collectors and electrostatic air cleansers are not uncommon and many manufacturers realize there's little chance of attracting high-caliber work from customers when the shop is a pigsty.
Automation marches on
Mobile robots for massive-part manufacturers.
Automating the impossible
Cutting Tool Engineering Senior Editor Evan Jones Thorne interviews Len Graham of Rexam Mold Manufacturing.
Sector report: medical parts
Despite setbacks and challenges, the orthopedic implant market is set to grow.
You try and break it!
A testy welding test.