Machining

Results from testing aluminum-oxide vitrified-bond wheels and diamond wheels in three different bond systems show the proper diamond roll dresser design, application methods and wheel specification can help manufacturing engineers achieve optimal results from continuous-dress, creep-feed (CDCF) grinding.

You may not have heard, but ultrasonic waves can help machine precise features into hard, brittle materials.

Spend enough time working in a machine shop and you're bound to pay a visit to the emergency room for a cut finger. First comes the sting as the ER physician injects you with a local anesthetic, then the tug of the thread as she drags the suturing needle, a type of surgical needle, through your skin.

Polygon Solution Inc.'s new "Made in USA" broach is a rotary broach with multiple text letters allowing machinists to stamp or mark their part in a lathe or milling machine without removing the part from the machine.

Ingersoll Cutting Tools says its Hi-FeedMidi high-feed milling cutters with strong, positive rake face angles, four insert indexes, rigid clamping and high tensile screws provide efficient, worry-free, cost-effective machining.

Fives brings off-centerline turning, drilling, milling and tapping capabilities to its Giddings & Lewis vertical turning centers with a new Y-axis attachment, that combines a C-axis head with table and X and Z axes motions. The attachment, available fully integrated on new VTCs or as a retrofit, allows for single-setup processing of flanged parts, pumps, compressors, motor housings, fluid routing parts, intakes and exhausts, among others.

Lexair Inc.'s new Multi Mini Rhinobar bar feeder makes multi-diameter bar stock processing faster and easier with a feed-tube cartridge that automatically centers and feeds three sizes of small-diameter bar stock to Swiss-style CNC screw machines and sliding-head lathes.

PRAB Inc. introduces an exclusive new feature for monitoring and controlling coolant concentration in its Guardian Coolant Recycling System.

Elbo Controlli is continuing its advancement into the tool management market with a new generation of tool presetters distributed by Koma Precision Inc.

CIRO Products Ltd. introduces the Elaso ebm100 dynamic grinding wheel balancing system.

Look for a special digital supplement to the August 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering (CTE) magazine in your email inbox next month. The special digital edition, sponsored by Makino Inc., will feature the results of our biennial salary survey, a variety of video reports and a preview of IMTS 2014.