Machining

Products • January 20, 2022

Accure-tec Anti-Vibration Boring Bar

The standard A2201 is an offset adaptor for reduced radial forces, greater stability and provides more space between the boring bar and the bore wall for improved chip removal with very deep bores. With the A3001 and the A2201 Walter has increased boring bar diameters to 2.5-4-in. and 60-100 mm.

Articles • January 18, 2022 • William Leventon

Rake angles make or break facemilling

Choosing appropriate axial and radial rake angles is key to ensuring that cutters are best suited for the facemilling application at hand.

Videos • January 16, 2022

Jasper Engines & Transmissions

Jasper Engines & Transmissions sought to increase productivity to keep up with production requirements while reducing scrap, the Jasper, Indiana, company turned to the Mazak Corp. for a solution using a horizontal machining center with a two-pallet changer and an automatic tool changer that can accommodate long boring tools.

Articles • January 16, 2022

Cut like ant teeth

Learning from nature is one way of understanding what makes materials stronger and more damage-resistant.

Articles • January 12, 2022 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Save time through clever dressing

The Grinding Doc offers tips to cut dressing-in times as much as 35 minutes.

Articles • January 10, 2022 • Bob Warfield

Seven ways to avoid breaking taps

Every machinist hates breaking taps. It's a real pain to extract a broken tap without damaging the part. But there are ways to reduce the number of broken taps shops have to deal with.

Products • January 6, 2022

TOP-Cut VAR Range Expanded

The TOP-Cut VAR line is now available in 4,5, and 6-flute configurations, with or without corner radius, and ball nose, stub, standard and long lengths in inch sizes, over 300 SKU's in total. In addition, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA can provide custom variations or tool modifications of TOP-Cut VAR mills.

Products • January 6, 2022

ESPRIT Additive Powder-Bed Fusion (PBF)

PBF is the most mature additive manufacturing technology for industrial production and represents 86 percent of the worldwide machine install base. PBF is used to build 3D parts by heating successive layers of powder, typically at the micron-level, and generally produces parts that require finishing with conventional CNC machine tools to achieve a high-quality surface finish.

Products • January 6, 2022

Production Manager for ProNest CAD/CAM

Production Manager seamlessly integrates with Hypertherm's EDGE Connect CNC, to automatically capture machine data without the need for operator intervention. In addition, it displays real-time production data so team members across an organization can track the status of job orders, the production schedule, and pending inventory requirements.

Products • January 6, 2022

StateMonitor Version 1.4.0 Software

Designed to highlight data usage and encourage time-saving workflow methods using clear-cut charts and graphs, the new StateMonitor V1.4.0 now offers even more benefits. One of the many new features often requested and now available in StateMonitor V1.4.0 is the ability to monitor tools within a connected machine. This now allows users to collect current tool usage data and avoid unnecessary costs due to premature tool replacement. The new software also now can view countdowns for any programs running.

Articles • January 4, 2022 • William Leventon

Combining subtractive and additive

Hybrid VMC from Romi Machine Tools opens machining possibilities with multiple additive manufacturing options.

Products • January 4, 2022

CrazyMill Cool P&S Toric Version Milling Cutter

A unique tool for numerous applications: Milling of holes, ramps, pockets, grooves and sides. Seemingly without resistance, the milling cutter plunges into the materials that are difficult to machine. It cuts powerfully with high precision, stability and excellent cutting parameters, even into the solid - effortlessly. Behind this perfection is a sophisticated technology composed of a multitude of factors.