Milling

With its new MIKRON HEM 800 three-axis vertical machining center, GF AgieCharmilles says it brings an excellent price/performance ratio to the high-precision production of medium to large-sized parts for several different industries, from aerospace to electronics to mold and die.

Walter USA LLC has introduced Blaxx, a new shoulder mill that reportedly combines precision, high metal removal rates and process reliability in a single tool, with a high-gloss black finish that is both wear and corrosion resistant.

Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton shares a few tricks for cutting threads on a manual lathe.

While it may have different names, groove milling can be an effective way to perform slotting and slitting.

OPEN MIND Technologies AG introduces the new version of its hyperMILL CAM solution.

MAG IAS LLC shipped its first VTC 5000 to a U.S. manufacturer of power generation equipment.

The G7 i Grinder 5-axis horizontal machining center from Makino offers a flexible, single-platform solution for grinding, drilling and milling of aerospace blades, vanes, turbine disks and other complex grinding applications.

OptiRest is the latest 3D high-speed toolpath from Mastercam.

Due to be made available in September from Vero Software, VISI 20 is a substantial release with many new features in all areas of the product, providing further solutions for mold, tool and die makers.

One of MAG's newest product developments, the giant 6-axis U6 bridge-type portal mill, is completing its runoff in Hebron, KY, prior to shipping later this year.

END USERS: Precor, (800) 786-8404, www.precor.com: Hardy Engineering & Manufacturing, (253) 735-6488, www.hardyem.com. CHALLENGE: Boost machining productivity. SOLUTION: A high-performance milling tool.

Shop Operations column as published in the July 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.