Turning

Dillon Manufacturing introduces full grip jaws made of 1018 CR steel from 6 inches to 15 inches in diameter, with heights of 2, 4, and 6 inches.

Tungaloy Corp. introduces the AM chipbreaker that increases efficiency in medium cutting of steel.

The new EWN 2-50XL Boring Kit from BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. now offers a turnkey precision boring tooling solution for the diameter range of .700"-6.000" in its entirety.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. has released the new AC6030M and AC6040M turning grades for machining stainless steels.

Tungaloy Corp. introduces T515, the new CVD-coated grade for cast iron turning.

Whether they are large or small, successful cultures have the ability to pass on knowledge and tradition from one generation to the next. Peerless Precision Inc., a shop in Westfield, Mass., has accomplished that in several key ways.

CribMaster announced its next generation ProStock industrial vending solution, featuring an innovative carousel drawer design that reportedly saves customers time and money in lifecycle maintenance costs.

The new CBN600 universal PCBN insert grade from Seco Tools LLC brings cost-effective performance to high-volume rough turning operations that involve gray cast iron, high chrome iron and high manganese steel workpiece materials.

Beyond Drive from Kennametal comes in a range of grades and geometries.

Keeping employees' personal matters separate from professional ones.

When shops purchase new machinery, a common error some make is accepting the standard live tooling package from the builder without considering other options. This is not a criticism of those packages, but end users should do as much evaluation of their processes when determining the proper tooling package as they do when evaluating machine tools. This examination can range from the simple, such as external vs. internal coolant, to the sublime, such as adjustable vs. extended tooling configurations, to the truly exotic.

PRAB offers the Vertical Axis Crusher to quickly reduce turnings and bulky wads of metal into shovel-grade chips.