General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Kennametal Inc. CEO Carlos Cordoso shares the company's plans to help resolve the looming shortfall in the manufacturing workforce. Plus, Cordoso discusses the industry's economic state and Kennametal's focus on helping customers find total solutions as opposed to another tool sale.

A 420 stainless steel part is ground on a Monza 410 centerless grinder at M&S Centerless Grinding.

Don Nelson, publisher of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, interviews Allied Machine & Engineering Corp. Executive Vice President Steven R. Stokey.

Sandvik Coromant introduced its new CoroMill Plura with iLock system at the imX event at the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 12-14. The new system will be available in 2012.

Video submitted by Fraunhofer Institute shows a testing geometry, or tank, being formed using a tool with different radii at die and punch for researching critical dimensions.

FANUC FA America's Paul Webster provides a tour of the company's Fast Atom plant floor management/connectivity system. In addition, Webster explains how the company is extending its assistance to help keep legacy equipment connected.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, fields a question from a shop taking smaller and smaller finishing passes and several spark-out passes in order to get tight tolerances and a good surface finish. But the shop is having trouble getting the wheel to bite into the workpiece. All it does is ride over the top, and the shop is using high-pressure oil. How can the shop get the wheel to bite? The Grinding Doc responds in this 23rd episode of the video series.

CNC Software Inc.'s OptiRough is a new technique designed to remove large amounts of material quickly using its successful dynamic milling motion.

Mastercam from CNC Software Inc. is known for powerful NC programming, but it also delivers a suite of shop-tested design tools including 3D surfacing and solids.

J.W. Winco Inc. announced it offers series GN 343.2 Stud Type Steel Base Leveling Mounts with or without Plastic or Rubber Cap, in metric sizes.

Third Wave Systems introduced its newest machining modeling capabilities: part distortion and tool deflection.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 722.2 Square Spring Latches with Flange for Surface Mounting.