General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Gazing at the wide array of laser ablation, EDMing and 5-axis milling machines on display at GF AgieCharmilles' recent Technology Days 2011, it's easy to understand why the event attracted hundreds of customers from around the world. AgieCharmilles Form 20 sinker EDM debuts.

Sandvik Coromant's Global Center for Deep Hole Machining offers a tip for machining the central bore in the main shaft.

For the 21st episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, a shop wondered whether it's better to up-grind or down-grind? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of the video series, responds.

Riten Industries now has the capability to repair and remanufacture tail stocks for lathes and grinders from all manufacturers.

Fixturing set up time is reduced by as much as 90 percent with the new Stark Zero Point Mounting System from Carr Lane Roemheld Manufacturing Co.

Kurt Manufacturing Co. announces re-introduction of its flagship D688 vise model with more features.

Multiaxis machining from CNC Software Inc. can dramatically increase a shop's competitiveness.

Machining modeling software developer Third Wave Systems' AdvantEdge FEM 5.8 is a material physics-based software solution for optimizing metal cutting, providing detailed information about chip formation, temperatures, stresses, and forces for machining processes.

Part Time columnist Bill Kennedy visits a Minnesota job shop that makes "light" work of a challenging part in the June issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

The Shop Operations column in the June issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine stresses importance of understanding material elongation and thickness.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Ask the Grinding Doc columnist, helps you make sense of nonsensical grinding parameters and achieving final depth when ID grinding in his June column.

The Manager's Desk column for the June issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine discusses the rise of machining and fabricating in the United States.