General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Is minimum quantity lubrication the wave of the future or simply another option shops should keep in mind? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, responds in the 19th episode of the video series.

Now roll testing and single flank testing of bevel, angular bevel and parallel-axis gears with diameters up to 2,500mm can be completed much faster and easier than ever before, with introduction of the Gleason Corp.'s 1000T, 1600T, 2000T and 2500T Universal Gear Testers.

Zontec Inc., an international developer of Statistical Process Control (SPC) software solutions, today announced an update to its Synergy 3000™ for its customers worldwide.

MAG is expanding its solar panel manufacturing systems business with the establishment of U.S.-based operations to build and distribute crystalline silicon (c-Si) module production lines with capacities up to 130 MWp.

Newly introduced to the American machine tool industry, and based upon the new Sinumerik Operate user interface, SinuTrain from Siemens is an ideal solution for control-identical CNC training.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 608.6 Metric Size Indexing Plungers with Rest Position, Plate Mount, Lock-out Type.

Ask the Grinding Doc columnist Dr. Jeffrey Badger offers a better understanding regarding the origins of chatter, and a look at single-point diamond dressing tools.

Talking Shop column from the April 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine presents a conversation with Anderson Leveille, owner of Moscow Mills Manufacturing Services, Stowe, Vt.

Manager's Desk columnist Keith Jennings looks at how to manage dramatic shop events in the April 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

END USER: Axle Alliance Co. LLC, (313) 592-7438, www.daimler-trucksnorthamerica.com. CHALLENGE: Overcome workpiece variations while effectively hard turning large ring gears. SOLUTION: A workpiece measuring process for a vertical turning machine. SOLUTION PROVIDER: EMAG LLC, (248) 477-7440, www.emag.com

Tactics and tools for Swiss-style machining.

Shop takes a 'systems' approach to holding microparts.