General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Hunting Energy Services not only machines oil and gas drilling components—it assembles and repairs the tools that do the work.

Manufacturing parts for the nuclear energy industry, which is growing globally, is expected to expand in the U.S. as well. Three shops explain their strategies to capitalize on the growing market.

Machining a clean, straight and in-tolerance hole through a part is not the only requirement for many holemaking applications. In many cases, hole entrances and exits are also critical to part functionality.

Tour the Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor, presented as a video complement to our March cover story.

One wheel sales guy says finding the sweet spot on a wheel is all about material-removal rates. Another guy keeps talking about wheel speed. A shop turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, to find out who's right in the 17th episode of the video series.

SICK announced it has launched the Inspector P30 Positioning Sensor. The Inspector P series offers a flexible method for part location and provides a precise positioning point of a known target.

Dassault Systèmes has announced the availability of a beta release of DraftSight for Linux.

Sanborn Technologies has introduced a line of NF (Nanofiltration) membrane systems for recycling the rinse water from dye penetrant inspection stations.

Third Wave Systems has announced the upcoming release of Production Module version 5.9.

From accessing important tool data to placing orders online in the Walter Toolshop: Walter Tools & More app enables users to do both while on the move.

END USER: HITCO Carbon Composites Inc., (800) 421-5444, www.hitco.com. CHALLENGE: Increase productivity when machining composite parts. SOLUTION: A 5-axis machine tool optimized for the process. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Bertsche Engineering Corp., (847) 537-8757, www.bertsche.com

END USER: Bob's Design Engineering Inc., (503) 648-7418, https://www.bdeinc.com. CHALLENGE: Increase productivity when drilling holes more than 10 diameters deep. SOLUTION: Toolholding system that permits use of aggressive drilling parameters with through-coolant drills. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Advanced Tooling Co. Inc., (360) 450-9237; A&I Marketing Inc., (206) 972-5260, https://www.aim4u2.com; Rego-Fix Tool Corp., (800) 734-6349, https://www.rego-fix.com. :Walter USA LLC (800) 945-5554 https://www.walter-tools.com IS #303