General Shop Equipment & Supplies

END USER: Premium Frac Pumps LLC; (682) 647-3300; www.premiumfracpumps.com. CHALLENGE: Increase output of components for hydraulic fracturing pumps. SOLUTION: Automated cell consisting of two CNC lathes and robotic workhandling. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Gosiger Automation Inc.; (800) 888-4188; www.gosigerautomation.com; and Hartwig Inc.; (972) 790-8200; www.hartwiginc.com

Boosting milling productivity requires understanding the process.

Shop Operations column for Cutting Tool Engineering's January 2011 issue addresses how the condition and maintenance of metalworking shops have a direct impact on efficiency and morale.

Machinist's Corner column for January 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Manager's Desk Column from the January 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Tips and techniques that can turn a standard milling job into a work of art.

Drilling stacked materials, which have alternating layers of composites and metals, requires a careful strategy and the right tools.

DMG/Mori Seiki demonstrates how it uses pinch milling to machine thin-walled workpieces, such as fan stage blades.

A shop performing continuous-dress, creep-feed grinding on nickel alloys contacted Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, for advice on battling burn while reducing wheel consumption. Check out Badger's response in the 15th episode of the video series.

Carr Lane Roemheld's M-TECHS SP50 and SP70 is a versatile clamping system for machining centers that offers clamping in just 1 to 2 seconds, and 5-Axis workpiece machining in a single clamping operation.

STEVENS Engineering Inc. manufactures a wide variety of tombstones in sizes up to 40" square by 60" overall height and shapes ranging from rectangular, four-sided, Silo construction, triangular, hexagonal and octagonal.