General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Neal Raker, EXAIR Corp.'s application engineer and international sales manager, has earned a certified compressed air system specialist certification.

With its high precision and efficiency, the two-spindle BA W03-22 CNC machining center is ideal for producing high-quality work products in medium and large series for the automotive industry. Compared to a single-spindle machine, cycle times can be reduced many times over, ensuring maximum productivity. The BA profile machine concept can easily mill profiles of various materials up to a length of 2,500 mm, for applications in the truck and automotive industries, amongst others.

Lyndex-Nikken, a Mundelein, Illinois-based manufacturer and provider of high-performance machine tool accessories, expanded its sales team with the addition of two regional sales representatives.

Marposs Corp., a leader in measurement, inspection and test technologies, has named Scott Lukomski as its EV business director.

The QC10 series offers an extensive selection of modular heads for applications including forward turning, back turning, grooving, parting, and thread turning. All modular heads have an internal coolant channel designed to deliver high pressure coolant precisely where it is needed, close to the cutting point. This improves chip control and also extends tool life.

Traditional skills could help modern training.

Quadrupeds, the next big thing in robotics, are now more nimble.

Multitask machines are practical and appealing.

Machining phenolic requires attention to abrasive wear, dust control, and safe handling. This guide covers tooling, process, and shop considerations for phenolic parts.

The outlook for workforce development in the manufacturing industry is optimistic, but hurdles remain.

CGTech, the developer of Vericut verification, simulation and optimization software, announced a reseller agreement with Bristol, England-based iComat, pioneer of the first-ever defect-free tape-steering process for composite component production.

The Feed Rate Calculator web app – the first in range of smart tools being developed by the team at Productive Machines - empowers manufacturers to make fast decisions about the use of untested milling processes and to obtain accurate forecasts of cutting forces expected on the cutting tool, thus unlocking significant cost and time savings time.