Materials & Raw Stock

Products • December 5, 2018

Web Shop for Precision Flat Ground and Drill Rod

Buffalo Precision Products announces the launch of a new web shop for precision flat ground and drill rod. The new web shop offers buyers access to an extensive offering of grades and sizes through a modern buying interface. With improved features to make buying efficient, fast and secure, the company looks forward to being the online source for all of your flat ground and drill rod needs.

News • November 27, 2018

Disordered materials could be hardest, most heat-tolerant carbides

Materials scientists at Duke University and UC San Diego have discovered a new class of carbides expected to be among the hardest materials with the highest melting points in existence. Made from inexpensive metals, the new materials may soon find use in a wide range of industries from machinery and hardware to aerospace.

Videos • November 14, 2018

BIDEMICS all the buzz at NTK Cutting Tools

During a brief interview at IMTS 2018, Steve Howard, marketing and engineering manager for NTK Cutting Tools, discussed the significance of the company's patented BIDEMICS material, calling it "the first real improvement in ceramics in 20 or 30 years."n

News • November 12, 2018 • Horst Lach

‘Poly–poly–or what?’ third part – hard turning

We are in part three of our article series "Poly–poly–or what?" The series looks back at the time between autumn 1974 and the Hanover Trade Show in the spring of 1975. Dealing with this new cutting material "polycrystalline diamonds" (PCD) was fascinating for all of us; after the presentation at the first Hanover Trade Show in 1973, each day brought new insights for production and for different applications.

Products • November 7, 2018

316 SS Shaft Collars and Couplings

Standard and custom machined parts made from corrosion-resistant 316 stainless steel for use in wastewater treatment facilities and similar harsh environments are available from Stafford Manufacturing Corp.

News • October 17, 2018

OnRobot A/S acquires Purple Robotics

ODENSE, Denmark, August 30 – Purple Robotics, which has just developed an innovative vacuum gripper within just one year—the world's first gripper specifically for cobots—has now been acquired by OnRobot.

Products • October 17, 2018

Custom Manufactured Clad Metal Wire

Custom manufactured clad metal wire designed for specific performance characteristics such as corrosion resistance, biocompatibility and more have been introduced by Anomet Products.

Products • October 10, 2018

Sapphire and Ruby Balls

A full line of highly spherical sapphire and ruby balls with precise surface finishes for applications requiring superior hardness and chemical resistance are available from Meller Optics Inc.

Articles • October 9, 2018 • Robert Weinstein

Stabilizing gummy metal for more efficient cutting

Look Ahead: Researchers find sticky solution to an old problem.

Articles • September 25, 2018 • Alan Richter

The challenges of sawing new alloys

Cutting difficult-to-machine materials is becoming more prevalent but not necessarily less challenging.

News • September 21, 2018 • Alan Richter

What’s old is new again

While looking through back issues of Carbide Engineering from the late 1950s, I came across an article about HSS cutting tools that reminded me of an article we published in this year's August issue of Cutting Tool Engineering. (Editor's note: Carbide Engineering combined with Cutting Tool Engineering starting with the January 1961 issue and dropped Carbide Engineering starting in April of that year. The publication began in 1948 as a small pamphlet called Carbide Tips, but I'm not aware of any existing copies of any issues.)

News • September 20, 2018 • Horst Lach

How new superhard cutting materials revolutionized machining, part 1

The introduction of our Borazon CBN grinding wheel was still in full swing when I received information from General Electric in 1972 that a new cutting material would be coming soon. What could it be? Naturally all of us were curious!