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While the basic CNC lathe is still a standby in many machine shops, new technology has vastly expanded turning capabilities. For example, live tooling and multiple turrets turn a basic lathe into a multitasking productivity center. When equipped with a large automatic toolchanger, these machines can hold tools for dozens of jobs, reduce setup time, and turn, mill, drill and finish parts in a single setup.

Articles December 15, 2013 Frank Burke

Keeping it real: New and traditional parts marking technologies help prevent counterfeiting

To the public at large, the word "counterfeit" mostly brings to mind so-called "funny money" or, more recently, low-priced CDs and DVDs that violate copyright laws. What is less widely known, but more threatening to public safety is the counterfeit parts and products that have found their way into the supply chains of critical industries, including aerospace, automotive and medical.

Articles December 15, 2013 Alan Richter

Single-layered approach: The fundamentals of using coated abrasives in metalworking

Whether the surface-treatment task involves deburring, blending, grinding, polishing, finishing, dimensioning, patterning or shaping a metal workpiece, there's a coated-abrasive product available to get the job done. The products include belts, rolls, sheets, pads and flap discs and wheels.

Articles December 15, 2013 Susan Woods

Repair or replace?

A guide to when shops should say farewell to used cutting tools.

Articles December 15, 2013 Alan Richter

A tale of two shops

Separate yet combined is an apt description of Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument. Located on New York's Long Island, in New Hyde Park, both sides of the company were founded, and are still managed, by engineers.

Articles December 15, 2013 Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Cooling gizmo has issues: General Industry Coverage

At a trade show, a company displayed a grinding wheel with slots, where coolant is poured into the center of the wheel and then ejected into the grinding zone. What's your take on this design?

News December 15, 2013

GF AgieCharmilles to change name

On Jan. 1, 2014, GF AgieCharmilles, Geneva, Switzerland, will become GF Machining Solutions, underscoring the fact that parent company Georg Fischer AG (GF) is a unified company with three divisions. Along with the name change, a new design style on the GF Machining Solutions Web site and sales literature will be gradually implemented, according to the company. GF AgieCharmille's U.S. operation is based in Lincolnshire, Ill.

News December 13, 2013

ARCH acquires Ultra-Dex and PTG

Precision components provider ARCH Global Precision, Livonia, Mich., has acquired two cutting tool manufacturers. ARCH purchased Flushing, Mich.-based Ultra-Dex Tooling Systems, including the Ultra-Dex USA branded product line and the Beamer Laser Marking Systems product line (collectively "Ultra-Dex") from Mark and Sharon Birchmeier. Ultra-Dex is a manufacturer of tooling systems, including indexable boring, milling and drilling systems, as well as tool holders, custom designed tooling and laser marking systems.

Products December 13, 2013

BENCHMARK Coordinate Measuring Machine

The new BENCHMARK CMM from COORD3 Metrology offers a high-performance budget CMM with the added benefit of a small footprint.

Products December 13, 2013

PartMaker V 2014

Delcam's PartMaker Inc. Division has released PartMaker 2014, which marks the introduction of Delcam's Vortex high-efficiency strategy for area clearance into the PartMaker CAM suite.