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Case Hardening Do-It-Yourself: Quick Guide
Learn a practical torch-based case-hardening method for in-shop hardening, including safety, quench and soak steps plus when to send work to a heat-treating shop.
Thread without dread: Drilling Performance
Putting screw threads in titanium poses special challenges but none that you can't meet.
Compact cleaner fights oily residue
The EcoCcompact offers large batch-cleaning capacity in a small footprint.n
CenterMaster
With CenterMaster, the user simply clamps a radio dial gauge into the workspace and sets it to the quill. The gauge and machine wirelessly communicate, automatically adjusting the holder along the X axis. The system then guides the operator through adjusting the Y axis via the machine's touchscreen display.
HyperMILL 2023 CAD/CAM Software Suite
For easy programming of recurring shapes with a single click, hyperMILL 2023 has a new General Transformation Pattern feature. The new feature uses a selected reference geometry and searches for the same reference in all other models regardless of its spatial orientation, creating a general transformation pattern including associated frames.
Quick Release Clamps and Ball Lock Fasteners
Quick release clamp fasteners help increase productivity by reducing set up times, eliminating errors in assembly and installation and simplifying procedures. They are ideal for frequent set ups, regularly or to reconfigure production equipment.
Exact Metrology trains the next generation of workers
The company's biggest challenge is not only finding people to work but finding those with enough knowledge to operate the equipment.
Inspect-X Automation OPC UA Interface
Nikon's alignment with the industry-standard OPC UA communication protocol reaffirms its dedication to developing fully automated, non-contact, X-ray CT quality control systems for the shop floor. There is a growing, industry-wide trend towards using this technology for feeding back data in real time to optimize production line operation – the goal being zero defects.
Micro-Diameter Endmills and Drills
Endmills tipped with CBN, which is the second hardest material after diamond, are offered in sizes ranging from 6mm down to 0.1mm in diameter, with various configurations, from sharp corner, radius corner, ball, standard neck length and extended neck length. TOWA offers their CBN endmills in multi-flute configurations.
Dual.Material CT
As it is automated, reconstruction by Dual.Material CT is highly repeatable from component to component and does not require advanced knowledge of scanning techniques when inspecting assemblies comprising two materials of different densities.
White paper: An analysis of precision metal fabrication
Micrometal GmbH, an expert at the photochemical etching process, developed a white paper, "Unlocking the True Potential of Precision Metal Fabrication," which analyzes PCE.
DVF 4000
The DVF 4000 comes standard with a 15,000 r/min direct coupled spindle, powered by a 24.8 hp (18.5 kW) motor that generates 87.1 ft-lbs (118 Nm) of torque. A FANUC 31i-B5 Plus control makes full 5-axis simultaneous control possible, giving complete contouring capabilities.
