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MFGAxis — Buyer’s Guide
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Machining Calculators
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Insert Geometry
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Boring
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Cutting Forces
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Workholding
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Threading
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LMX Series Linear Motors
LMX linear motors comprise a metal track with multiple embedded rare earth magnets, and a coil assembly supported by a customer-supplied guideway. A key feature of the motors is that they are designed to operate with a comparatively large air gap of 1 mm, to reduce the impact of mounting tolerances on performance characteristics. For most machine tool applications, the track is held stationary and the coil assembly is free to move – but converse mounting arrangements are also practicable, with similar performance attributes.
Helical SN8-13 Milling System
Built for difficult applications involving ISO P, M, K and S materials, the cutters offer application-specific sub- family designs featuring left or right-hand helixes, half- or full-effective teeth options, two front insert and many radii choices for long tool life and maximum chip evacuation. Reliable and user-friendly, the Helical SN8-13 also eliminates incorrect indexing of front and helix inserts, reducing operator error.
Mastercam tops worldwide ranking for CAM usage
Mastercam is the most widely used CAM for the 28th year in a row.
SW North America Booth Visit
Kirk Stewart, the chief strategy officer and general manager of sales for SW North America Inc., provides a brief demo of the company's W08-12 machine featuring linear motors, two worktables and a position tolerance of 0.006 mm.
Upcoming Grinding Doc training courses
Jeff Badger, Ph.D., a.k.a. The Grinding Doc, describes his three-day High Intensity Grinding Course, which he developed to provide grinders an in-depth understanding of production grinding along with the knowledge and tools to make significant, long-term improvements to their grinding operations.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Royal Products
Kendal Glotzbach, a regional business manager for Royal Products, discusses two product debuts at IMTS 2022: a new Combo Chuck and the company's new Royal Z-Lock quick-change workholding system.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with CGTech
Along with a discussion of how VERICUT software helps intelligent cutting tools with optimization, CGTech debuted its CNC Machine Connect system, which features Precheck and Live Monitoring modules.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Champion NOW
CTE Publisher Dennis Spaeth interviews Terry Iverson, president and CEO of Iverson & Company, about the latest developments with Champion NOW, the organization he founded to help change perceptions about manufacturing careers.
Grinding Doc Episode – Truing Parameters Calculator
Jeff Badger, Ph.D., a grinding expert and the author of CTE's Grinding Doc column, provides a practical tour of the Truing Parameters Calculator he helped develop along with Rush Machinery and the International Grinding Institute.n
Thread milling logistically
Switching from taps to thread mills increases efficiency.n
Evaluating options for automation
As more options come onto the market, choosing what is right for a specific business becomes more challenging.
From CAD design to test-fire
Velo3D's Sapphire 3D printing system aids small-satellite revolution.
