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Machining References
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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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Glossary
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Machining Fundamentals & Tooling References
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Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Booth Visit
Zachary Hewes, a Marubeni Citizen-Cincom applications engineer, chats with a booth visitor about the company's Miyano BNA-42SY5 machine.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Mastercut Tool Corp.
Mastercut Tool Corp. President and CEO Michael Shaluly offers a product overview and discusses the company's 70,000-square-foot factory with over 100 CNC machines.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Vollmer of America
Christopher Lang, project engineer for Vollmer of America, provides an overview and brief demonstration of the company's new VLaser 370 machine.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Marposs
Sharad Mundra, a Marposs product sales manager, provides an overview and demonstration of the company's new visual tool setter, which includes crash protection.
GWS Tool Group Booth Visit
Drew Strauchen, GWS Tool Group's executive vice president of marketing and business development, covers a wide variety of products for turning, threading, custom tooling, PCD tools, milling, custom inserts, holemaking and more.
CNC Software/Mastercam Booth Visit
Ben Mund, the Mastercam channel marketing manager for CNC Software, talks about the company's focus on automation, productivity and boosting the output at shops across the spectrum of machining.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Haimer USA
Haimer USA's Steven Baier, vice president of sales, and Olaf Stoffels, managing director, provide a brief overview and demonstration of the company's Digital Tool Room.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Platinum Tooling Technologies
Preben Hansen, president of Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc., features a variety of products from Heimatec, Tecnicrafts, Quick, Henninger and Rineck.
Collet Tip Talk
Selecting the right toolholder for an application requires understanding some of the available options to enhance accuracy.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with ZCC USA
Jeff Paschall, regional sales manager for ZCC USA Inc., highlights the company's newest cutting tool products, including the EMP09 tangentially mounted cutter, the FMA17 45-degree cutter and more.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Schütte Corp.
Justin Smith, an application engineer for Schütte Corp., shows off the newest developments of Schütte's 335 Linear CNC tool grinding machine.
IMTS 2022 Booth Visit with Makino
Kimberly Carroll, Makino Inc.'s director of marketing, showcases an interactive digital experience that allowed the company to display its entire fleet of machines at IMTS 2022.
