Trade Shows & Events

February 2009 Part Time column

HSM: What's the optimal speed for a given operation?

Case histories and comments about hard milling in die and mold shops.

International Manufacturing Technology Show draws more than 1,800 exhibitors and 92,000 attendees.

As the Northeast U.S. representative for SARIX microEDM equipment, Leer Technologies Inc., Claverack, N.Y., spent the better part of EASTEC 2008 showing off the newest features of the SARIX-200 3D MicroEDM Milling machine.

A recap of some of the applied microsystem technology innovations presented at the Hannover Messe trade fair.

Machine tool builders tweak their equipment to improve shop-floor productivity.

Many of the machine tool innovations at IMTS will be rooted in controls, software and ancillary products--not hardware.

Overview of the new machine tool technologies introduced at IMTS 2000. Among them are linear motors for axes travels, ballscrew chillers, a new way to lubricate linear guideways and controlling machining processes via the Internet.

Discussion of different types of bonds used to make superabrasive grinding wheels. Author provides tables with price comparisons, physical properties and operating parameters for various bonds.

A clear and intact substrate surface is important to the success of a coating deposited on a carbide insert. This article looks at the surface problems and contamination, introduced by the insert manufacturing process, that the coating company or insert user must correct before the insert is ready to be coated.