Videos

GF Machining Solutions unveils the Transformer automation cell at IMTS 2014.

IMTS 2014 opens ... and it's going fast.

A shop surface grinding 12" x 36" plates has to remove 1/8" of material on both sides, but the cycle time is a killer. To find a way to reduce the cycle time, the shop turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine and the host of our Grinding Doc Video Series.

Scientists at the Australian National University have invented a method to make a high-powered lens that can transform a smartphone into a high-resolution microscope, according to the university. The lenses are made by using the natural shape of liquid droplets, and can cost less than a penny to produce.

A Rockwell Automation representative talks about the Ethernet trend based on open standards and how its potential application for many industries. The video captures a robot arm sorting and aligning pucks. Driving the automation are Stratix switches, which were jointly developed by Cisco and Rockwell Automation.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers a checklist for shops contemplating a switch from aluminum oxide to CBN wheels. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Dr. Jeffrey Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world.

Keiton Engineering recently introduced Toolox, a prehardened tool steel that the company reportedly can flame cut.

A coolant supplier having trouble getting customers to try a new product turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, for some insight into how the supplier could convince shops to change coolant. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Dr. Jeffrey Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world.

Demonstration of the Nexturn SA-32P Swiss-style machine. Machine and operation information supplied by Absolute Machine Tools.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, fields a question from a shop hoping to find a faster way to find the sweet spot when cylindrical-plunge grinding tugsten-carbide shafts. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world.

KOMET demos DIHART reamers.

Although marginally faster tooling options had become available, David Turk at BUCHER Emhart Glass was reluctant to change from a tried-and-true parting off tool. But a new product that tripled productivity finally triggered a switch.

For Microlution Inc., which reports more than 100 micromilling and laser machining platforms installed worldwide, growth has been a constant since its inception in 2005.

A shop that cylindrical-grinds tungsten-carbide is running into trouble maintaining optimal parameters when switching to a larger diameter. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers some insight.

Hexagon Metrology's Gary Hobart, the company's national sales manager, demonstrates the Optiv Performance multisensor optical measurement system equipped with a rotary table and a chromatic white-light sensor.

iMX series Exchangeable Screw on Head connection features the World's first "Carbide Head"+"Carbide Holder" double face contact connection, according to Mitsubishi Materials' own research on exchangeable head end mills. But the company did not stop there. Careful SWOT analysis of the conventional screw on head products indicated it was PARAMOUNT to re-engineer the carbide head joint connection for the next generation of Exchangeable head products to approach the performance of solid carbide end mills without encountering carbide joint failure due to tensile strength limitations of carbide threads.

The Diaset is an ideal bench-top machine for shops looking for an economical, yet precise, tool measuring and presetting system. The Diaset features a stable measuring column and base made of mineral cast; a large multi-functional readout; fine-adjust handwheels; pneumatic locking; serial printer port for labels; and adapters for most taper types.

Watch Greenleaf Corporation's 1" (25mm) high-feed end mill machine Inconel 718 using coated whisker-reinforced ceramic insert grade WG-600®.

KOMA Precision Inc. introduces a new line of high accuracy, high rigidity, energy saving and zero maintenance rotary tables from Tsudakoma, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality, precision rotary tables. The RG Series rotary tables are built using the new ball drive system featuring advantages like zero backlash, improved cycle times, energy conservation and a lifetime adjustment-free transmission system.

Superior Tool Service Inc. offers a look at the company's shop and its ANCA CNC tool grinding machines, along with its conventional tool grinding machine, in operation.