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Turn-Mills 4/26/2024

When a CNC Turn-Mill Doesn’t Turn

A shop in Big Sky Country uses a B-axis multitasking machine to produce complex, prismatic medical parts that require no turning complete from barstock.
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NEWS 5/16/2024

Thyssenkrupp Materials Services Opens New Facility in Texas

The new service center in Sinton, Texas supports the materials and supply chain management needs of manufacturing companies across multiple markets in the region.

NEWS 5/14/2024

JR Machine Launches Expansion Strategy, Hires New CEO

An investment from Schneider Resources Holding positions JR Machine to grow in emerging markets such space exploration and green energy.

Cutting Tools 5/3/2024

Sandvik Coromant Inserts Provide Stable Turning of Aerospace Components

The new insert grades GC1205 and GC1210 cover a large application area within last-stage machining and intermediate-stage machining when turning aerospace engine components.

Aerospace

3D Printed NASA Thrust Chamber Assembly Combines Two Metal Processes: The Cool Parts Show #71

Laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition combine for an integrated multi-metal rocket propulsion system that will save cost and time for NASA. The Cool Parts Show visits NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing

Toolholders 4/23/2024

Lyndex-Nikken Collets Enable Accurate Small-Diameter Cutting

The MMC Mini-Mini collet chuck is well suited for high-speed machining applications where clearance is needed, such as die mold, aerospace and medical parts.

Automotive 4/18/2024

Automated High-Production Welding of EV Rotor Shafts

This cell is able to perform joining, preheating and welding operations for rotor shafts used in electric vehicles.

Medical 3/12/2024

The Value of Mass Finishing, Shot Blasting for Aerospace and Medical Applications

The choice between mass finishing and shot blasting for CNC-machined parts depends on the specific requirements of the application.

2/16/2024

T&H Lemont Reaches Quality Assurance Milestone

The company’s quality management system has provided a solid year with no defects, rejects or recalls.

1/2/2024

German Project Yields Three New Medical Machining Processes

Recent research has resulted in a new mix of high-speed turn whirl milling, polygon turning and rotational turning for manufacturing medical bone screws and out-of-round nails.

11/28/2023

New Cutting Tool Technology Discovered at Paul Horn Open House

During a tour of the company’s campus in Tubingen, Germany, I and more than 3,000+ others were introduced to a number of new advances the company has made in cutting tool technology particularly as it relates to the medical industry.

Swiss-Types

Moldmaker Finds Value in Swiss-Type Machining

This multifaceted manufacturer has added CNC sliding-headstock turning technology to complement its established mold tooling production and new injection molding capabilities as it continues to pursue complex medical work along a vertically integrated path.

Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining magazine

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Automation 2/2/2023

Reinventing the Wheel with Robot-Automated CNC Multitasking

One race team discovers how to efficiently manufacture a new wheel nut design for the next-generation NASCAR stock car with the help of a CNC mill/turn and a built-in robot.

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Medical 1/5/2023

Where Micro-Laser Machining Is the Focus

A company that was once a consulting firm has become a successful micro-laser machine shop producing complex parts and features that most traditional CNC shops cannot machine.

Swiss-Types 10/13/2022

VIDEO: Swiss Shop’s Choice of Collets Facilitates Backworking

This Swiss shop discovered workholding collets that satisfy the needs of its very small, delicate and complex medical parts production on the subspindle, making once impossible processes not only doable but more efficient and esthetically pleasing.

Medical

Eden Tool and Eden Manufacturing: A Story of Resilience, Growth and Innovation

This critical parts manufacturer, founded on solid tooling fundamentals, didn’t get derailed with the unexpected passing of the owner because leadership was already building a solid business, not just a good tool shop. Here’s how they managed change incrementally… and they’re not finished yet.
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Christina Fuges Editorial Director, MoldMaking Technology

Aerospace 10/2/2023

T.J. Davies Retention Knobs Harden Over Time

Each retention knob is magnetic particle tested and pull tested to 2.5X the pulling force of the drawbar it is designed for.

Machining Centers & Milling Machines 7/3/2023

Five-Axis Machining for Small Prismatic Parts

New to the U.S. market, this compact machine could enable precision turning shops to win complex, more prismatic work in medical and other industries.

NEWS 6/1/2023

Sunnen Named Official Honing Equipment Partner of Hendrick Motorsports

Sunnen Products Co. adds its SV-series honing machines to the engine department of Hendrick Motorsports —which has earned a record 14 car owner championships in NASCAR’s premier division.

5/16/2023

In-Machine Probing Possibilities for VTLs

A manufacturer of vertical turning centers uses a “push/pull” optoelectronic probe with custom bracket to enable its machines to perform effective, in-process measurement of shafts and related automotive components.

5/21/2024

5-Axis Machining Centers Transform Medical Swiss Shop

Traditionally a Swiss machine shop, Swiss Precision Machining Inc. discovers a five-axis machining center that has led the company to substantial growth. (Includes video.)

4/24/2023

How Small Machine Shops Can Fight Supply Chain Problems

Supply chain disruptions are still presenting challenges in manufacturing. This article examines the effects on aerospace, automotive and medical industries. It also covers ways that machine shops can be successful securing work despite the challenges created by the supply chain.

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