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Chip Control Solution Provides Increase In Tool Life
Replacing the traditional ISO-style inserts with a reaming system solved a chip buildup problem in bore finishing of injector bodies.
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Bar Feed Considerations For High-Speed, Lights-Out Machining
There are design elements incorporated into today’s 12-foot, magazine-load bar feeders that make them more useful for high-speed and untended operation. This article looks at some aspects to consider before purchasing a 12-foot bar feeder.
Read MoreChip Compactor Squeezes Out Savings
Kurt Manufacturing Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota), learning from experience, believes it has developed a highly efficient recycling system that produces significant savings.
Read MoreFor Plateau Honing, Consider Ball Style
The ball-style hone is a specialized abrasive tool that is instantly recognizable by its unique appearance. For engineers in the automotive, aerospace, manufacturing and machining industries, this application-engineered hone, characterized by the small, abrasive globules that are permanently mounted to flexible filaments, is a flexible, low-cost tool for sophisticated surfacing, deburring and edge blending.
Read MoreImproved Parts Cleaning Technology Leads To Environmental Compliance
This company's aqueous parts washer's limitations and design were causing problems, which led the shop to purchase a parts cleaning technology that eliminated many of the parts cleaning processes it was doing at the time.
Read MoreLiving Large In A Materials World
He lives and breathes aluminum, stainless, carbon steel and brass because that’s what has brought him this far. However, his methods for winning in business show he’s not your typical material guy.
Read MoreFARO Laser Scanner LS w/8 Industry-Specific Software Packages
FARO Technologies, Inc. , the world’s single source for a complete line of portable CAM2 solutions, has released a set of specialized software packages that enhance the capability of its popular Laser Scanner LS product line. Each package offers a specialized solution for professionals in Architecture, Historical Preservation, Forensic Investigation, Tunnel&Mining, Product Design and Quality Assurance, as well as Process and Power Plants, Re-Engineering and Asset Management.
Read MoreFARO ScanArm
The ScanArm is a portable, computerized measurement device that creates a highly detailed, 3-D “blueprint” of practically any object, product or part. As the user guides the Arm’s tip or scanning laser beam over the entire surface, the system’s laptop computer draws and records all of the 3-D measurements. Engineers and designers use the data to reverse-engineer, improve or create new parts and products, or improve how they’re made - for improved production efficiency and decreased time to market.
Read MoreFARO Laser Scanner LS
The FARO Laser Scanner LS is a portable, computerized non-contact measurement device that creates a high-resolution, 3-D, digital “photograph” by scanning everything in its 360-degree path up to 80m away. It collects 120,000 points per second with up to 3mm accuracy while the system’s laptop computer displays a digital recreation of the object and records all of its 3-D measurements. The captured data can then be used to create a digital model, or to perform evaluation and analysis against an existing model for anything requiring highly detailed 3-D measurements, including factory planning and asset documentation as well as specialized applications ranging from surveying, recreating accident sites and crime scenes to digitally preserving historical sites.
Read MoreFARO Laser Tracker X and Xi
The FARO Laser Tracker is a portable, computerized measurement device that creates a 3-D “blueprint” of large objects and parts up to 230 feet in size. As the user guides a mirrored target over the object’s entire surface, the Tracker emits a laser beam that is reflected back from the target, allowing the system’s laptop computer to simultaneously draw and record all of its 3-D measurements. The Tracker can also take automatic measurements by steering the laser to multiple targets positioned on the object.
Read MoreFARO Gage and Gage-PLUS
The FARO Gage and Gage-PLUS are portable, computerized devices that compare a part’s measurements to its original design measurements. As the user guides the Gage’s tip over the surface of the part, the system’s laptop computer simultaneously records all of the 3-D measurements and automatically creates detailed reports so users can provide proof that their outgoing and incoming parts meet the specifications. Quality control personnel use it to verify that the parts have been made correctly, and, if not, where they need to be corrected.
Read More“American Chopper” Rides with FARO
FARO Technologies, Inc. , the only company with a complete line of portable 3D coordinate measurement systems for the Computer-Aided Measuring (CAM2) market, announced it has signed a shop support agreement with Orange County Choppers (“OCC”) – the custom motorcycle shop featured on The Discovery Channel’s popular show “American Chopper”. The agreement came about when OCC Artist/Designer Jason Pohl had a chance to use one of FARO’s portable CMMs, the Platinum FaroArm.
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