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Parts Cleaning 22 Dec 2011

Choosing an Aqueous Parts Washing System

As machining technology has advanced, expectations for product quality have increased as well.

Turn-Mills 22 Dec 2011

Turn-Mill Center Aids Shop through Recession

Bryan Cardon chose multitasking as the solution to improve his shop’s workflow. He reduced cycle times and leadtimes for his customers in his Ogden, Utah, machine shop after implementing the Ganesh 32CS seven-axis, twin spindle, turn-mill center. The company also gained new customers and jobs because of this new machine and its capabilities.

Turn-Mills 22 Dec 2011

A Look at High Precision

Here's an overview of the new features available on a series of multi-process machining centers designed for both bar-fed work and blanks.

22 Dec 2011

Broaching on CNC Machines

This summary of a technical presentation from the Technology Days event at Paul Horn GmbH in Tübingen, Germany, discusses process analysis for broaching on CNC machines.

Swiss-Types 18 Nov 2011

Finding Better Ways to Compete

This Indiana shop has reinvented itself to succeed in a tough market that many have abandoned to foreign competition—fasteners. It’s a story of change, response and adjustment that has allowed the company to navigate through mine fields of industry change and our great recession to exit as a stronger and better business.

Cutting Tools 18 Nov 2011

Micro Drill Cuts to New Depths

At the EMO show, Mikron Tool demonstrated a new addition to the company’s Crazy Drill line of cutting tools--micro drills capable of drilling deep holes from 0.1 to 1.2 mm in diameter in increments of 0.01 mm at depths as much as 30x diameter.

Single & Multi-Spindles 18 Nov 2011

Six are Good, Eight are Better

At the recently completed EMO Hannover, the multi-spindle builder Index, headquartered in Esslingen, Germany, unveiled its new eight-spindle, CNC automatic production lathe.

Workholding 17 Nov 2011

Rotary Tables Take Machining to a New Level

To get more capability from a machining center, adding a fourth axis via a rotary table is a cost-effective way to produce multiple face workpieces more easily and quickly.