Chris Koepfer

Chris Koepfer Editor Emeritus

Basics

Hard Turning with Inverted Vertical Turning Centers

When it comes to the machining of hardened surfaces, hard turning is a particularly efficient solution that, compared with grinding, offers a radical reduction of machining times and investment costs.

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Halfway Through

While we can’t be as optimistic about much of the rest of the world at this time, we can take solace in the fact, relatively speaking, we are doing pretty well.

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Coming Attractions

I recently returned from a trip to tooling manufacturer PH Horn.

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Mark Your Calendar: Amerimold and More

On June 12-13, the moldmaking industry comes together at the Donald E. Stevens Center in Rosemont, Ill. Yes, it’s Amerimold 2013, and this year’s edition promises to be the best ever.

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Got turning? Get the book!

ATI Stellram’s new Turning Products Catalog includes the latest inch and metric product offerings.

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Ganesh Opens its East Coast Technical Center

To better serve its growing customer base east of the Mississippi River, Ganesh Machinery recently cut the ribbon on its newest Technical Center.

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Taking Water Reuse to the Next Level

As municipalities around the country are tightening water discharge limits, companies are facing increased operating costs because of the higher costs of water.

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Untied

Way back when I first entered the workforce, my level of work put me squarely in the ranks of blue collar.

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A First for DMG/Mori Seiki USA

DMG/Mori Seiki USA President, Mark Mohr, and Chief Learning Officer, Rod Jones, accept the NIMS accreditation certificate at the company’s Innovation Days.  At its recent Innovation Days in Chicago, DMG/Mori Seiki USA announced that its training center, DMG/Mori Seiki University (DMSU) is the latest addition to the network of National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS)-accredited training programs.

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Automation

A Show of Their Own

Held the second week of April, HaasTec included machine demonstrations, extensive tours of Haas Automation’s 1 million-square-foot facility, a catered lunch, and 38 vendor booths with representatives from major CAD/CAM, tooling, and workholding manufacturers.

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Good’O for Delcam’s CEO

Earlier in 2013, Delcam’s chief executive, Clive Martell, was named CEO of the Year at the Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards, sponsored by Growth Company Investor.

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Mobile Device App Acts as Sales Tool

Swiss precision cutting tool manufacturer, Rego-Fix (Indianapolis, Ind.), recently announced that its sales force has been equipped with a new mobile device application that allows for instant calculation of ROI, product specifications, pricing, video demonstrations and more to improve the resources available to its customers.

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