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Grinding Options for Dental Burrs and Rotary Instruments
Equipment to grind dental burrs continues to evolve. Here are five options for grinding these types of workpieces.
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Tips for Choosing the Right Toolholder for High-Speed Machining
Here is some advice for shops hoping to maximize their efficiency performing high-speed milling operations.
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Video Tech Brief: Twin-Turret, Twin-Spindle Lathe Machining
This machine model features roller linear ways to accommodate low-frequency vibration technology to minimize chip size.
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When CNC G-Code Programming Is a Must
In some cases, G-code programming is preferred over conversational programming, although they can be complementary processes.
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What’s Your Mission (Statement)?
Company mission statements fail when they’re too wordy, overly detailed or directed toward the wrong audience. If that describes yours, perhaps a revision is in order.
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Tooth Flank Grinding Technology Minimizes EV Drive Noise
Drives for electric vehicles require gear components with tight tolerances and excellent surface finishes. Even minimal ripples in the surface of tooth flanks on shafts and gears can cause interference noise in drive performance.
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Video Tech Brief: CNC Screw Machines a Solution for Overcoming Labor Shortages
CNC screw machines can exceed job shop productivity and enable manufacturers to overcome perpetual employment gaps.
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Rotary Transfer Technology Becoming More Flexible
This rotary transfer machine platform, which enables shops to reconfigure equipment to change over to new jobs as needed, is said to be effective for batch sizes of only 50 parts.
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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.
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Video Tech Brief: Three Lathe Turrets Machining Simultaneously
At PMTS 2023, Spinner North America explains that having three turrets cutting at the same time in a CNC lathe can significantly reduce cycle times while offering better utilization of a machine shop’s cutting resources.
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Manufacturer Mulls Long Versus Short Bar Feeder
A manufacturer of gears and gear assemblies decided four-foot magazine bar feeders made more sense than 12-foot, single-barrel bar feeders.
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Cutting Tool Considerations for Hydraulic Port Machining
Indexable insert cutting tools can boost the efficiency of port machining processes by creating multiple features in a single operation.
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