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The Benefits of a B Axis
We know about the basic XYZ axes on a machine, but what about another axis called a B axis?
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Training for the 'Real World' Provides Unique Opportunities
When students register for continuing education, they don’t typically expect to be signing up with an institution that also offers an in-house staffing service, a NIMS credential program and real world, hands-on training every step of the way to the perfect job.
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Metamorphosis of a Brown & Sharpe Department
This plant needed to maximize machine utilization and decrease labor costs. It began by upgrading its Department 417 Brown & Sharpe single-spindle screw machines.
Read MoreDry Ice Blast Cleaning Promotes Lean and Green Manufacturing
Before the dry ice blasting process came along, many people felt that finding a safe, cost-effective, efficient and user-friendly cleaning process was a challenge.
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Small Changes Yield Big Results
When working day-to-day with the same machines and complex parts, often the little things are overlooked.
Read More5 Advantages of 5-Axis Machining
The advantages of five-axis machining are significant, and include saving time and money, among other things.
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A Soft Landing for Distributor Making Hard Parts
Since opening shop, Avmat has added two NT 4300s and an NZ 2000 for the most difficult work. With Y axis and subspindles on all the turning centers, the NLs, NTs and NZ do about 95 percent of the work, all programmed with GibbsCAM, which Mr. Vander Meyden also uses to program the NV 5000 VMC and Sodick wire EDM.
Read MoreEDM Adds Spark to Metalcutting
Electrical discharge machining (EDM), also known as spark erosion machining, is a nontraditional method of removing metal by a series of rapidly recurring electrical discharges (that are the equivalent of tiny lightning bolts) between an electrode (the cutting tool) and the workpiece in the presence of dielectric fluid.
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Cutting Teeth in the Medical Device Business
A lot of people talk about “cutting their teeth” in a certain business as a way of referring to how they have learned a skill or trade from the ground up.For Marc Stipo, president of High Point Precision Products Inc. in Sussex, N.J., this expression has a slightly more literal meaning.
Read MoreCenterless Grinding Achieves Precision Roundness
Knowing the basics of centerless grinding is an important step to making it a successful operation in your shop.
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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.
Read MoreRotary 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.
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