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Custom Holder Keeps Needle Maker on Point
One department at Phoenix Medical Products (Mountain City, Tenn. ) is devoted entirely to needle design, production, sterilization and packaging, as this work has a unique set of challenges and all the concerns of any machine shop that does work for the medical market.
Read MoreDecember 2009 News
Sales Organization RestructuredDave Lucius is the new VP of sales at Methods Machine Tools and will oversee the entire North American sales organization. He was previously the company’s VP, national distribution.
Read MoreMicro-Drilling Calls for Considerations
“Tiny” usually comes to mind when the term “micro” is used. So it is easy to assume that micromachining equates to very small parts found in the medical and electronics manufacturing industries.
Read MoreTool Monitoring: A Must for ‘Lights Out’
Untended, lights-out manufacturing is often the goal for machine shops. To do this effectively, while producing quality parts, a reliable monitoring system must be in place to prevent tool crashing and breakage and ensure proper part transfer.
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Turn-Mill Machines Turn a Shop's Situation Around
It often takes seeing a machine in action to conjure up a solution to a shop’s problem. This was the case for Steve Walters, an engineer at TriContinent Scientific Inc.
Read MoreHard Turning Isn’t Hard
For shops looking for a viable and cost-effective alternative to grinding without sacrificing efficiency or quality, hard turning is worth consideration.
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Collets Offer Quality Consistency
Quality consistency is a crucial characteristic to have for a shop to succeed. Producing such work for customers requires quality consistency inside the shop as well, including everything from shop management to the machines’ tooling and workholding.
Read MoreWipe Away Rough Surfaces
Not only do wiper inserts accomplish smooth surfaces—and if the material allows, they will eliminate a grinding operation—but these additional radii are also designed to double the feed rates of roughing and semi-finishing operations while achieving the specified surface finishes.
Read MoreSeptember 2009 News
Citizen, AMT Machine Systems, CNC Engineering, Kennebec, ZPS and Tooling U are covered in this edition of news.
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One-Part Solution With Huge Payoff
Machine shops prioritize different challenges daily, but some challenges are more critical than others. Precise Products Corporation (Minneapolis) was faced with a challenge when one of its original customers asked the company to reduce the cost of a family of parts or risk losing the job.
Read MoreGang Tooling Offers Increased Productivity
Gang tooling is a tooling method for CNC lathes in which multiple tools are chambered on a toolholder that is controlled by a cross slide*. Rather than being indexed, as on a turret lathe, the slide repositions as each tool is engaged in the tooling sequence.
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