Machine Tools

Machining Centers & Milling Machines 17 Jul 2013

Digital Dental Prosthesis Production

Digital dental technologies are helping to transform every aspect of the dental industry. The days of tedious, manual production of crowns, copings and bridges are fast disappearing.

Automation 17 Jul 2013

Smart Machining Centers

These days, precision machine shops are often looking to expand the range of work they can take on profitably. It is not enough, in many instances, to be exclusively a turning shop.

Grinding 17 Jul 2013

Another Look at Precision Grinding

Often a little ingenuity on the shop floor leads to the most efficient solution. One shop owner developed an effective approach to delivering a burr-free, tight-tolerance part.

Single & Multi-Spindles 19 Jun 2013

It still amazes me how small some of the parts can be in our industry. Although it looks like it might be just a chip, this medical component has an 8-thousandths hole through it with four mills along the sides.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes 14 Jun 2013

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.

Basics 12 Jun 2013

Repeatability with Heavy-Duty Vertical Turning

Developments in vertical turning technology, such as multitasking functionality, have further increased these machines' relevance.

Grinding 12 Jun 2013

Tool Grind Workholding System Limits Runout

Precision manufacturing requires minimal tool runout, but the amount of runout that is acceptable can be dependent on part tolerances and is often related to the size of the tool.

Turn-Mills 11 Jun 2013

Consolidating CAM Software Cuts Programming Time

At Trillium Machine Inc., there’s no room for thinking within the comfy confines of “the box,” working in the “comfort zone,” or refusing to try the untried.

Turn-Mills 5 Jun 2013

Mazak Event Targets Aerospace, Medical

While in the area for EASTEC last month, I attended Mazak Corporation’s “Discover More with Mazak” event at its Northeast Technology Center in Windsor Locks, Conn. The 3-day event highlighted a lineup of the company’s manufacturing systems.