Articles
What Is Roller Burnishing?
This process enables fast and repeatable finishing of metal surfaces to mirror-like quality, but without removing any metal.
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CNC Provides High-Speed Machining with Accurate Surface Finishes
Westec 2017: The Fagor 8065 CNC is designed for high-performance applications and equipped with features for high-speed machining while maintaining accuracy and surface finish.
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Optimized Milling Strategy for Five-Axis Titanium Blisk Machining
A new finishing strategy using specially designed barrel cutters is said to reduce five-axis titanium blisk machining times by 50 percent.
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LED Light Can Be Adjusted to Focus Where Needed
Westec 2017: Waldmann is featuring its Rocia Focus LED machine.
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Abrasive Belt Machine Reaches Normally Inaccessible Areas
Westec 2017: Dynabrade will feature its Dynafile abrasive belt machine, which is designed to grind, deburr, blend and finish normally inaccessible areas on materials such as metal, plastic, fiberglass and other composites.
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Control Technology Provider Demonstrates How CNC Advances Factory Digitalization
How users and builders of machine tools can benefit from factory digitalization and integration is the main theme of the Siemens booth at EMO 2017. Highlights include enhancements to the company’s Sinumerik CNC software as well as the introduction of MindSphere, a cloud-based platform for hosting applications that enable manufacturing companies to more fully digitalize their operations.
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Modern Machine Shop to Speak About the United States, Mexico at EMO
The German Machine Tool Builders’ Association and Gardner Business Media will co-host presentations about U.S. and Mexican manufacturing for attendees of the international metalworking trade fair in Hannover, Germany.
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Simple Organization
Some might say I'm obsessed with it, but even something as basic as labeling tools can boost your shop’s efficiency and ultimately add to its bottom line.
Read MoreMachines Grind Super Hard Materials
EMO 2017: Agathon will introduce a line of machines designed for super hard materials, including PCD.
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Arcing away from Near-Net Forging
An electrical arc process joins a field of additive manufacturing technologies that could one day provide aerospace manufacturers with alternatives to near-net-shape forgings.
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Making Tooling More Cost Effective
Something as simple as trading standard retention knobs for a longer version could help eliminate bulge in V-flange tooling and the problems associated with it.
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Precision Boring Head Enables Easy and Accurate Adjustment
Westec 2017: Allied Machine & Engineering will be highlighting the Wohlhaupter VarioBore precision boring head.
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