MMS Blog

Basics 3 Jun 2016

Webinar: Quality Management Systems for Additive Manufacturing

A free webinar on June 14 will discuss how to modify quality management systems to suit additive manufacturing applications.

Toolholders 2 Jun 2016

Inside Haimer’s Expanded North American Headquarters

The company’s shrink-fit, balancing and tooling technologies are on display in a new 25,000 square-foot facility.

Automation 1 Jun 2016

Machining Critical Crane Components

By investing in a new horizontal machining center with a two-axis head and a six-station pallet pool, this crane OEM is making critical components for telescopic booms in one setup and running lights-out.

Workholding 1 Jun 2016

Shop Favors Different Flavor of Five-Axis Technology

Campbell Engineering benefits from a new twist on the tombstone workholding concept, which enables one of its HMCs to perform 3+2 machining to reduce scrap while supporting the higher-volume needs of its medical customers.

Five-Axis 1 Jun 2016

Constant-Chip-Load Machining Yields a Better Tool Path

With its in-house R&D program, this aerospace shop seeks to be a leader, not a follower, on the path to innovation in advanced manufacturing. Finding and embracing a better way to generate tool paths for highly efficient and economical metal removal is a prime example of the value of this program.

CAD/CAM 1 Jun 2016

An Improved Method for Machining Blisks

A software designer and a tool maker collaborate on a system for machining blisks that focuses on the point of contact between the workpiece and the cutting tool.

Vertical Machining Centers 1 Jun 2016

How Steinway Machines Its Pianos

A custom-designed five-axis dual process CNC router allows a piano builder to machine a critical part more quickly, retaining the quality of tone for which it is known.