MMS Blog

Turning Tools 20 Oct 2014

Centerline Issues for Turning Inserts

Tooling experts Mike Fagan and David Grant suspect that many programmers and machinists could use a refresher on the importance and effects of insert alignment in turning operations. This short, amply-illustrated paper is their effort to clear up some of the misunderstanding.

17 Oct 2014

Good Housekeeping Identifies Visual Accountability

5S is a systematic process of workplace organization. Here's an overview of the five parts.

17 Oct 2014

Sandvik Coromant Opens Newly Renovated U.S. Headquarters

An event yesterday at Sandvik Coromant's U.S. headquarters in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, celebrated the opening of a new Productivity Center (photo above), part of a now-completed 2-year renovation of this site.

Cutting Tools 16 Oct 2014

A Square Hole for a Square Peg

Putting square and rectangular boxes into wedge-shaped slots in a vending system isn’t the best use of the space. A tambour-style system with rectangular columns and adjustable shelving creates slots that better accommodate items with their packaging.

15 Oct 2014

GF Machining Solutions Opens “Center of Competence” Facility in SoCal

The company’s 106,000-square-foot facility includes machine demonstration space, customer training rooms, and resources for sales, service and applications staff for West Coast customers.

Economics 14 Oct 2014

September 2014 MBI Shows Slowed Expansion

With a reading of 50.9, Gardner’s Metalworking Business Index showed that the industry grew in September for the ninth consecutive month and the 11th time in 12 months, although the rate of expansion was the slowest of 2014.

Metalworking Fluids 10 Oct 2014

Air in Your Favor

Blasting coolant through the spindle and out the end of the cutting tool is a great way to clear chips. Haas Automation’s Through-Tool Air Blast option can be an advantageous alternative.

9 Oct 2014

Made in Milan: Bi-Mu 2014

With new areas devoted to additive manufacturing and machine tool management technologies, Bi-Mu 2014 was a major hit in Milan, Italy.

Economics 7 Oct 2014

August 2014 MBI Growth Rate Accelerates

With a reading of 52.3, the metalworking industry grew in August for the eighth consecutive month and the 10th time in 11 months.

Vertical Machining Centers 6 Oct 2014

OD Turning on a Machining Center

A tool like the one seen here can make it possible to machine precise cylindrical features of an otherwise odd-shaped part to a fine finish without resorting to a lathe.