MMS Blog

The Snowed-in Machinist

Much of the country is dealing with snow, blizzards and plummeting temperatures today.

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Turn/Mill

A Role to Remember

The performance of this company’s machine tools for turning and milling large workpieces is critical to applications such as environmental cleanups. Its part in the recent Gulf oil spill was a dramatic example.

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January MBI at 60.2 – Faster Growth Continues

With a reading of 60.2, the MBI showed that the metalworking industry continued its trend of steadily accelerating growth since February 2010.

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Cutting Tools

Video: Safe Shrink-Fit Has Built-in Cooling

The cycle for heating the toolholder also includes water cooling so the toolholder finishes cool.

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Top Shops

Does It Have to Cost Green to Be Green?

We wanted to ask about environmental or “green” initiatives in our “Top Shops” Industry Survey, but in discussing the matter among the MMS staff, we realized that it’s hard to pin down what “green” really means.

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Milling Tools

The 400° Difference

Cryogenic machining achieves dramatic tool life gains not by flooding the cut, but by refrigerating the tool.

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Is There Still Time to Beat the Rush?

When is a good time to invest in new machine tools and other capital equipment?

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Seeing Machining in Japan

DMG/Mori Seiki’s Greg Hyatt, who heads the company’s Machining Technology Laboratory, offers a booth tour for editors during JIMTOF 2010.

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X-Class Machine Tools Offer Affordability, Rigidity, Stability

DMG/Mori Seiki’s X-Class machine line has been designed as a result user feedback on the company’s popular N Series.

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Congratulations Center Rock!

President Obama addresses the nation.

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A Clean Fire Prevention Alternative for Machine Tools

This environmentally friendly fire-extinguishing system does not lead to ozone depletion. Plus, it is said to be ten times more effective in extinguishing fires than halon.

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EDM

EDM Energy Conservation Without the Effort

Most machine tool energy conservation systems simply track power consumption, placing the burden of actually reducing energy use on manufacturers. GF AgieCharmilles aims to change that with the EconoWatt II, an automated system for wire EDM.

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Mastercam
IMTS 2024
Schunk
Let's Tailor a Program Unique to You - Fastenal
CoroMill Plura Ballnose
SGS H-Carb
Horn USA
Hyundai WIA SE2600SY
CoroCut QD