Mark Albert

Mark Albert Editor Emeritus

Machining Titanium for Today’s Advanced Aircraft

Several Global Titanium Day attendees were chosen to take flight in a reproduction of the Wright Brothers Model B Military Flyer.

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This Caught My Eye at Eastec

The climate for new investment in metalworking equipment is starting to heat up—at least that seems to be the evidence at the Eastec show, which ran May 25-27 at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Likelihood of Buying Capital Equipment Grows

The latest “30-second survey” conducted by Modern Machine Shop shows that 20 percent of respondents say they are very likely to buy capital equipment in the next 12 months.

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Timing Is(n’t) Everything

There’s no good or bad timing. Moving ahead is the thing.

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Improving Machine Tool Accuracy with Volumetric Compensation

The Etalon LaserTRACER from Optical Gaging Products, Inc. is designed to make it simpler and faster to measure and compensate for changes in accuracy throughout a machine’s volume.

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Oil & Gas

Removing Unwanted Oil—in Coolant or in the Gulf

This floating oil skimmer uses Abanaki’s Fuzzy2 to more effectively collect oil from the surface of open waters.

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BIG Kaiser Hosts Grand Opening of its new Headquarters

Click on the photo above for highlights of the ribbon cutting and building tour.

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Solving a Sticky Workholding Issue

Workholding on a CNC router can be a challenge because vacuum plates or tables have limitations.

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Workholding

Holding Small Parts for Effective Machining on a CNC Router

A non-woven porous material with a special coating enables vacuum chucks and tables to hold sheets of metal and other materials more effectively on CNC routing machines. The material, called Vilmill, is used as a substrate between the sheet or plate material to be machined and a suitable vacuum table or vacuum chuck where it is held securely in place by the vacuum.

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Discover More at the Tabletops

Details about this application of a honing process suitable for use on machining center were part of a tabletop display at a Mazak customer event.

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Die/Mold

Finished Molds Overnight

In the highly competitive athletic footwear market, moving from concept to design to production at breathtaking speed is imperative. Fast and efficient five-axis machining is a key accelerator in this process.

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Shifting Gears--Again?

“Do we really want to be making pots and pans in this country again?” I asked. He looked me straight in the eye and asked: “Why not?”

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