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Accuracy Of Grinding Cell Eliminates Selective Assembly Of Bearings
Following a sustained period of growth, 600 Group subsidiary Gamet Bearings has invested in a new grinding cell to increase capacity, improve bearing accuracy, reduce costs and improve both process consistency and customer satisfaction.
Read MoreIf Invited, Go
Open house, customer appreciation day, grand opening (or re-opening), technology fair—these events go by many names. Don’t pass them up.
Read MoreSwitzerland Is Learning To Be Lean
Earlier this year, visited a cross section of metalworking manufacturing companies in Switzerland to find out how they are meeting the challenge of globally competitive manufacturing.
Read MoreA Picture To Ponder
She comes in every day—in fact, she never misses a day. When she’s there, she works hard, paying attention to the duties of her job.
Read MoreA New Approach To Critical Fluid Maintenance
Today, viscosity can be measured precisely by a sensor device that is immersed directly under a stream of fluid or mounted in the fluid tank or pipeline. In simplified terms, the sensor uses sound waves that lose energy when emitted along surfaces of a quartz crystal in contact with the fluid.
Read MoreNot The Norm—For Now
"The Hard-Milling Imperative" is meant to focus on this technique and its value to moldmaking. However, Hard Milling Solutions, the shop that is discussed in this article, is unusual and interesting for several other reasons.
Read MoreNo Wires, No Worries
A wireless network can operate safely and effectively in a hostile shop floor environment, as the experience of this welding and machining company shows. Interference from other sources of radio waves can be avoided by installing suitable data access point hardware. Data security can be established with encryption and other techniques.
Read MoreSTEP NC—The End Of G-Codes?
In the not-too-distant future, the only machine tool input you'll need is a Web page.
Read MoreTwo Environmental Directives To Note
Not long ago, directives issued by governmental bodies outside the United States were often safely ignored by manufacturers in this country. Today, U.S. companies have to pay attention to laws and regulations coming from other countries because non-compliance may keep products made here out of key emerging markets.
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The Hard Milling Imperative
Hard milling allows mold components to be machined in the hardened state, thus skipping several expensive and time-consuming processes such as electrical discharge machining and hand polishing.
Read MoreMeasuring Tool Length For Micron Accuracy
Measuring the length of the cutting tool in the spindle is critical.
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