Holemaking
Video: Horizontal Boring Mill Turns 23-Foot-Diameter Part
This shop leverages large-scale multitasking machines. Learn why, and see one of its horizontal boring mills turning a terribly big mining industry part.
Read More
Heavy-Duty Mill/Drill Features Power Feed
Grizzly’s G0755 heavy-duty gear-head mill/drill features a motorized headstock elevation travel on a dovetail-way column for improved movement accuracy and increased rigidity.
Read More
BTA Drilling Machine for Deep-Hole Applications
Available from Absolute Machine Tools, Zagar’s Precihole BTA deep-hole drilling machines are offered in four models with spindle powers of 22, 37, 71 or 115 kW.
Read More
Collet Blocks for Multiple-Part Machining
Hardinge offers pneumatic and hydraulic collet blocks for milling, drilling, grinding, inspection and assembly applications.
Read More
Spindle Head Attachment Adds Five-Axis Capabilities
Tri-Tech Precision Products will demonstrate its Model 5414-R4 programmable five-axis spindle head attachment, designed to attach to virtually any three-axis CNC milling center for true simultaneous five-axis milling, drilling and grinding.
Read More
Video: Music by Modulation
M4 Sciences makes a device that uses modulation-assisted machining to prevent chips from binding during deep drilling. Called “TriboMAM,” the system oscillates the drill in and out of the cut 1,000 times per second.
Watch
Tap Improves Thread Quality
The Walter Prototyp Paradure short-chip blind-hole tap from Walter USA is designed to increase process reliability and quality when tapping long-chipping, high-tensile-strength steels.
Read More
Metalworking Fluids and Machining
Blaser Swisslube uses its technology center in Switzerland to conduct tests that mimic the real-world work its customers perform. Here’s an example of an optimized drilling process.
Read More
Tap Series for Cast Iron, Aluminum
OSG Tap & Die offers additional tap sizes ranging from M16 to M24 in its Exotap-DC series.
Read More
Precision-Finish Boring Head for High-Speed Spindles
Big Kaiser’s EWN 04-7 series of precision-finish boring heads are designed for use on micro-milling machines with high-speed spindles such as HSK-E25, E32 or E40.
Read More
