Machines

EDM

Installing That First EDM

This shop did it right. Their experiences provide useful guidelines for successfully installing a wire machine in a shop new to EDM.

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Die/Mold

Mold Shop Eases Into 3D Machining

Converting a shop from a 2D to a 3D machining environment is always a major undertaking, but the right equipment can make the transition easier.

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Minimizing Parts And Designing Components Solves Several Needs

Milltronics Manufacturing Company, a CNC (computerized numerical controls) machine tool builder located in Waconia, Minnesota, is a major manufacturer and marketer of high quality, cost effective machining centers, toolroom and bridge mills and toolroom lathes sold both in the United States and abroad.

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EDM

From Wire To Ram EDM With Success

Find out here how this Windsor, Ontario, job shop made a big move to ram EDM successfully.

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EDM

EDM Market Dictates New Machine's Features

Japanese EDM builder Sodick is introducing a new wire EDM model to the U.S. market at this year's Westec show in March, 1998.

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EDM

Anti-Electrolysis Is Pro EDM

A new breed of power generators for wire EDMs has options for reducing, even eliminating, one of the unwanted side effects of this very versatile metalcutting process.

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Let There Be Lights

Austin, Texas is home to High End Systems, Inc. They design, manufacture and distribute lighting systems used worldwide in the entertainment industry and for architectural applications.

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Mapping Your Way To Five-Axis Machining

The right route starts with the workpiece, but there are many other considerations.

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Grinding

Manufacturing Molds

CNC surface grinding is a critical component of this shop's systematic approach in the manufacturing of multicavity molds to extremely high tolerances.

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Grinding

What Is Single Point OD Grinding?

Two enabling technologies -- superabrasive wheels and high precision servo control -- come together to provide a contour grinding process that resembles an OD turning operation. For many medium volume OD grinding applications, this method may be a means to consolidate several manufacturing steps into a single setup.

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