Machines
Weiler Abrasives Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The company now has 1,300 employees across eight different countries, but it still does business with its first 1944 customer.
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Weldcote C-Prime Flap Discs Avoid Discoloration, Workpiece Deformation
Weldcote Metals, a division of Zika Group, has introduced its line of C-Prime and C-Prime Plus ceramic flap discs.
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Studer S131R Grinds Hard Materials Typical of Dies
United Grinding’s Studer S131R, a radius internal cylindrical grinding machine, is well-suited for making dies out of hard materials such as tungsten carbide and ceramics.
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In Lights-Out Machining, Part Loading Is Not the Problem — Here is How This Shop Handles Unloading
Correct unloading of the parts affects part quality as well as the capacity of the unattended machining system. Here is more of the experience from our “168” shop.
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Data-Driven Manufacturing Scales Down
An automatic gaging station demonstrates the potential of shopfloor connectivity at the level of the individual machine tool.
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May 2019 Product Spotlight: Machining Centers
This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on machining centers of varying capacities and configurations.
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Omax Promotes General Manager and VP of Sales
Omax now has a new general manager and vice president of sales.
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Tornos Introduces Larger-Capacity Version of SwissNano
Tornos now offers a larger-capacity 7-mm SwissNano model for precision turning, drilling, cutting, deburring, roughing and finishing operations.
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Hurco's BX40Ui Five-Axis Machining Center Features Versatile CNC
Hurco’s double-column BX40Ui five-axis machining center is equipped with a trunnion table mounted along the Y axis for performance and flexibility.
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Running Unattended at Night Lets Machine Shop Serve New Customers During Day
Precision Tool Technologies found capacity for diversification not by adding machines, people or space, but by freeing up time. Running unattended—running so it can machine through all 168 hours in the week—has enabled this shop to use hours when staff is present to deliver work that lands outside its established specialty. To achieve unattended machining, some of the biggest challenges have related to basic details such as chips and coolant.
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