TOOLING

Bone plates
Workholding

Workholding Advantages Of Barstock

Barstock is versatile raw material. It’s easily held, easily fed and has significant capacity for many parts per bar. Usually we think of barstock and bar feeders in relation to turning machines. What about applying the advantages of automatically fed barstock to a vertical machining center?

Thread whirling cutter,
Cutting Tools

Thread Whirling On The Subspindle

The screw machine industry, not surprisingly, started out making screws. Then, screw machines were used to make almost everything but screws—electrical components, aerospace fasteners, plumbing connections and thousands of other kinds of parts.

Coolant Delivering Drill
Cutting Tools

Small-Diameter Coolant Drills

The CrazyDrill Cool line of coolant drills are designed for applications requiring deep, accurately drilled holes for very small diameters.

Programs being transmitted from Rortary Indexing System
Workholding

Rotary Indexing System Offers Wireless Program

Hardinge Inc.-Workholding Div. has configured its all-digital 5C rotary indexing system with infrared (IR) "send and receive," which is said to elevate program control and editing to new levels. This capability uses handheld computers with a Pocket PC operating system.

John Sandvik
Workholding

Productivity Increases With Automatic Short-Load Bar Feeder

This company was skeptical about replacing its 12-foot bar feeders with an automatic, short-load system until it tested one manufacturer's system.

Top Automazioni
Bar Feeders

One Guide Channel, No Spindle Liners

It’s only 5 years old, but bar feed manufacturer Top Automazioni is growing fast. On a recent visit to the company headquarters in Italy, I found out first hand how technology has developed faster change-over of bar feeders and how it is fueling demand.

Coolant-through
Cutting Tools

Coolant-Through Turning Toolholders Deliver Increased Performance And Tool Life

It should be obvious to anyone who has ever washed a driveway or patio with a garden hose: For the best results, you must keep the stream of water precisely where it's needed. The same principle applies to delivering coolant to the cutting zone.
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Compared Tapping Speeds
Cutting Tools

Fast Taps For Today's CNC Machines

Emuge Corp. (Northborough, Massachusetts), has expanded its line of Full-Speed taps with ten new styles, each available in 20 different sizes, in both inch and millimeter.

Multistage cleaning
Turning Machines

Boning Up On Thread Whirling's Advantages

Thread whirling attachments installed on this bone screw maker's Swiss screw machines prove to be just the right prescription for the company's mix of screw sizes and run quantities.

serration operation
Cutting Tools

Serrating On The Lathe

如果你是其中的一个公司做切削细齿separate operation, you’ll be pleased to learn that there is now a serration shave tool that enables you to perform the serrating as just another operation on your CNC lathe.