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Maximize Machine Performance with Dual-Contact Tooling

At high spindle speed rotation, a machine spindle will expand outward due to centrifugal force and heat. Due to this effect, a conventional tool holder without simultaneous fit will be pulled into the spindle and may even become locked in place when the spindle stops. However, with face and taper contact of
BIG-PLUS, the tool [...]

2009 04 08 Jamie General Metalworking Comments (11)

U.S. Manufacturing is Much More Than Making Cars

Recent media reports have singled out the automotive industry as the U.S.’s main manufacturing sector, relaying the pessimistic outlook of the Big Three’s tribulations. While the automotive industry has taken a dramatic hit, the positive and necessary growth of aerospace, medical and energy industries is not in the media foreground. Many areas of the [...]

2009 01 07 Erin General Metalworking Comments (0)

It takes precision to make precision

If you need to manufacture a boring tool that will hold tolerance to the micron level, it follows that you need a pretty sophisticated manufacturing and inspection process to produce it. But to see it first hand is something else. I had the good fortune to make a visit to the
Kaiser manufacturing facility in [...]

2008 07 31 scott General Metalworking Comments (0)

High Speed Roughing Aluminum 6061 T6

High Speed material removal with minimal raising
This is a video of a roughing application that is running at above 500 ipm. And yes, we can hold extreme accuracy at this speed too. If you want to compete with low cost labor, you need to embrace high speed machining. It is a complex science, but with [...]

2008 05 07 scott Comments (1)

High Speed Inconel Cutting

For anyone out there cutting hard materials, this is a video you should check out. I’ve seen jaws drop when people observe the speed of this cut. This is 718
Inconel being
machined at 80 inches per minute with a surface footage of 4,000. most people are cutting this at 50 about sfm. If you [...]

2008 05 06 scott Comments (0)

A conversation starter

Metal cutting technologies continue to advance in ways that push the physical limits of metal cutting applications. High-speed applications have the potential to transform the way many products are produced, eliminating entire steps in the process, compressing the development time and dramatically reducing the cost to manufacture.
However, there is a knowledge gap that prevents most [...]

2008 05 06 scott General Metalworking Comments (0)