BANDSAW BLUNDERS: HOW THEY CUT BLADE LIFE
Ron Saxon and David Rosing of Simonds International reveal the top five sawing mistakes . . . and how to prevent them.
Metal Cutting
METAL CUTTING ARTICLES
SURGICAL PRECISION:
How Advanced Technology Meets the Close Tolerances Needed for Medical Tools
Because the medical manufacturing market is more competitive than ever before, the search is on for new ways to perform more reliable, faster and more cost effective precision cutting of complex medical instruments made of exotic materials. Here is a closer look at how some of the latest developments in advanced technologies from Miyachi Unitek, Haas, and Rego-Fix are meeting these needs.
CNC: IT’S ALL ABOUT NETWORKING.
LET ME EXPLAIN . . .
Competitive Edge: Randy Pearson of Siemens Industry explains how machine control can now provide data to every department in the shop, multiple facility companies, even outside partners, to keep everyone “in the know”.
METAL CUTTING INDUSTRY NEWS
MAG’s Global Automotive Business Achieves Record Growth
Innovative machining technology, significant growth rates, bookings and backlog cap a year of extraordinary strength in Asian markets and growth in the Americas and Europe.
D&S Manufacturing Gets New HMC to Meet Demand
The plant purchases a Toyoda FH1250SX horizontal machining center to expand its machining envelope, reduce part changeover, and reduce overall cost to its customers.
Jet Edge Appoints Regional Sales Manager
Ben Callahan is now responsible for waterjet equipment sales and application support in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
METAL CUTTING PRODUCTS
The latest advances in abrasive waterjet technology from OMAX, Knuth Machine Tools, Jet Edge, Techni Waterjet, Flow International could help reduce your operating costs by making your cutting processes more competitive.
FABTECH 2011 exhibited CO2, Nd-YAG and fiber optics lasers used to cut, scribe and engrave mild steel, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, exotics, plastics, fabrics and other materials. Now our Show-in-Print brings some of those laser systems and consumables to you!
SUPERABRASIVE FINISHING SOLUTIONS FOR GRINDING, HONING, LAPPING, POLISHING
These systems from Engis Corporation produce more consistent surface finishes and more predictable removal rates, which in turn help achieve higher quality, lower reject rates and improved per-piece finishing costs.
METAL CUTTING COMMENTARY
