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Paradigm Precision makes three acquisitions to launch company

A newly formed company has made three acquisitions and has set up operations to produce complex machined components for the aerospace, industrial gas, and turbine markets.

A Healthy Switch

Allied machine & engineering corp.

Are you flying blind?

Modern machine shops, like Today's aircraft, need instrumentation to keep flying.

Brawny Milling Cutters get small

Small-diameter tools extend the capabilities of tangential milling beyond slabbing.

Cincinnati Tyrolit

Exair corp.

Faro Technologies Inc.

Greenleaf Corporation

Haas Automation

How Long Will Toolholders Last?

How long a tool keeps position depends on the fit between its toolholder and spindle.

Hydromat Inc.

INDEX Corporation

Iscar Metals, Inc.

Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.

Peter Wolters of America

Sandvik Coromant displayed technology advances at EMO and beyond

Sandvik Coromant introduced a wide range of new tools at the EMO Hannover 2007 show under a listing of nearly 30 product categories that were part of its EMO exhibition.

The NanoSteel Company patents welding material for hardfacing

You can get cad training for as little as $25

Problems with the carbon tax

Borescopes provide insight to burr problem

Grinder cuts cycle times to the bone

Machine controls optimize cell performance

Shop snaps up milled marking stamps

Numerical Control Computer Sciences (NCCS)

Motoman Inc.

mk Automation Inc.

Mitsubishi Laser

Metronics Inc.

MAG Fadal

MAG Cincinnati

Lincoln Electric Company

Leica Geosystems Inc.

Kerk Motion Products Inc.

Flow International Corp.

Dunkley International Inc.

DP Technology Corp.

Delcam Inc.

Columbia Marking Tools

Simple modifications for sawing tough parts

Here are a few simple modifications that make horizontal bandsaws easier to use, especially when it comes to cutting angles and dealing with tough-to-hold parts.

Oil a stuck bushing

2008 Machining competition coming up