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October, 2002
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One tool, one pass for four operations
A single thread-milling tool is making short work of drilling operations by threading, chamfering, and spot facing in one pass. According to developer Emuge Corp., Northborough, Mass., shops using...
Tech Trends
Accurate and rugged shop-floor CMM
Carl Zeiss IMT Corp., Maple Grove, Minnesota, has introduced the new shop-floor CenterMax Production Measuring Center. To meet the increasing need for adaptable measuring and inspection in the...
Estimating jobs more effectively
Auto feature recognition (AFR) technology gives Machine Shop Estimating (MSE) software from Micro Estimating Systems, New Berlin, Wis., more power to analyze parts to be cut by mills and lathes. It...
Gage and burn the exact surface finish
Poco Graphite's series of plastic EDM surface-finish gages lets moldmakers and their customers select desired EDM finishes. Gages show up to 16 sample finishes per side, with each finish created...
Industrial distribution e-commerce summit
Cost reduction in the industrial-distribution chain was the topic at a summit on electronic commerce collaboration in the MROP Industrial Channel held in Cleveland at the Weatherhead School of...
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CNC grinding slashes shop's delivery time
By switching to CNC grinders, Moeller Manufacturing Co. of Plymouth, Mich., now produces and delivers virtually any punch from solid within three days of a customer order. The shop, which...
CNC lathes cut cycle times
Wellington Engineering of Hayes in Middlesex, England, is a subcontractor serving the medical, automotive, and general-engineering industries. It is constantly producing wide ranges of components in...
Old CMM adapts to new automated cell
After installing an automated cell consisting of part-handling robots and six machining centers to produce engine flywheels, Daco Inc., North Aurora, Ill., realized that its part-inspection process...
One lathe does the work of two
Two manual lathes were no longer efficient for producing form ties at Dayton Richmond Concrete Accessories of Dayton, Ohio. Form ties, one of the company's major products, are used at the base and/or...
Pallet system serves multiple machines
Instead of choosing separate, conventional pallet pools to supply work to its two Giddings & Lewis 31.5-in.-cube horizontal machining centers, Parker Hannifin's Ostego, Mich., plant opted for a...
Software increases aerospace production
BAE Systems of Filton, U.K., was already doing everything it could to meet Airbus's increasing demand for aluminum A-frames. Material for the parts arrived on a JIT basis — preblocked, skimmed,...
