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August, 2005
Editorial
How well do you fit into the extended enterprise?
In retrospect, Materials Resource Planning (MRP) software may not have been the best thing that ever happened to manufacturing.
Features
Do you know where your axis slide is?
Accurate axis positioning depends on whether it's measured with rotary or linear encoders.
Manufacturing pays the bills, but shipping keeps the customers
That's why Vanamatic Co. switched to a new ERP system: To ensure customers would get what exactly what they ordered.
Tech Trends
CAD/CAM gets Ukraine plant ready for vehicle production
Thanks to CAD/CAM software, a Ukrainian auto plant quickly got tooling for a vehicle waiting to go into mass production.
Caution to rule future machine tool purchases
The president of the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA) warned in the U.S.
Excess burden of "overhead costs" on U.S. manufacturers
According to the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, external overhead costs add at least 22% to the unit labor costs of U.S. manufacturers (nearly $5.00/hr worked) relative to their major foreign...
Handheld insulation testing
Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash., offers a multimeter that combines two frequently used, bulky testing tools into one compact tool.
New president for Mori Seiki U.S.A.
Mori Seiki U.S.A. Inc., Dallas, has promoted Thomas R. Dillon to president.
Plasma heat-treat process in further development
Two heating-treating-system manufacturers will further develop a reported quick and efficient plasma heating technology by an automotive-component producer.
Cutting Tool Digest
Cutting-tool business combo
Titex and Prototyp cutting-tool product areas within Sandvik Tooling, Sandviken, Sweden, are combined into one organization.
Drill-bit holder
The Bit Buddy, from Huot Manufacturing, St. Paul, is a clip-on drill index holding 29 drills.
Indexable milling cutters for aluminum
A luminator indexable milling cutters from Ingersoll Cutting Tools, Rockford, Ill., are for heavy roughing and fine finishing aluminum at both low and high-speeds.
Insert geometry for difficult materials
A new cutting edge geometry (F27) for the indexable insert portfolio for F4033 Xtra.tec face-milling cutters from Walter AG, Tubingen, Germany, machines difficult workpieces such as cast iron with...
Machine tool sales consolidation
The sales activities of Bourn & Koch Inc., Rockford, Ill., have been consolidated with those of Star SU LLC, Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Milling inserts tackle array of applications
Fifty-nine new insert styles in grade T350M from Seco-Carboloy, Warren, Mich., are for operations in soft to medium high-alloy steels and free-cutting difficult-to-machine stainless steels.
Milling-tool catalog
Cat05 from Lovejoy Tool Co., Springfield, Vt., guides the selection of milling tools, as well as machining parameters.
Tool graphics and master-data software
The TDM Data and Graphic Generator from TDM Systems GmbH, Chula Vista, Calif., creates master data and 2D/3D images of turning tools with ISO and CAPTO specifications.
Toolholder catalog
A toolholder catalog from T.M. Smith International Corp., Mt. Clemens, Mich., includes the company's Shrinker, HSK, and special toolholders, along with its line of quick-change drilling and tapping...
Tooling website
Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp., Mountain Home, N.C., has updated its website with information on the company's insert grades and its turning, grooving, milling, and toolholder products.
Government Matters
Are machine tools important to our national security?
Apparently, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is not concerned about the health of the manufacturing technology industry.
Law and Liability
Contract interference and stealing trade secrets rejected
In 1996, Predrag Vukovich worked for International Magnaproducts Inc. (IMI), an Indiana company that sells industrial magnets and owned by Donald Coleman.
Carpal-tunnel syndrome not job related
In 1992, Jeanette Bass worked for Morganite Inc. in North Carolina as a brush inspector.
Casebooks
Castings help shop weather prototype project
Honeywell Aerospace Electronic Systems (AES) needed aluminum pedestals for its RDR 4000 antenna weather-radar system in eight weeks.
Free loaders let shop do more with less
Operators easily handle running two grinders each at Rocket Supply.
GM relies on software for the perfect fit
When engineers at General Motors want to ensure various car-body panels fit together properly or find out why not, they often consult the Design Check and Vehicle Assessment team at the Warren...
New Equipment
Interchangeable Boring Systems
Criterion Machine Works Cri-Tip modular boring systems work with other manufacturers' modular boring systems such as Komet and Big Kaiser.
Program Multitasking Machines
The latest version of DP Technology's Esprit CAM software includes preconfigured and factorytested functions for programming multitasking machines by Mori Seiki, Citizen, Emco Maier, Mazak, and...
View Multiple Setups Via Software
Enhancements to CG Tech's Vericut, Version 6 machine simulation and optimization software include a project tree that lets operators view and configure multiple setups.
Measuring Machines Sport Interfaces
E. Zoller GmbH & Co.'s Genius 3 and Genius 3 Micro universal measuring machines come with automatic measuring and Numrotoplus interfaces.
Graphite Holds Complex Shapes
Poco Graphite USA's Ultrafine graphite grades easily fabricate into complex mold shapes and hold cavity details.
Crankshaft Grinder Uses Two Wheelheads
Erwin Junker Maschinenfabrik's Jucrank 6000 pin-chasing, crankshaft grinder, which produces truck and heavy-duty cranks, accommodates two independent CBN wheelheads for grinding two main or pin...
Gear Cutter Sports Special Column
Gleason Corp.'s Phoenix II 600HC bevel-gear-cutting machine sports a special monolithic column.
Controls for 5-Axis Machining
Added functions to GE Fanuc's Series 30i and 31i controllers provide precision and improved productivity for 5-axis machining.
Cutters Flip Open For Spotfacing
FlipCut back-spotfacing and chamfering tools by Cogsdill Tool Products Inc.
End Mills Provide Balanced Cuts
Iscar Metals Ltd. Finishred end mills offer variable power-consumption tooth geometries with special chip-evacuation capabilities.
HMCS Pack Features
EC-500 HMCs from Haas Automation feature 813 508 711-mm work areas, dual pallet changers
Inserts Tackle Steel
With carbide substrates and multilayer coatings, Walter AG's Tiger•tec Steel indexable inserts for turning steel reportedly extend tool life, increase productivity, and improve process security.
Machine Makes Precise Parts
Makino's Hyper2J micromachining center meets the needs of prototyping shops and research institutes manufacturing precise and detailed parts such as medical instruments, semi-conductor devices, and...
Machines are Driven
Mori Seiki's NV1500 DCG VMC and NH8000 DCG HMC use the company's Driven at the Center of Gravity
Practical Ideas
Hob conversions
My idea is converting two-radius-arc, side-profile, teeth-roughing hobs to trapezoidal profilers which have the same pitch.
Idea counters gaging predicament
I came up with my idea while trying to check counterbore depths from a cast part surface.
