Milling, turning, grinding, drilling, boring — every process in every shop relies on exceptional material selection and consistently advanced designs for tool, holding devices, inserts, etc.
Today, manufacturers are practical, creative, open to opportunities, and ready to work with the technologies available now. This special report looks at advanced manufacturing technology as it is now, and where it is leading today's manufacturers.
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Tweaking how cutting tools, inserts, and tool holders are selected and managed, and how jobs are set-up, may yield surprising improvements in tooling life, job throughput, and shop-floor efficiency
U.S. manufacturers bought $208.27 million worth of cutting tools in January, +10.1% ahead of December 2018, following two months of falling purchase totals.
The basic engine lathe is one of the most widely used machine tools, but tool set-up is critical for when many identical parts must be machined as rapidly as possible.
CECIMO endorsed the prospect of establishing regulatory cooperation and eliminating "non-tariff barriers" for industrial goods in the pending negotiations toward a Free Trade Agreement
U.S. manufacturers consumed $189.1 million worth of cutting tools for the month, -9.7% from November but +8.1% from December 2017. Total annual consumption was up 12.5%.
