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World’s Largest Wire EDM?
This ONA wire machine can handle workpieces weighing as much as 22,000 pounds.
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Machining Center Turning
When you have many machining centers but not many lathes, there are ways to make due.
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Basket Weaving Goes High Tech
Laser ablation can texturize, engrave, mark, label and create microstructures on various materials with complex shapes.
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Advanced CNC Milling and Drilling Quiz
A provider of machine shop training offers these questions for benchmarking metalworking knowledge.
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Industrial Production Up 20% in May
Consumer durable goods industrial production in May was up 19.8% compared to May 2009.
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A Three-in-One Honing Station
Combining roughing, finishing and gaging in one station is a distinctive capability of the ECO 80 dual-expansion honing system from Nagel Precision (Ann Arbor, Michigan). The system is designed for low- and medium-volume applications that require submicron bore sizes and mirror finishes.
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Surface Texturing with Laser Ablation
Much of a product’s appeal to the consumer has to do with its look and feel—literally, the texture of its visible surface.
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If I Only Had a Waterjet Machine!
A waterjet machine would have made short, more-accurate work of Derek’s Chevy door panels.
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Atomic-Level Coating Manipulation Adds Durability
Seco's Duratomic-grade inserts are said to run faster and longer than competitive models. Key to their performance is a unique texture achieved by manipulating the coating at the atomic level.
Read MoreApril Machine Tool Sales Show Accelerating Growth
According to USMTC, machine tool sales in April were 48% (units) and 123% (dollars) more than in April 2009.
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Drilling with Modulation Delivers Pecks for Free
A system for center drilling on Swiss-types and other small lathes oscillates the drill up to 1,000 times per second. Cycle time, part quality and predictability all improve.
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