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The Multi-Process Machine Mindset

Installing a machine tool that combines milling, turning, boring and other processes changed this job shop’s outlook.

Twist Drill Point Grinding And Inspection

Small-Hole Drilling

Milling On A Grinding Machine

A grinding machine is not a machining center, but it can sometimes take on milling and drilling (or even turning) to make the overall process more efficient.

Drill And Deburr In One Pass

Unattended Honing On A Vertical Chucker

An air-gage-monitored honing system added to an inverted vertical spindle chucking lathe allows unattended turning, boring and honing on one machine for greater process flexibility.

Tool Presetting Ensures Tool Quality While Saving Time

The Edon, Ohio, plant of Metaldyne (Plymouth, Michigan) produces one of the most complex parts on an automobile: the steering knuckle. Irregularly shaped with a variety of surfaces and holes to mill, drill and bore, steering knuckles provide a machining challenge that usually requires some finesse to meet.

Carbide Prices Bring Attention To Replaceable Tips

Small-diameter milling and drilling tools with replaceable tips not only save on carbide cost, but also save on tool management and inventory costs.

Drill Reduces Machining Time, Increasing Capacity

This company specializes in developing electromagnetic systems with switching and/or sensor capabilities. Typical product applications include general mechanical engineering and plant construction; automotive engineering equipment and materials handling equipment; and automation, medical and power technologies.

A Time To Tap, A Time To Mill

Thread milling and tapping are two methods for machining threads in a hole. Tapping is more popular, but thread milling has several advantages that might be important in your application.