Machining Centers
CAM Software Helps Shop Five-Axis Machine Aerospace Part
A five-axis machine and HyperMill CAM software from Open Mind Technologies gave a shop the ability to meet the tight tolerances required for the camera-mounting brackets on a NASA satellite mission.
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High-Gantry Machine Processes Large, Heavy Tools
The Droop + Rein FOGS HD high-gantry machine from Starrag Technology was designed to address a customer’s need for a machine capable of precisely processing large, heavy parts in a clamping device.
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Mazak Appoints General Manager to Northeast Region
Jim Rutan is tasked with managing Mazak’s sales and applications team in a booming region.
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Grob Goes Big on Universal Machining Centers
At an open house in Germany, Grob described its focus on the aerospace market for its line of universal machining centers.
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Manufacturing News of Note: February 2018
CT scanning for mid-size metal castings, funding secured for an Apprentice Academy in Virginia, and more industry news.
Read MoreGF Machining Solutions Adds Two Distributors
Peak EDM will provide the company’s products to customers in Michigan’s lower peninsula, while Midwest Machinery Solutions will serve Northern Illinois.
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Control Beyond CAM Unlocks Five-Axis Potential
Capabilities native to the CNC can facilitate levels of performance that would be impossible to achieve by relying solely on post processed part programs.
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Why Tie Payroll Hours to Machine Tool Hours?
J&R Machine uses machine-monitoring data not just to track machine uptime, but also to create a financial index that helps it shape decisions related to equipment, processes, staffing, sales and business in general.
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Shop Hits Home Run with Toolpath Simulation Software
Wolcott Design Services needed to improve efficiency during high-mix, low-volume runs. HMCs and Vericut tool simulation software by CGTech improved efficiency, spindle utilization and revenue.
Read MoreToyoda Partners with Tungaloy for Learning Seminar
The seminar, which will take place at Toyoda’s Arlington Heights, Illinois, facility, will be about accelerated machining of precipitation hardened stainless steel.
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