What's New With Cutting Tool Coatings? July 27, 2022 Should you coat in-house? Factors to consider include costs, supply chain issues and the ability to make proprietary coatings.
Making Parts at Home Leads to Company Job July 29, 2022 Craig Guth has been using an ACU-RITE MILLPWR control in his home shop to make custom motorcycle parts, and he is still using that same unit today. Not only that, but his love of machining secured him a full-time job in 2003 at The Toro Company headquarters in Bloomington, Minn.
GROB Systems to Highlight 5-Axis Machining Centers and Automation at Space Tech Expo 2022 May 3, 2022 GROB Systems, a global leader in the development of manufacturing systems and machine tools, announced that it will be highlighting its 5-Axis Universal Milling and Mill-Turn Machining Centers and automation solutions including linear and rotary pallet storage systems, at Space Tech Expo Booth #7029 at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California from May 23-25, 2022.
Fastems Announces Version 8 of the Flexible Pallet Container May 9, 2022 For simple automation of milling machines in a smaller footprint
Roland DGA Opens Atlanta Center May 4, 2022 Roland DGA Corp, a provider of wide-format inkjet printers, vinyl cutters, 3D milling machines, and other digital devices, has opened a new regional office in Atlanta.
Cutting Tool Orders Rise April 28, 2022 Cutting tool orders rose in February on both a monthly and year-over-year basis.
Absolute Machine Tools Offers You Ji VMT Series April 27, 2022 Absolute Machine Tools has added the You Ji VMT Vertical Mill/Turn Center Series to its extensive line of large Vertical Turning Lathes by You Ji (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).
Optimizing Oil Country Workholding November 29, 2018 There is no real problem with threading a pipe. Most DIY types can do it in their workshop with hand tools, but when the pipe is 40′ long and ordered by the ton, you are in oil country. Pumping crude oil out of the ground requires drill pipe, casing, tool joints, tees, crosses, flanges, and couplings. All those items need to be machined. And that takes specialized workholding.
A Supermarket for Tooling and Workholding November 5, 2018 If you’re looking for new solutions to tooling and workholding challenges, IMTS was a great place to start. The bi-annual trade show, held this past September in Chicago, allowed shops to browse for the “latest and greatest” technologies.
Fast Radius to List on NASDAQ Through Business Combination with ECP Environmental Growth Opportunities Corp. July 22, 2021 Fast Radius Inc., a cloud manufacturing and digital supply chain company, and ECP Environmental Growth Opportunities Corp. have entered into a definitive agreement that will result in Fast Radius becoming a publicly-listed company.