Thousands Tour JFR Indianapolis Shop Thousands of race fans paraded through the John Force Racing East shop today during the 2nd annual Brownsburg Motorsports Network Open House.
Attracted To A Better Way Modular, magnetic workholding blocks have changed the way this shop approaches the machining of both large and small workpieces. The blocks’ portability allows them to be used on a variety of...
Lending A Hand To The Machining Center The coolant flow is, in a sense, a machine tool axis. After all, the flow can be turned on and off by the control. True, this may make it a rudimentary axis, but why not put this additional axis to...
Dixi Rising Heavy investment in this Swiss builder’s production facility will allow its output to rise just as the demand for large machine tools
capable of nano-precision is also rising.
Using Twin-Table Machines To Maximize Spindle Uptime EBy integrating twin-table, bridge-style machining centers, this shop virtually eliminates spindle downtime during job change-overs. An operator can safely set up a new job on a table located outside...
Custom Solution Enables Quick Production Of Knee Component All manufacturers strive for precision, but that word may take on heightened meaning for those involved in producing medical implants. Even the slightest machining error or deviation from the design...
Compliant Machining Of Composite Wings Bell Helicopter created a systematic, scri pted process to machine composite wing skins and structural components for the V-22 Osprey vertical takeoff aircraft. Custom software ensures there is no...
Cutting Hard And Soft Materials Quickly With Versatile VMC By the very nature of their business, contract machining shops are constantly looking for ways to sharpen their capabilities and reduce costs to quote jobs more competitively. Price, along with...
Cutting With A 0.001-Inch End Mill JPL’s Space Instrument Shop does this routinely, but it takes some special equipment and some unusual procedures. Above all, it takes patience.
Where New Machines And Methods Overshadow The Old Eclipse Mold makes a good case for high-end machining centers as the basis for effectively machining to zero.
