The Next Revolutionary Step in Gearmaking
In 2015, Profilator GmbH & Co. KG introduced the concept of “Hard Scudding®” to the market and began to run exhaustive testing on this...
Machining Firearm Components
The firearm industry has made major advancements from its earliest known ancestor, the fire lance—a bamboo tube containing gunpowder as well as pellets or...
Scanning VS. CMM
Long-established technology of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) is today being challenged in myriad markets by fast-emerging, highly advanced science of blue light scanning.
For over...
Streamlining Boring and Drilling Operations
Digital-ready boring tools enable precision adjustment as easy as 1, 2, 3. Kennametal has introduced a new line of digital-ready fine boring tools that...
Kurt Machining is Utilizing Live Tool Speed Increasers
Kurt Machining (Minneapolis, Minnesota) specializes in providing precision CNC machined parts, using state-of-the-art technologies and up to 5-axis machining. Since 1952, this 110,000 sq....
The Importance of Tool Drawings
Like all manufactured parts, cutting tools require technical drawings to make a design a reality. Best practice for cutting tool manufacturers emphasizes the importance...
Robotic Integration: A Big Step Forward
Full robotic integration with a CNC onto a 3-axis mill, 5-axis work cell, laser line, press line or full transfer line incorporating multiple machining...
The Great 8 of Manufacturing and Why You Need Them
Today’s manufacturing customers expect fast turnaround times, competitive pricing, and on-time delivery of quality parts with every job. Achieving these outcomes requires a variety...
Heating Innovation
Like their founder, Harold Ipsen, Ipsen believes innovation drives excellence. Originally founded in Rockford, Illinois, the heat treatment specialists at Ipsen are committed to...
Greater Precision, Greater Speed, Greater Durability
Carbide Grinding Company, Inc, was established in 1974, and developed a reputation as a small, specialist maker of tools, supplying Milwaukee-area manufacturers like Snap-on...
