Vol. 73 Nbr. 7, July 2007
Index
- Exporting rhetoric.
- O, Canada! Mazak opens a new technology center.
- U.S. Treasury sec'y talks global trade.
- Sales, service define MAG Canada's role.
- Trade is finally on front burner.
- Going metric--inch by inch.
- Training--whom do we send?
- Kennametal exec, a top CEO.
- Milling cutter handily trims 'crust' 'metal sandwich'.
- Smart machining choices start with assessing needs: reaching for the most expensive tool isn't always the right path to choose--any more than reaching for the least expensive is. Often, selecting tools based on specific needs can result in some surprisingly smart choices.
- Mill-turn's exclusive design complements holder system.
- Lathes and turning machines.
- Multitask machining needs industrial-strength CAM.
- Using offline programming keeps that CMM on track.
- 50-taper high-torque VMC optimizes heavy-duty cutting of titanium, more.
- Air-gage-equipped, vertical CNC honing.
- UGS Tecnomatix 8--improving manufacturing predictability.
- VMC features 180[degrees] swivel table.
- Additions to the Toroid cutting tool line now include 12 new shell mills in ODs from 2" through 8" and offer maximum versatility with four insert geometries--round, square, high-feed, and octagonal.
- CC6060 and CC6065 ceramic grades of round inserts are capable of running at four to six times the speed of conventional carbide inserts.
- Complete lines of modular CMM fixturing are for holding parts during inspection.
- Swiss quality HSK toolholders are precision engineered to achieve maximum speed, are manufactured per DIN standard 69893, and are balanced by design to G2.5 at 25,000rpm, making them ideal for high speed machining applications.
- Attention workholding designers, fixture builders, and users news you can use.
- CNC and robotic edge deburring.
- Redesigned website.
- TRAK FHM Series bed mills.
- Automatic tube cutoff lathes and feeders.
- Expanded manufacturing capabilities.
- GibbsCAM[R] interactive tour.
- Mastercam X2 delivers new toolpaths, increased power to manufacturing industry.
- Not the whole of the hole.