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UNMANNED FLIGHT SYSTEMS CREATE GROWING NEED FOR LASER-SINTERING SYSTEMS
Laser-sintering equipment manufactures complex aircraft components that are impossible to create using traditional manufacturing processes. The process meets tight tolerances and requires no tooling.
INSERTS IMPROVE MACHINING OF STAINLESS, HIGH-STRENGTH STEELS AND SUPER ALLOYS
SGE inserts from Kennametal use innovative micro-geometry to increase feed capabilities by up to 25 percent and extend tool life 35 percent longer in aerospace, automotive, energy/power generation, medical, food processing, chemical processing, and die/mold applications.
3-TURRET MULTITASKING TURNING CENTERS INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, CAPACITY
The Nakamura-Tome NTY3 Jumbo Super Mill 90 mm 16-station turret and NTY3 Jumbo Standard 100 mm 12-station turret multitasking turning centers from Methods Machine Tools use 100 percent stock-on turning and machining to virtually eliminate lost productivity due to tool changes.
Hold Your Temper: Heat Treating Moves In-House to Build Wheelbarrows
A new heat-treating furnace and industrial oven will be used to bring heat-treating in-house at this just-in-time facility in Harrisburg, PA, that manufactures wheelbarrows and other lawn and garden tools.
STUDY: USE MORE ALUMINUM IN CLASS 8 TRUCKS AND TRAILERS
Substituting lightweight aluminum for more traditional materials can reduce vehicle weight by 3,000 lb and lead to an annual U.S. fleet-wide savings of one billion gallons of diesel and millions of tons of CO2.
AN EDUCATION REVELATION
Manufacturing Gets Cool: Learning to make cars out of paper, catapults out of mouse traps and robots using computer software, these kids are so enthusiastic about science and engineering that they don?t want to leave class at the end of the day.
LONGER BLADE LIFE LESS WASTE WHEN CUTTING CAST IRON
The patent-pending Diamond blade design from Lenox produces a straight, clean cut for joining cast iron pipe and doubles blade life when cutting cast iron so the user can flip the blade and continue working, rather than having to change blades.
NEW NORTHEAST DISTRIBUTOR FOR TOOLPATH ENGINE
Manufacturers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland can now turn to Jones Kinden for the VoluMill plug-in toolpath engine used with any CAM system in place of traditional roughing toolpath engines.
How to Improve GTAW and GMAW Welding of Aluminum
A team of welding engineers and aluminum specialists will share information to improve results in GTAW, semi-automatic GMAW and automated GMAW welding of aluminum at the 2010 AWS Aluminum Welding Conference.
DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINING SURGICAL TOOLS
By using advanced DMG machine tools with Siemens controls, this surgical toolmaker has improved surface finish, reduced cycle times by over 20 percent, and shortened the R&D cycle.
STUDENTS, MEET YOUR NEW TEACHER MR. ROBOT
The future of manufacturing automation is being revealed in these advanced robots, which are both smart enough and engaging enough to rival humans at some teaching tasks. Mike Riley takes an exciting ? but somewhat creepy ? glimpse into the world of tomorrow.
HELICAL CUTTERS INCREASE MILLING VERSATILITY AND PERFORMANCE
Mill 1-14? helical cutters from Kennametal provide greater axial depth-of-cut with little added cost for medium to heavy roughing and semi-finishing in contour profiling, slotting, ramping, helical ramping from solid, and plunge milling.
