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One Fine Surface: Getting Into Gears

Take a closer look at how these innovative, flexible and highly productive gear grinding and shaping systems reduce changeover times and floor space required for job shops competing in the hypercompetitive aerospace, automotive and other high precision sectors where speed and costs are crucial.
Feedout Tools Add Versatility to Horizontal Boring of Large Work

T-bed horizontal boring mills from Fives Giddings & Lewis use a range of contouring heads and programmable boring bars to do bores, tapers, grooves, chamfers, phonographic finishes, recesses of differing sizes and more with a single tool.
Portable Mag Drill Makes Deep Holes in Solid Steel or Stacked Plates

The new HMD918 portable magnetic drill from Hougen has a high torque motor and extended 6 in drilling depth to drill deep holes in steel, whether it is a solid piece of material or multiple stacked plates.
Powerful Portable Mag Drill for Demanding Jobs that Require More Power

The MABasic 850 four-speed portable magnetic drill from CS Unitec cuts holes up to 3-1/16 in diameter with annular cutters. Its MT3 design, coupled with an included ¾ in geared chuck, easily converts the MABasic 850 into a standard drill press with a 10 in stroke for conventional twist drilling up to 1-1/4 in diameter.
New Distributor for GF Machining Solutions in Upper Midwest
Ellison Technologies now serves GF customers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Western and Eastern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Cloud Machining Takes Center Stage

Users of Mastercam 2018 now have direct access to complete, up-to-date cutting tool product data from cutting tool manufacturers that are available on the MachiningCloud, and can quickly filter possibilities down to an optimum solution for a given workpiece.
BTA Drilling Machine Used for Helicopter Manufacturing

Ideal for manufacturing drive shafts for helicopter tail rotors, the DeHoff BTA/STS 2084 from Kays Engineering drills on-center holes in a single pass in solid high-strength alloy steel using the BTA/STS process.
Never Hand-Enter Part Geometry into Mazatrol Again
GeoSolid software from Griffo Brothers collects data directly from SolidWorks models to automatically enter geometry into Mazatrol and reduce programming time for users.
Grinding Systems for the Most Challenging Applications
GCH Machinery, GCH Tool Group and Total Grinding Solutions offer full turnkey grinding systems, including grinder design with machine and process automation.
How to Manage Your Shop from Anywhere, Anytime on Any Device

Using JobBOSS 12.0 ERP shop management system from Exact Software, shop owners can accelerate their business with cloud security, workforce mobility and process flexibility.
World-Class Machining with Modular Automation

VL series manufacturing systems from EMAG use modular inverted vertical lathes integrated with an O-automation transport system for efficient precision machining of parts up to 100 mm diameter in a small footprint to reduce floor space costs and create a flexible machine layout.
System Insights Becomes VIMANA
The new name reflects their broader commitment to Smart Manufacturing systems and better aligns to their future strategy and ever-expanding product roadmap.