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Automatic Lathe Tooling to Make Screws and Pins for Medical Applications
The Citizen tool program from Heimatec that includes both live and static tools for most Citizen lathes incorporates the highest quality bearings, ground gear components, spindles, and housings to produce superior tools with maximum rigidity.
INDEX Wins Award for Innovation
They receive the MM Award for the innovations found in their new MS22-L multi-spindle automatic lathe with Swiss-type functionality.
Economic Upgrade of Small Vertical Machining Centers for Complex Medical Device Work
The ultra-high precision pL Lehmann 5-axis rotary table TAP from EXSYS Tool can upgrade a small vertical machining center to do complex medical device work up to a cube of approximately 5.9 in without the expense of a new machine.
Multitasking Keeps a Pulse on New Medical Markets
A Schütte WU 305 Linear 5-axis universal tool and cutter grinder helped Micropulse enter the knee joint, hip broach and other end product market areas they could not compete in before.
New NIMS Standards for CAM and Machine Maintenance
They debut an all-new online testing center and piloting of credentials for these disciplines.
High Speed Machining Unlocks Huge Productivity for Brass
A new study reveals how U.S. machine shops can ramp up production speeds on brass parts with no loss of workpiece quality or tool life.
CNC Software Appoints New Territory Manager
Mike Bebout is their new Western U.S. territory manager.
How Smart Drilling Improves Bone Fracture Operations
When repairing a fracture in osteosynthesis, doctors once had to manually determine bone diameter and hole depth during the operation using a gauge, which could lead to mistakes in screw selection. Now an intelligent drilling machine can properly measure the length of screws without error.
Acquiring Complex Machined Parts in the “No Bid Zone”
Pharmaceutical equipment builders demand machined components with such ultra-high tolerances and complexity that many precision shops must pass on jobs that are simply too difficult or beyond their capability. Who can they turn to?
How a Pneumatic Tapping Arm Eliminates Mental and Physical Fatigue
This fabrication shop specializes in residential work and custom one-off designs that require joining dissimilar materials and demand a lot of elbow grease and mental concentration. These jobs took a toll on workers, causing fatigue that led to rework and scrap – until they discovered a pneumatic tapping arm.
FANUC Partners with Jacksonville Jaguars
The team is using five new robots at TIAA Bank Field as part of their family of game-day staff during the football season.
GM Awards Heller Machine Tools
Heller is named their 2017 Supplier of the Year in Indirect Material and Machinery.
