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Attention! Deficit Disorder: Saving Small Manufacturers
Lifeblood Of Our Economy: Since capital investment in machine tools and equipment has completely stopped, the Obama plan to boost financial backing for small business lending is a commendable step toward revitalization.
PICTURE OF HEALTH
The Doctor Is In: Mike Riley conducts an examination of the medical side of Obamanomics that reveals why universal healthcare is not good for manufacturing.
THE MECHANICS OF SHEARING
Dr. Vukota Bolijanovic explains how the shearing process cuts through flat material forms, such as sheets and plates.
A NEW PLACE TO DWELL
Denny Boerger of AIDA-America shows how advances in press technology enable stampers to produce highly precise medical parts that could only be manufactured previously through machining operations.
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE
The layout of job shop Dynamic Fabrication enables quick turnarounds of precision parts that help save lives and improve the quality of life for patients worldwide.
PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING SYSTEM IDEAL FOR FIREARMS
Kwik Mark, Inc. offers the Kwikmark dot peen marker, ideal for identifying firearms and their associated components. It features a true file based control system requiring no PC for operation. Date coding and multiple level serializing are built in to the system. No PC is required for operation.
NEWLY RELEASED AUTOMATED CAM SOFTWARE FOR PREPARATION OF TOOLPATHS FOR MILLING
OPEN MIND Technologies USA, Inc. will present newly released hyperDENT® software. hyperDENT® is an automated CAM software for preparation of toolpaths for milling dental restorative components such as bridges, copings and crowns based on scanned STL data. The system can identify margin lines, reduce/eliminate undercut locations, manage parts against available stock, and include automated post-processing.
UNIQUE 88-TON PUNCH PRESS FULFILLS NEEDS OF A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES
Dynamic Fabrication, Inc. will display its new 88-ton punch press, along with the latest custom-fabricated products developed for prototypes, R&D and short run production. DFI will exhibit the unique capacities of the punch press, while explaining the details surrounding the firm?s fabrication, welding and machining capabilities.
NEW MODULAR HONING MACHINE SERIES SCALEABLE FROM BASIC TO FULLY AUTOMATED, MULTI-SPINDLE SYSTEM
Sunnen’s new SV-1000 Series vertical CNC honing machine is based on an innovative modular design, engineered to scale up from a single-spindle machine to a fully automated multi-spindle unit for ultra-precise bore sizing and finishing. Designed for part diameters of 3-65 mm, SV-1000 series machines can size bores to accuracies of 0.00001 inch. The machine is ideal for diesel fuel injectors, gears, small engine cylinders/connecting rods, hydraulic/pneumatic components, and medical devices in medium to high volumes.
HEAVY-DUTY WATER-SOLUBLE OIL WITH EXCEPTIONAL BIOSTABILITY
ITW Rocol North America offers Rustlick Ultracut 255A , a heavy-duty, high-performance water-soluble oil with chlorinated and non-chlorinated extreme-pressure additives for unbeatable corrosion protection and great lubricity. It can be used with all ferrous metals and is great with hard-to-machine alloys.
HONING TOOL FOR ANY TYPE OR SIZE OF CYLINDER
Brush Research Manufacturing offers the Flex-Hone® Tool, a resilient, flexible honing tool with a soft cutting action. Whether it?s deburring a hole or blending an edge, the Flex-Hone will provide a superior surface finish with a non-directional or crosshatched pattern.
SOLID CARBIDE THREAD MILL SERIES OFFERS INCREASED EFFICIENCY, HIGH-CONFIDENCE MACHINING
Emuge Corporation has announced their Shur-Thread GFI Series of Solid Carbide Thread Mills are now available with internal coolant supply. By precisely applying coolant where it is needed, waste is eliminated and chips are efficiently evacuated.
