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Advancing Manufacturing, Tomorrow and Today

A drilling solution improves the production of a component that is critical for correcting spinal disorders. Meanwhile, an apprenticeship program ensures that improvements like this one can continue into the future.
Article Published: 1/11/2012

Manufacturing Medical Devices for Today and Tomorrow

The pace of change in medical device design and manufacturing is rapid and is fueling demand for machine tool capability that not only reduces cost per piece today, but can open doors to producing new types of parts in the future.
Article Published: 12/23/2011

Tooling up for Micromachining

Choosing the right tools and matching them to the correct operations and process techniques for micromachining applications is critical to success in this burgeoning market.
Article Published: 9/26/2011

Lighted Workstop Verifies Part Location

Electrifying the work allows a light to indicate whether the setup is correct. The simple solution turned into a standard product for this shop.
Article Published: 6/23/2011

Recognizing the Swiss Advantage

A growing number of job shops have realized that multifunction Swiss-type lathes can make them more competitive. This Ohio shop explains how and why it integrated its first Swiss-types and shares some of what it has learned along the way.
Article Published: 11/12/2010

From Image to Implant

Demo shows custom implant made on commodity-level machine.
Article Published: 9/27/2010

Single Pass Honing System with Automatic Tool Wear Compensation

Single pass honing, also referred to as diamond bore sizing, is a good way to produce parts economically when the bore is small or has thin-walled members that need to be honed.
Article Published: 8/24/2010

Passivation of Stainless Steel Parts: The Recipe for Success

Passivation—the process for making stainless steel parts more corrosion-resistant—is affected by how well the part is cleaned. It’s also affected by the choice of acid. Nitric or citric?
Article Published: 2/26/2010

It Takes Firm Resolution To Master The Micro

This shop’s experience of successfully machining a micro aneurysm clip in silicon nitride ceramic points out the need to have CAD, CAM and CNC capability at high resolution—plus the commitment to pull it all together.
Article Published: 1/18/2010

Qualifying for Medical Work: Advice from a da Vinci Shop

 Swiss shop with heavy medical experience shares how to get and keep medical customers.
Article Published: 12/28/2009

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