INDUSTRIES

Turn-Mills 4/26/2024

When a CNC Turn-Mill Doesn’t Turn

A shop in Big Sky Country uses a B-axis multitasking machine to produce complex, prismatic medical parts that require no turning complete from barstock.
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Medical 4/23/2024

Lyndex-Nikken Collets Enable Accurate Small-Diameter Cutting

The MMC Mini-Mini collet chuck is well suited for high-speed machining applications where clearance is needed, such as die mold, aerospace and medical parts.

Aerospace 3/12/2024

The Value of Mass Finishing, Shot Blasting for Aerospace and Medical Applications

The choice between mass finishing and shot blasting for CNC-machined parts depends on the specific requirements of the application.
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NEWS 2/16/2024

T&H Lemont Reaches Quality Assurance Milestone

The company’s quality management system has provided a solid year with no defects, rejects or recalls.

Aerospace

Aviation-specific battery system uses advanced composites to address electric, hybrid flight

BOLDair’s composite enclosure, compression structures and thermal runaway management enables high-performance electric energy storage.

Stewart Mitchell Contributor writer

Medical 1/2/2024

German Project Yields Three New Medical Machining Processes

Recent research has resulted in a new mix of high-speed turn whirl milling, polygon turning and rotational turning for manufacturing medical bone screws and out-of-round nails.
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Cutting Tools 11/28/2023

New Cutting Tool Technology Discovered at Paul Horn Open House

During a tour of the company’s campus in Tubingen, Germany, I and more than 3,000+ others were introduced to a number of new advances the company has made in cutting tool technology particularly as it relates to the medical industry.

Aerospace 10/2/2023

T.J. Davies Retention Knobs Harden Over Time

Each retention knob is magnetic particle tested and pull tested to 2.5X the pulling force of the drawbar it is designed for.

7/3/2023

Five-Axis Machining for Small Prismatic Parts

New to the U.S. market, this compact machine could enable precision turning shops to win complex, more prismatic work in medical and other industries.

6/1/2023

Sunnen Named Official Honing Equipment Partner of Hendrick Motorsports

Sunnen Products Co. adds its SV-series honing machines to the engine department of Hendrick Motorsports —which has earned a record 14 car owner championships in NASCAR’s premier division.

5/16/2023

In-Machine Probing Possibilities for VTLs

A manufacturer of vertical turning centers uses a “push/pull” optoelectronic probe with custom bracket to enable its machines to perform effective, in-process measurement of shafts and related automotive components.

Automotive

Automated High-Production Welding of EV Rotor Shafts

This cell is able to perform joining, preheating and welding operations for rotor shafts used in electric vehicles.
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Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining magazine

VIDEOS

Swiss-Types 10/13/2022

VIDEO: Swiss Shop’s Choice of Collets Facilitates Backworking

This Swiss shop discovered workholding collets that satisfy the needs of its very small, delicate and complex medical parts production on the subspindle, making once impossible processes not only doable but more efficient and esthetically pleasing.

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Medical 3/8/2022

The Value of Dual Thread Whirling Units for Bone Screws

Dual thread whirling units on a Swiss-type enable it to produce medical bone screws with two different thread leads in one setup, eliminating the need for time-consuming, single-point threading.

Medical 11/23/2021

Video Tech Brief: Dual Thread Whirling on a Swiss-Type CNC Lathe

The dual thread whirling units on Tsugami Swiss-type lathes can produce medical bone screws with two different thread leads in one setup, eliminating the need for single-point threading.

Medical

Ultra-Complex 3D Printed Scaffolds Enable Cell Growth: The Cool Parts Show #70

Perhaps the ultimate surface-area challenge is in bioengineering: creating structures that can grow sufficient cells within a compact volume to be effective for leading-edge medical treatments. The Southwest Research Institute develops bioreactor scaffolds that could only be made using 3D printing.

Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing

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Turn-Mills 5/4/2023

5-Axis Machining Centers Transform Medical Swiss Shop

Traditionally a Swiss machine shop, Swiss Precision Machining Inc. discovers a five-axis machining center that has led the company to substantial growth.

Medical 4/24/2023

How Small Machine Shops Can Fight Supply Chain Problems

Supply chain disruptions are still presenting challenges in manufacturing. This article examines the effects on aerospace, automotive and medical industries. It also covers ways that machine shops can be successful securing work despite the challenges created by the supply chain.
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Parts Cleaning 4/21/2023