 | Low-profile cart eliminates bending and dragging
| The L44 Low Profile Cart from Cecor Inc. is designed to eliminate
bending and moving heavy plastic totes or makeshift bins across the shop floor.
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 | Automated inventory vending system with object recognition
| AutoCrib Inc. introduced VisiCab, an electronic toolbox utilizing object
recognition.
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 | Curing epoxy meets UL 94V-0 spec for flame retardancy
| Featuring a non-halogen filler, Master Bond's EP21FRNS-2 curing epoxy passes UL 94V-0
testing for flame retardancy in potting, encapsulation and casting
applications.
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 | Shelf cart provides flexibility to the production floor
| Creform Corp. has developed a drawbridge
shelf cart that is ideally suited for protecting and delivering totes, containers
or unpackaged parts from warehouse to sequential operations in production.
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 | Simple-to-load AGV has flexibility to deliver pallets, boxes
| Creform Corp.
has designed and built a new AGV with a smooth, flat bed steel top that will
accommodate a variety of pallets, boxes and containers in a wide range of
applications.
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|  | Hard Metal Machines
| Author: Alan Richter, Editor
Published: March 2013
All metals are not created equal. Therefore, neither are the machine tools for cutting them. Parts for extreme aerospace applications, such as in engines, landing gear and flap tracks, must be made of a heat- and corrosion-resistant metal, which typically has a high Young’s modulus of elasticity and is difficult to machine. These include titanium, stainless steel and high-nickel alloys.
The “hard metal” machines that process the parts must be stiff, typically requiring a large mass, and have a large servomotor to create lots of thrust. They also need a high-torque spindle to effectively move the cutter through the material and a high thrust load on the axes of the ballscrews, which often have a low 8mm pitch, to offer an effective mechanical advantage, according to Scott Walker, president of machine tool builder Mitsui Seiki USA Inc., Franklin Lakes, N.J. He explained that the machines are built that way because aerospace customers typically run them slower than 600 rpm, require around 2,000 ft.-lbs. of torque and take maximum chip loads from 0.002 to 0.006 ipt. “So you build this big, rugged machine,” Walker said. | View Article
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 | Heat Handlers
| Author: By Alan Richter, Editor
Published: February 2012
Nickel-base superalloys can withstand hot and tough conditions, but are difficult to machine. With the right approach, machinists can keep their cool when cutting them. | View Article
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 | Mag Miles
| Author: Alan Richter, Editor
Published: September 2011
'Lightweighting' vehicles through the use of magnesium parts can improve vehicle mileage and impact resistance, among other benefits. | View Article
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 | Testing Hyper-Carbide Limits
| Author: Alan Richter
Published: December 2010
When SRL Nano Corp. developed carbide-grade tools that use a patented binder material with a melting threshold similar to that of carbide—about 2,870º C, naturally the Rosemead, Calif., company dubbed the new material Hyper-Carbide. And once you view the video below that captures a series of cutting tool tests, it's easy to see why. | View Article
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 | P/M Powers Auto Parts
| Author: Jim Destefani, Senior Editor
Published: September 2010
Machining P/M steels for powertrain parts is tough, but answers abound. | View Article
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|  | A Closer Look
| | Dr. Jeffrey Badger takes a closer look at a string of photos taken at extreme magnifications to better understand what's happening to the wheel surface in a variety of grinding applications. | | View Video |
 | Boost For Lathe Tool Inventory
| | During IMTS 2012 in September, the Morris Group Inc. announced an exclusive agreement with SU-matic, a subsidiary of Suhner Holding AG of Switzerland. The deal means Velocity Products, a division of the Morris Group, will supply the North American metalworking industry with tooling for Okuma lathes, multitasking machines and machining centers. | | View Video |
 | Sandvik Adds To CoroDrill Line
| | Don Nelson, publisher of Cutting Tool Engineering and MICROmanufacturing magazines, spoke with Sandvik Coromant's John Dotday about the company's new solid-carbide CoroDrill 860 and exchangeable-tip CoroDrill 870. | | View Video |
 | PM Grinding Truth
| | A shop that switched to powder-metallurgy steel after being told it would be easier to grind has found the opposite to be true. The shop turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Grinding Doc columnist, for the facts. | | View Video |
 | PCD Progress
| | The Vollmer of America Corp. recently held its PCD Days at its headquarters in Carnegie, Pa. This brief video report offers a glimpse at two of the machines on display during the technical conference: the QXD 200 rotary erosion and QWD760 wire-erosion units.
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