Dennis Spaeth, publisher of Cutting Tool Engineering, thanks everyone who visited the CTE booth at IMTS and offers website registrants a free CTE baseball cap while supplies last.
Rollomatic SA Chief Product Officer Gert-Jan Hartog shows off the company's smart factory concept featuring a collaborative robot and a smart mobile manipulator, an automated guided vehicle equipped with a six-axis collaborative robot on top.
Jeff Badger, Ph.D., a.k.a. The Grinding Doc, describes his three-day High Intensity Grinding Course, which he developed to provide grinders an in-depth understanding of production grinding along with the knowledge and tools to make significant, long-term improvements to their grinding operations.
Jeff Badger, Ph.D., a grinding expert and the author of CTE's Grinding Doc column, provides a practical tour of the Truing Parameters Calculator he helped develop along with Rush Machinery and the International Grinding Institute.
CTE Publisher Dennis Spaeth interviews Terry Iverson, president and CEO of Iverson & Company, about the latest developments with Champion NOW, the organization he founded to help change perceptions about manufacturing careers.
Along with a discussion of how VERICUT software helps intelligent cutting tools with optimization, CGTech debuted its CNC Machine Connect system, which features Precheck and Live Monitoring modules.
Kirk Stewart, the chief strategy officer and general manager of sales for SW North America Inc., provides a brief demo of the company's W08-12 machine featuring linear motors, two worktables and a position tolerance of 0.006 mm.
Kendal Glotzbach, a regional business manager for Royal Products, discusses two product debuts at IMTS 2022: a new Combo Chuck and the company's new Royal Z-Lock quick-change workholding system.
Alan Levine, managing director for OPEN MIND Technologies USA Inc., highlights the advancements of the company's hyperMILL® CAM software with an overview of several sample components manufactured with the software.
Greg Kersulis, an applications engineer with ROEMHELD North America, discusses the benefits of adding sensor technology to clamping and fixturing systems. Cutting Tool Engineering visited with ROEMHELD at the IMTS 2022 booth the company shared with Carr Lane Manufacturing Co.
Alfredo Barragan, Senior Corporate Application Engineer for Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives, discusses the new Paradigm Plus grinding wheel that offers a new premium grain technology for lower grinding forces, lower cutting energy, and is said to be ideal for customers utilizing lights-out production.
Powerhold Inc. debuted a new clamping system at its IMTS 2022 booth. Jeff DeMaio, who designed the JDM Clamping System, discusses the unique spring-loaded spindle locator feature of the system.
