Team Penske Brings Star Power to Manufacturing Summit Champion NASCAR Series driver Brad Keselowski made a surprise appearance during the recent “Machining & Technology Summit” at TEAM PENSKE headquarters in Mooresville, NC. The event was hosted by sponsors BIG KAISER, MAZAK and Tungaloy. Before the race shop tour, Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite …
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Good Things Do Come in Micro Packages When tasked with developing a faster way to machine wire EDM starter holes, our Swiss partner, Sphinx, went right to the source: their mold making customers. They thought, “What better testing ground than in the shops where the processes are performed in creative ways every day?” The result …
Vibration-Free Turning Isn’t as Difficult as It Used to Be Vibration in a turning operation can be maddening. It leads to results that can be oh so close, yet so far away. It’s difficult to diagnose the cause. And it can be even more difficult to fix—reducing speeds, feeds, introducing sharper cutting edges or reducing depth of …
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Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Tools Within our comprehensive suite of tooling solutions, we often talk in generalizations about different “buckets,” or tooling categories. But in doing so – discussing cutting tools, for instance – it’s easy to neglect the many truly unique, difficult-to-categorize products that we offer under the “milling” umbrella. Sure, there are other products similar to …
BIG KAISER is Open to Support You BIG KAISER is open for business and ready to support you. Our North America headquarters in Hoffman Estates, IL, is maintaining and shipping inventory essential to not only those in critical industries, but to all OEMs and manufacturers throughout the United States. We will continue to answer …
We’ve Enhanced Our In-House Repair Capabilities Several repairs once done overseas can now be done at Illinois facility As part of a continued effort to fully serve users throughout the long lifetimes of their BIG Kaiser products, we’ve made it faster, easier and more cost effective to have some popular products repaired and properly maintained. …
Take Advantage of Your Shop Floor’s Data “How can you get the most out of an investment for your shop?” is how our product manager, Doug Sumner, begins the conversation in a recently featured article in the Fabricating & Metalworking magazine titled, “Tool Measuring Systems and RFID Working: A Powerful Combination.” In the article, Doug …
Writing the Book on Boring We wrote the book on boring. Truth be told, the book was written a long time ago by Kaiser, a book an old timer like me who has been working with Kaiser tools for more than 35 years can recall in detail. In those 35 years, I think I’ve …
Team Penske Increases Speed with Hi-Power Milling Chucks The full radial contact and extreme gripping force of Hi-Power Milling Chucks delivers the stability needed to increase spindle speeds by 20 percent in this application at Team Penske. Watch this short video with machine shop manager James O’Toole to see how he puts these high-performance …
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Latest Edition of Tooling Today Magazine is Available The latest edition of Tooling Today magazine is now available. First launched at IMTS 2018, Tooling Today compiles technical topics, product insights, and tips and tricks shared by BIG KAISER product managers and engineers. This expanded 36-page issue features educational articles on gearing up for successful 5-axis …
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