The One Tenth = 10% Rule and the Effects of Runout Runout is one of the sneakier issues machinists and tool managers must deal with. Put simply, runout is variation in the diameter of a cutting tool at certain points as it rotates. It’s almost impossible to recognize in-process and difficult to diagnose after the …
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LORD Corp has Zero Tolerance for Oversized Bores in Inconel Engineers at LORD Corp., a manufacturer of expensive and complex aerospace parts, were struggling to achieve tight tolerances for precision bores on a new engine mount prototype. The stakes on this project were high – a single scrapped part due to an oversized bore was …
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Manufacturer Makes Quantum Leap in Tapping Process Improvement Located in one of the regions with the highest industrial activity in Mexico, Mecanizados Laguna, based in Gómez Palacio, Durango, has become a competitive company manufacturing metal components driven by a culture focused on detail and exceeding customer expectations. To meet this goal, employees are always looking …
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Tips for integrating zero-point workholding systems In an article published this month in Shop Metalworking Technology magazine, John Zaya, our workholding product manager, discusses the introduction of zero-point workholding like Unilock to the shop floor. He also gets into specifics on how these systems work and why they help increase efficiency. In the article titled …
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BIG KAISER Offers Discounted Demo Inventory A new feature of BIG KAISER’s online Stock Check allows buyers to search for discounted demonstration inventory. This includes nearly 200 boring tools, tool holders and other accessories that have been lightly used for machining demonstrations or for trial applications and still perform like new. “We want to be …
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Gearench Reduces Set-Up Time by 60% with Tool Presetter The October 2014 issue of Manufacturing News profiles BIG Kaiser customer Gearench. Located one mile south of Clifton, Texas, Gearench produces more than 40 separate product lines exclusively for the oil industry used in exploration, drilling, production, refining and completion. Looking to minimize set-up time and machine downtime, the …
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Coolant Delivery Has Come a Long Way Back in the 1980s, high-performance drills like indexables and spade drills started becoming popular. Instead of a twist drill running at single-digit RPMs, newer drills could run at 1,000 RPMs with huge penetration rates. The problem was, coolant was a must, and through-spindle coolant wasn’t even a thing …
Your shop is the backbone of your business, so you want to ensure it is top-notch. You want to make sure it looks nice, but more importantly, you want to make sure it runs smoothly.
In the MRO world, one of the biggest challenges many people face is organization. The coffee can holding leftover bits, fasteners and other items is a reliable presence in most shops.