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 …

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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.

Fasteners come in many shapes and sizes, but threaded fasteners are the most common. Many have specific uses, but hex head cap screws are a popular choice and work well in numerous applications. They are not created equally, though, so knowing the basics of cap screws and their component parts will help you choose the …

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As the name would suggest, cut-off wheels are made to cut things off. Be it a stubborn bolt, nail, separating a weld that is no longer needed, or simply needs to be separated and redone.

So you need to get organized. You have looked around your shop and see boxes everywhere. You know if you put your hand in the containers where you keep your nuts and bolts, you may come out with three or four different sizes. Maybe more.

You probably see it all the time on products and in advertising: Made in the USA. It’s even more common if you include related wording like American-Made and Manufactured in America.

Hello blog fans, and welcome to National Safety Month.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) holds a high standard for over-the-road vehicles using air brake systems. Heavy-duty vehicles that travel on the roadways, such as semi tractors and trailers and buses, require DOT-approved air brake systems, and each component of air brake systems must comply with DOT standards. Other heavy-duty vehicles, like agricultural and …

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