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Multitasking Large Parts
Part complexity, cycle time, material type, and part volume all need to be considered before moving to multitasking.
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Pushing the Envelope
Sault Ste. Marie manufacturer serves its customers in its shop and in the field.
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A PM dichotomy: Turning equipment needs more, gets less
Taking time to accomplish PM procedures contributes to profitability.
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Deep-cavity Milling
Milling deep cavities efficiently requires proper tooling and setup.
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Plate milling 101
Understanding the importance of tool selection, milling strategy, and setup.
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Understanding Two-spindle Turning Technology
Understanding the differences in two-spindle lathes
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Machining Technology
Milling — Adjustable Gantry
MAG has added a new dimension to its universal gantry mills with an adjustable-rail W axis.
The new U6 gantry mill series can be configured with a cross rail (Y axis) up to 29.5 ft., while the...
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The Expanded Reach of Automation
Automation can help companies be more productive while remaining flexible.
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8 Technologies for Improving Boring Mill Productivity
Boring, milling, drilling, threading, and even prismatic-part creation are all possible if the boring mill is equipped with the proper accessories.
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Hands-off Production: Understanding Rotary Transfer
Canadian Industrial Machinery recently asked Hydromat General Manager Kevin Meehan about the benefits of producing parts in a rotary transfer, turnkey environment.
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The Era of Automation
The 1990s was the decade of high-speed machining, the 2000s were about multitasking...this decade will be about automation.
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Overnight Success
Company can run more than 200 different parts, with cycle times as short as 8 minutes, during an unmanned night shift.
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Moldmaking Today
"Suggestions to be flexible, and to possess the most advanced equipment, do not fall on deaf ears... In many cases, they simply lack the necessary funds to move in this direction."
—Angelo Carnevale
Vice President
Canadian...
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Automotive Work
The unique challenges of machining compacted graphite iron (CGI) include machining at half the normal cutting speed and feed rate.
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Turning Q&A
Eccentric turning occurs when the workpiece and spindle axis do not share the same center axis. This process poses a set of unique challenges, so Canadian Industrial Machinery asked Marc Jagoda, Mazak’s assistant national applications manager,...
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A Look at Milling
New milling tools and techniques can aid a shop's bottom line.
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Manufacturing Meets Social Media
An inside look at how one Canadian manufacturer is harnessing the power of social media.
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Multitasking Programming Tips
More time must be spent at the beginning of the process when programming multitasking machines in order to eliminate programming errors and underutilization.
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The Art of Milling
New tooling when combined with proper techniques can dramatically improve milling operations.
Removing material quickly is the key to most milling operations.
And most of the material removed is done so during the roughing process,...
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Holemaking Using High-feed Milling
Dry cutting with an air blast through the spindle allows chips to be easily evacuated when using a high-feed cutter, such as the Tungaloy TXP (shown here)
Many shops today have discovered the benefits of high-feed milling, which uses...
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Drilling Plate
Thousands of holes are drilled each day at Innovative Steam Technologies.
Drilling 2,000 or more holes in inch-thick plate may seem daunting, but at Innovative Steam Technologies (IST), Cambridge, Ont., it’s the daily routine....
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5 Questions With...
Today’s multitasking equipment allows many operations to be carried out at any one time, which can potentially increase productivity, reduce WIP, and reduce the cost of the final part.
However, as the machine’s axis movements and...
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Shrink-fit Toolholding for the Medical Industry
Haimer USA's Power series, which includes shrink chucks and collet chucks, is suitable for medical equipment machining.
Tolerance requirements in the medical industry typically are much more precise than in general machining. This means...
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Moving Beyond Tribal Knowledge
Tribal knowledge is any unwritten information not commonly known by others within a company. This term is used most when referencing information others might need to know in order to produce quality products or services.
By nature,...
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J/E Bearing and Machine
There is nothing like the atmosphere and buzz at a family-run shop when a new piece of equipment arrives.
The setting this time is J/E Bearing and Machine, Tillsonburg, Ont., a business in the heart of Ontario’s manufacturing...
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Honing Efficiency for New Business
In the business of honing creating rounder and straighter bores and the best surface finishes possible are the keys to survival.
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HMC or HBM?
This MAG 500-mm HMC, part of an MQL machining system, produces part of a family of valve bodies and transmission cases.
Traditionally, work done on a large horizontal machining center (HMC) could not be confused with work done on a...
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Selecting the Proper Metalworking Fluid
Q: Why is coolant used in metal cutting?
A: The basic functions a metalworking fluid performs are cooling the part and tooling to increase tool life; reducing friction; protecting the machine tool and part from corrosion; providing...
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IJM CNC Machining
Ivan Markovic added the machining capacity of a large-bed vertical machining
center to keep his company fl exible in its ability to produce parts.
Ivan Markovic has seen a lot in his 30 years in manufacturing.
Constantly shifting...
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Milling Q&A
Q: How has milling technology changed recently?
A: The inception and dissemination of advanced CAD/CAM packages are giving engineers and designers tools to help them create incredible components. This results in parts with a level...
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Swiss Turning Machines
The first market for Swiss-type machines was the watch industry. Over the years, however, many other markets have found a need for work done on this type of equipment.
Today the defense, electronic, appliance, and automotive sectors...
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Swiss Turning Evolution
Modern Swiss-style machines have come a long way from their introduction in the early 1900s.
Their design evolved from the requirements of the Swiss watch and related screw machine industries. This industry required screw machines...
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Today’s Turnkeys
A turnkey system’s variables have traditionally been the machining equipment, tooling, fixturing, and load/unload accessories. Today, application engineering, programming, and process guarantees are of equal importance.
As lean...
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Precision Boring
In many boring applications it is up to the operator to make fine adjustments to the boring bar in order to create the correct bore.
Now with technology advances, in-process gauging and real-time diameter feedback can automatically...
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Drilling With High Pressure
Much of the underlying science of drilling is still not understood by metal cutting professionals.
Many people with decades of experience drilling holes are even shocked when they see what a high-pressure, fully optimized drilling...
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Valley Blades
In 1962 Valley Blades Ltd. began as a small manufacturing plant in Cambridge, Ont. The small 6,000-sq.-ft. facility originally was used to manufacture carbon snow blades and grader blades for the local market.
Fast-forwarding to the...
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Multitasking
Combining processes in a single machine can lead to better-quality parts and a reduction in the cost of producing those parts from start to finish.
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