Stories Collection

  1. 00-00-0000 The device many machine tools use to measure their linear position is a...
  2. 00-00-0000 Kevin Weinberger is the president of CB Supply Inc., a distributor of p...
  3. Hakusui U.S.A., Schaumburg, 111, has entered the U.S. market with a line of high spe...
  4. Emco Maier acquires Italian lathe manufacturer Emco Maier Corp. has acquired Pa...
  5. Duane Lumpe worked for Olin Brass, an Indiana manufacturer of brass bars. Lumpe, a &...
  6. As the metalworking industry catapults itself toward high tech, computerized machini...
  7. 00-00-0000 The National Electrical Manufacturers Association is a trade association...
  8. Wanting to improve corrosion resistance of critical airframe control bearings, the T...
  9. Taking advantage of finite element analysis, Komo Butler designed, tested, and built...
  10. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association is a trade association whose membe...
  11. Rules to drill by Large wall charts aren't always close by, so our shop uses s...
  12. 00-00-0000 The rest of the world is now catching on to something that metal fabrica...
  13. Checking for broken tools during a drill bushing application is often difficult beca...
  14. Mastercam Solids is a new solid modeler from CNC Software, Inc., Tolland, Conn. It i...
  15. Advancements in plasma cutting technology have increased productivity leading to mor...
  16. 00-00-0000 The U.S. Army has a mission ­ to help America's industrial work...
  17. 00-00-0000 When someone mentions CMMs, measuring critical parts for aerospace or a...
  18. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a uniqu...
  19. Military and airline pilots who train on supercomputers and multimillion dollar simu...
  20. 100 years ago in AMERICAN MACHINIST Color codes Many machinists used visu...
  21. 00-00-0000 Your PC is more powerful because of a grinding process. Electronics man...
  22. 00-00-0000 As the metalworking industry catapults itself toward high tech, computer...
  23. Goss & DeLeeuw Machine Co. has been granted a U.S. patent for its invention of a...
  24. AGMA training school The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) will be...
  25. You may have noticed an addition to this month's front cover. We're proud of it, and...
  26. An important merger is taking place between Taiwan's machine tool industry and its h...
  27. We are in an exciting period of manufacturing that is unmatched in history. The spee...
  28. 00-00-0000 In the coming years, manufacturers will face many new challenges in ter...
  29. Germany's Gildemeister Group unveiled a number of new machines at an open house in P...
  30. More than half of the over 200 member companies of UCIMU-Sistemi Per Produrre have b...
  31. 00-00-0000 Not everyone can get a reamer from Carboloy. That's because the company ...
  32. An innovative dual-processing design is helping an agile machining cell turn out pre...
  33. Introduced at the Westec show, the 3020 VMC from Fadal Engineering, Chatsworth, Cali...
  34. CAD-based scanning boosts inspection throughput For more than 50 years, Bronson...
  35. A new gearless head is making five-axis machining of complex contours easier and fas...
  36. Coolant fluids spotlight Through-the-tool micro lubrication system The Ec...
  37. Turning an uncommon set screw At our shop, we often encounter small tools, tool...
  38. Gasparini SpA-Mirano, Venice, Italy, has developed the I.P.2 600x5 in. MTU 100 Twin ...
  39. Control automation package The NUM 1050 package and its DISC NT digital servoco...
  40. 00-00-0000 We are in an exciting period of manufacturing that is unmatched in hist...
  41. 00-00-0000 To some, EMO Paris 99 will be the last major international event of its...
  42. Cautious, yet optimistic, machine tool builders from around the world show the lates...
  43. A powdered metal cylinder liner designed by TecSyn, PMP, Huntsville, Ala., won the g...
  44. AMERICAN MACHINIST Not that old thing again In 1949, editors published a ...
  45. 00-00-0000 For more than 50 years, Bronson & Bratton, Burr Ridge, Ill., has...
  46. 00-00-0000 Opportunities for global growth abound in today's market. Yet, many sma...
  47. Service, flexibility, and reliability can help jobshops tap into global markets. ...
  48. Metal prototypes are often difficult and complicated to manufacture. But engineers a...
  49. For optimum hole finishing accuracy, one cutting tool company goes to extreme length...
  50. 00-00-0000 On December 7, 1994, Randall Matezevich, an employee of Tabor Mining an...
  51. Tooling trends users can see in the new millennium. In the coming years, manufa...
  52. Ames Laboratory scientists have been working with quasicrystals, a material that has...
  53. 00-00-0000 A guiding force in the formation of the rapid prototyping and tooling i...
  54. 00-00-0000 When a major automotive manufacturer needed to boost production rates a...
  55. 00-00-0000 Like many machine shops in California, Kelltech Precision Machining of ...
  56. Workers' comp awarded to carpal tunnel sufferer Deborah Williams was an assembl...
  57. Company news Inventor of the year George P. Grab, senior staff engineer a...
  58. 00-00-0000 On three occasions in 1993 and 1994, Hitachi Magnetics Corp. hired Kalu...
  59. 00-00-0000 Introduced at the Westec show, the 3020 VMC from Fadal Engineering, Cha...
  60. Software handles a variety of testing situations A data recording and evaluatio...
  61. Almag France, part of the Mofra Group, recently developed a new method for treating ...
  62. Contour bandsawing offers several advantages, including less material waste, simple ...
  63. Many nonferrous metals can be heat treated, although none offer the heat treating fl...
  64. 00-00-0000 Control Laser Corp., Orlando, is producing a line of InstaMark laser ma...
  65. 00-00-0000 Contour bandsawing offers several advantages, including less material w...
  66. From Argonne National Laboratory comes an artificial-intelligence-based early warnin...
  67. Software eliminates programming bottleneck Since upgrading its part programming...
  68. 500 [degrees] F electric top-loading oven The Grieve Corp., Round Lake, Ill., m...
  69. High and low temperature recorder The ColdSnap+ dual temperature recorder provi...
  70. 00-00-0000 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) of Tokyo has delivered Japan' s f...
  71. 00-00-0000 As the end of the twentieth century approaches, jobshops, manufacturers,...
  72. Slash toolchange times After automating a knee mill, Acu-Rite Inc., Jamestown, ...
  73. In-process gaging solution Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich., will display the...
  74. There has been considerable misunderstanding regarding the question on the heat trea...
  75. 00-00-0000 After automating a knee mill, Acu-Rite Inc., Jamestown, N.Y., found tha...
  76. 00-00-0000 In 1994, Aerofit Products Inc., a company that makes fittings for hydrau...
  77. 00-00-0000 It's 7 a.m. Sunday morning, and you didn't get home the night before un...
  78. TWO VIEWS ON BOEING PROBLEMS I am writing in reference to your January editoria...
  79. In 1978, Victor R. Jesperson signed a sales distribution agreement with Trim-Line In...
  80. As the end of the twentieth century approaches, jobshops, manufacturers, tool-and-di...
  81. AMERICAN MACHINIST 100 years ago in AM In March 1899, AMERICAN MACHINIST ...
  82. 00-00-0000 Designed for machining large and complex parts, the FRFQ 200 milling ce...
  83. 00-00-0000 Tool selection posed a challenge for Silicon Gaming Inc. in the developm...
  84. Hause Machines Inc., Montpelier, Ohio, has developed a rotary end-forming machine th...
  85. Micro-sized carbide end mills Cutting Edge Technologies, Bridgewater Corners, V...
  86. In 1968, Wolfgang Buchholtz was hired as the manager of the Machine Shop at the Univ...
  87. A guide to quick chamfering I had to cut 1/8 in. x 45 [degrees] chamfers around...
  88. 00-00-0000 In 1978, Victor R. Jesperson signed a sales distribution agreement with...
  89. 00-00-0000 Bimba Manufacturing produces end caps and cylinder guides by the hundred...
  90. Performance package provides accurate vertical machining Cincinnati Machine wil...
  91. Making ceramic parts has just gotten easier, faster, and cheaper, thanks to a proces...
  92. 50th year marked by live center manufacturer Concentric Tool Corp., Arcadia Cal...
  93. In 1996, Great Lakes Steel Corp. hired Monarch Welding to make repairs at Great Lake...
  94. In 1994, Aerofit Products Inc., a company that makes fittings for hydraulic systems ...
  95. 00-00-0000 In 1968, Wolfgang Buchholtz was hired as the manager of the Machine Sho...
  96. 00-00-0000 Ford Motor Company's Essex Engine Plant in Essex, Ontario, manufactures ...
  97. Everyone's talking linear motors for high speed machining, but what are the roadbloc...
  98. Fanuc Robotics North America Inc., Rochester Hills, Mich., recently introduced the L...
  99. December U.S. machine tool consumption totaled an estimated $482 million, according ...
  100. Tool selection posed a challenge for Silicon Gaming Inc. in the development of its n...
  101. Don't be surprised if the next machine you buy operates from the comfort of your own...
  102. Control Laser Corp., Orlando, is producing a line of InstaMark laser marking systems...
  103. Brookfield, Conn.... Tornos-Bechler SA, the parent company of Tornos Technologies U....
  104. The future of in-process measurement might just be found in this marriage of CMM to ...
  105. Bimba Manufacturing produces end caps and cylinder guides by the hundreds. The compa...
  106. 00-00-0000 For decades, manufacturing and quality assurance managers have looked f...
  107. 00-00-0000 The heat treating processes for nonferrous metals differ from those for ...
  108. Programmer places minimal demands on host computer GE Fanuc Automation North Am...
  109. Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) competitor Team Rahal debuted its new 1999 Rey...
  110. The Japanese Minister of International Trade comments on steel trade The Japanese Mi...
  111. Ford Motor Company's Essex Engine Plant in Essex, Ontario, manufactures different en...
  112. 00-00-0000 Hause Machines Inc., Montpelier, Ohio, has developed a rotary end-formin...
  113. 00-00-0000 Linear motors are not a new technology, but acceptance has been slow in...
  114. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) of Tokyo has delivered Japan's first gantry-t...
  115. Designed for machining large and complex parts, the FRFQ 200 milling center consists...
  116. Minimum overhang from the spindle bearings assures spindle accuracy transfers direct...
  117. Cooperation agreement signed Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, Pa., has signed a busine...
  118. 00-00-0000 Making ceramic parts has just gotten easier, faster, and cheaper, thanks...
  119. 00-00-0000 Minimum overhang from the spindle bearings assures spindle accuracy tra...
  120. Luis Liriano, a 17-year-old employee in the meat department of a grocery store in Ne...
  121. David Sharpe, manufacturing manager of Lincoln Brass, Waynesboro, Tenn., describes v...
  122. Besides rebuilding and remanufacturing complete automotive transfer lines, one compa...
  123. Barfeed solution for Swiss-type machines Available through Reynolds Machine &am...
  124. Kelley Technical Coatings Inc. is an industrial paint manufacturer in Louisville, Ky...
  125. Tiechon Industries is a mid-sized manufacturing company located in Troy, Mich., that...
  126. 00-00-0000 The French are finessing their way into U.S. manufacturing markets usin...
  127. 00-00-0000 The addition of CNC has helped many high-volume producers machine more ...
  128. Amcast Industrial Corp. owned and operated an aluminum die casting plant in Cedarbur...
  129. November U.S. machine tool consumption totaled an estimated $440 million, according ...
  130. Going from a 32-bit CNC-style to a combination PC-NC, 64-bit control creates an EDM ...
  131. An automotive equipment supplier in the Detroit metropolitan area was using a clothe...
  132. 00-00-0000 Because of its versatility in terms of the materials it can cut and the...
  133. Just a click-stop away Kennametal's new small diameter versions of its Romicron...
  134. Cutting technologies are among the fastest changing in the industry. Cutting tool se...
  135. Milacron Inc. has launched a massive website that will help serve more than 100,000 ...
  136. A rush weekend order from a major aerospace manufacturer gave Metal Cutting Service ...
  137. 00-00-0000 The Prismatic AMCU-12 from Artran Inc., Springdale, Ark., is a 5-axis m...
  138. 00-00-0000 During my presentation at the annual AMT meeting in October, I mentioned...
  139. 00-00-0000 Typical projects at Vogtland GmbH of Plauen, Germany, usually involve d...
  140. The French are finessing their way into U.S. manufacturing markets using partnership...
  141. Swiss company moves in Voumard Inc., the Swiss-based grinding machine manufactu...
  142. Live tooling added to new technology equals growth for door hardware manufacturer. ...
  143. Multi-spindle automatics spotlight CNC turning system accommodates manufacturin...
  144. 00-00-0000 Neico Aviation Inc., Redmond, Oreg., manufactures the Lancair line of h...
  145. 00-00-0000 Paul Villemaire, CEO, and Gene Fantozzi, general manager, of C&M...
  146. 00-00-0000 Eli Whitney holds a preeminent position in the annals of metalworking. ...
  147. Because of its versatility in terms of the materials it can cut and the quality of i...
  148. The Prismatic AMCU-12 from Artran Inc., Springdale, Ark., is a 5-axis machining cent...
  149. 100 years ago in AM In February 1899, one reader shared some behind-the-scenes ...
  150. 00-00-0000 James Jones suffered serious leg injuries on October 10, 1990, while cl...
  151. 00-00-0000 David Sharpe, manufacturing manager of Lincoln Brass, Waynesboro, Tenn.,...
  152. A new family of thermo-plastic olefins was developed by General Motors and Montell N...
  153. No more leftovers Mastercam Version 7 offers several new features that automati...
  154. Q: Cutting tool manufacturers say either use copious ant or no coolant at all. Why i...
  155. 00-00-0000 Amcast Industrial Corp. owned and operated an aluminum die casting plan...
  156. 00-00-0000 Tiechon Industries is a mid-sized manufacturing company located in Troy...
  157. Control Laser Corp., Orlando, is producing a line of InstaMark laser marking systems...
  158. Aircraft manufacturer chooses CAD software Neico Aviation Inc., Redmond, Oreg.,...
  159. During my presentation at the annual AMT meeting in October, I mentioned several cha...
  160. 00-00-0000 Luis Liriano, a 17-year-old employee in the meat department of a grocery...
  161. 00-00-0000 Arush weekend order from a major aerospace manufacturer gave Metal Cutt...
  162. New officers elected The United States Cutting Tool Institute has elected new o...
  163. James Jones suffered serious leg injuries on October 10, 1990, while cleaning a scre...
  164. 00-00-0000 Kelley Technical Coatings Inc. is an industrial paint manufacturer in L...
  165. Fixture goes long My idea is a universal fixture that holds long shafts for mil...
  166. Power shrinking toolholder The Tribos toolholder features a special geometry th...
  167. Paul Villemaire, CEO, and Gene Fantozzi, general manager, of C&M Machine Product...
  168. 00-00-0000 An EDM that interacts well with a group is one way to describe a machine...
  169. 1998 inductees honored for inventive genius, business acumen, distribution innovatio...
  170. 00-00-0000 Metalcrafters of Fountain Valley, Calif., creates fully functioning pro...
  171. 00-00-0000 On Time Machining (OTM), Wapakoneta, Ohio, manufactures indexable cuttin...
  172. Piles of paperwork disappear using special software for all quality assurance and co...
  173. 00-00-0000 Introduced at the latest BIMU exhibition, a new machining center is the...
  174. NO-PASS, NO-PLAY Your editorial in the November issue ("No-pass, no-play i...
  175. New technology viewed as long-term asset Evden Enterprises, located in Ukiah, C...
  176. 00-00-0000 A team of researchers that includes Georgia Institute of Technology eng...
  177. Non-depleting oxygen analyzers Delta F has added three cost analyzers to its ox...
  178. 00-00-0000 The Helitronic Power 5-axis CNC tool and cutter grinder from Walter Gri...
  179. Software makes prototype cars ready to roar Metalcrafters of Fountain Valley, C...
  180. Breakage of scarifier points Q We are manufacturing scarifier points for motor ...
  181. 00-00-0000 Walter James was hired by Bessemer Processing Co., in Newark, N.J., in ...
  182. Cutter centering that doesn't leave its mark My idea is for centering a key slo...
  183. Company news Milacron to combine tooling operations Milacron Inc., Cincin...
  184. If it doesn't make chips, it still can make sense There must be a way to show s...
  185. 00-00-0000 By now, most people involved with machine tools know the difference bet...
  186. Box or linear guideways--some say it's old versus new school or strictly customer pr...
  187. Modest machine tool consumption for October October U.S. machine tool consumpti...
  188. 00-00-0000 With ever increasing technical requirements and stipulations for manufac...
  189. Tool grinding gets less complicated The Helitronic Power 5-axis CNC tool and cu...
  190. Shrink-fit toolholders a perfect fit for moldmaker Wirtz Manufacturing Co., Por...
  191. 00-00-0000 Evden Enterprises, located in Ukiah, Calif., manufactures custom compone...
  192. Manage all aspects of manufacturing Shop Suite 2K, Cimnet Inc., Robesonia, Pa.,...
  193. Testing & measurement spotlight DRO has separate DSU At approximately...
  194. 00-00-0000 There must be a way to show shop owners that software is a vital, realis...
  195. $905,000 verdict against machine manufacturer upheld Andrew A. Vargo worked for...
  196. AMERICAN MACHINIST 100 years ago in AM In that new year of 1899, AMERICAN...
  197. 00-00-0000 Wirtz Manufacturing Co., Port Huron, Mich., makes gas mask and nose cup...
  198. 00-00-0000 Grinding spotlight Machine regrinds in one process The RGX tool ...
  199. 00-00-0000 100 years ago in AM Men seeking employment in large cities would oft...