Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster
Date: 4/9/2013
The three sons of the late Fritz Weber lead the next chapter for Rego-Fix, the fast-growing Swiss precision toolholding manufacturer
Full Article Author: Senior Editor Jim Lorincz
Date: 2/1/2013
Quick change (QC), zero point clamping, modular vises and clamping devices are just some of the buzzwords one hears in the workholding world. Typically stated objectives are reduction in setup time and downtime, increased spindle utilization, and flexibility to match requirements of automation and increasingly popular five-axis machining.
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Author: Senior Editor James D. Sawyer
Date: 2/1/2013
"The key thing we’ve learned from being in business," said Brad Carney, a founder and owner of Carney-Echelbarger Machining (C-E; Kokomo, IN), "is that the more that we diversify, the better off we are."Along with his mother and father, Carney in 2004 launched what was originally known as Carney Custom Machining (CCM) in a building behind his parents’ house in Sharpsville, IN.
Full Article Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster
Date: 1/1/2013
The toolholding industry is launching new systems for gripping, clamping and locking, as well as deadening vibrations. It's also expanding its toolholder lineup, going ever bigger for applications in the energy, machinery and heavy-duty transportation markets and ever smaller for medical and aerospace parts.
Full Article Author: Senior Editor Jim Lorincz
Date: 1/1/2013
Steel, cast iron, heat-resistant alloys head the list for PVD, CVD coatings
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