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Michael Schuisky, AM Business Unit Manager, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing, talked to Manufacturing Engineering about metal 3D printing.

Holemaking in steel and cast iron up to one inch in diameter is one of the most widely used metalworking processes. What is driving drilling and tapping performance are advances in substrate, coatings, three-flute designs, and combination tools. Just as important are advances in coolant delivery, using different size holes and shapes to facilitate chip evacuation.

Selecting the best type of cutting tool for holemaking jobs is not always clear. It is best to have a drill that caters to the workpiece material, produces the specs required, and provides the most profit for the job at hand. Considering the variety of jobs and parts manufactured in machine shops, there is no “one-drill-fits-all.”

Laser scanners and structured white light scanners for metrology are advancing at the same time that customer are demanding major improvements. As a result, scanning technologies are making rapid progress.

New features mean more choices in cutting with inserts

SMW Autoblok has opened a new design and manufacturing production unit located in Petacciato, Italy.

RAD Torque Systems has launched what it calls its most advanced battery tool, the B-RAD BL S. The new torque wrench is an addition to the battery-operated series known as the B-RAD.

Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) today announced that Jonathan M. Morris, M.D., director of the 3D Printing Anatomic Modeling Lab at Mayo Clinic, and Hans J. Langer, Ph.D., founder of EOS GmbH and chairman of EOS Group, will be featured at the AMUG Conference.

For most of its history in manufacturing, metrology’s competitive arena was at the point of measurement.

The L.S. Starrett Company has appointed Jim VandeHei Director of Sales, Starrett Metrology Systems.