Form Grinding wanted a better way to create the carbide inserts it used for cold extrusion forming in steel dies. The grinding wheel process they used to dimensionalize the carbide was slow and inefficient, and working with carbide on a grinding wheel is an untidy process. Plus it was costly, as the...
Producing fine finishes on EDMed surfaces has long been a goal, especially for mold and die shops that operate ram-type electrical discharge machines. Lately, there has been renewed interest in using additives in the dielectric oil to achieve ultra fine finishes with graphite electrodes without excessive...
Two years ago, Gerg Tool & Die (St. Marys, PA), which specializes in dies and tooling for the powdered metal industry, was looking for an EDM sinker machine for a specific part. The company had tried to use its existing equipment to manufacture this part, but was having difficulty achieving the accuracy...
Runoff Requirements 1.67 Cpk Tooling 19 tools Special tooling: Compound-angle head, PCD bore and Trepan for impeller bore Machines 6 A77 / Stand-alone installation Comments All...
CHALLENGE Lens Tool and Mould of Windsor, Ontario, faced a manufacturing market that was getting increasingly smaller as competition from around the world heightened. To prepare for a more competitive future, the company expanded its business to offer the type of EDM capabilities...
This 12,300 square foot location in Orange County will provide the machining and manufacturing process solutions from Makino that help reduce machining costs. MAKINO OPENS CALIFORNIA TECH CENTER Serves As Regional Sales/Service Office Makino...
Anyone who believes the American dream is just a fairy tale created to keep the citizenry happy, should talk to George Marcinkowski, founder and president of Calmax Machining, Inc.-a Santa Clara, job shop specializing in production of machined parts and assemblies for a broad segment of the Silicon Valley's...
Runoff Requirements 1.67 Cpk on critical features Tooling 21 tools Special tooling: finish bore for crankshaft alignment, finish, bearing bore and flange hub O.D., flange undercut, flange chamfer, rough thrust face, rough, semi...