MMS Blog
Going to Extremes
I wrote this column in early 2008 listing machining “megatrends.” It still holds up, but because it was written before the crash, a couple of the points (on employment and currency) have acquired a prescience I never intended.Recently, I got a note from a shop I visited that included an example of another of the trends in that column: the push away from mid-sized workpieces toward more extreme workpiece sizes.
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Five-Axis Head for Touch-Trigger Inspection on CMMs
Utilizing technology developed for its Revo measurement system, Renishaw says its PH20 probe head offers “head touches” for rapid touch-trigger measurement and fast, infinite, five-axis positioning for optimal feature access.
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BIG Kaiser Hosts Grand Opening of its new Headquarters
Click on the photo above for highlights of the ribbon cutting and building tour.
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Does a Shop for the Blind Differ from a “Regular” One?
These calipers “speak” measurements to those who aren’t able to see them.
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Consumer Durable Goods Spending Up 10.1% in March
While income continues to remain stagnant, spending on consumer durable goods grew at its fastest pace since July 2005 in March.
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Real Recovery with March Income Stagnant?
You may have seen it reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the news media that income was up in March.
Read MoreApril MBI at 56.0 – Industry Expands Faster
With a reading of 56.0, April's MBI showed that the metalworking industry expanded faster for the second straight month.
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Tech Days and the Volcano
On April 17, I was ticketed on a flight from Atlanta to Stuttgart, Germany at the invitation of cutting tool maker Horn USA. Unfortunately, the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano disrupted my trip.
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Solving a Sticky Workholding Issue
Workholding on a CNC router can be a challenge because vacuum plates or tables have limitations.
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Holding Small Parts for Effective Machining on a CNC Router
A non-woven porous material with a special coating enables vacuum chucks and tables to hold sheets of metal and other materials more effectively on CNC routing machines. The material, called Vilmill, is used as a substrate between the sheet or plate material to be machined and a suitable vacuum table or vacuum chuck where it is held securely in place by the vacuum.
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