Oil & Gas

Five-Axis 10 Jul 2020

Starrag's STC-MTV Five-Axis Mill-Turns Specialize in Hard Metal Machining

IMTS Spark: Starrag’s STC-MTV five-axis multitasking HMCs are designed for hard metal machining in such sectors as aerospace and oil and gas.

Turn/Mill 11 Apr 2020

Manufacturing Association Aids Shop’s Pivot to Ventilator Parts

After reaching out to the Austin Regional Manufacturers Association, a shop that typically serves oil and gas and heavy industry was able to quickly fill an order for ventilator parts.

Oil & Gas 24 Mar 2020

Vomat's UBF Vacuum Belt Filter Processes Ultra-Fine Particles from Cutting Fluids

The UBF vacuum belt filter from Vomat, a division of Oelheld, filters ultra-fine particles from oil and water-based coolants.

Grinding 13 Jan 2020

Oelheld's SintoGrind TC-X 630 Grinding Oil Maintains Viscosity

The grinding oil TC-X 630 has been added to Oelheld’s SintoGrind series as an entry-level product.

Milling Tools 26 Nov 2019

Drilling and Chamfering Tool Solves Machine Shop's Vexing Problem

An oil & gas part with a lot of holes required that Utex use two different tools to ensure burr-free inner and outer diameters. With Heule’s Vex-S tool, the shop realized time savings per cycle of an entire minute by performing drilling and chamfering in a single step.

Oil & Gas 27 Aug 2019

Interrupted Turning Operation Cuts Cost With 10-Sided Insert

Using a robust 10-sided insert from Tungaloy, this oil-industry remanufacturer was able to reduce the number of inserts used in interrupted turning operations.

Oil & Gas 24 Jun 2019

GMN's Prelub GP Oil-Air Lubricator Includes Rapid Error Correction

Westec 2019: The GMN oil-air lubricator Prelub GP is designed for the application of machine tool spindles.

Vertical Machining Centers 28 Mar 2019

Milling Machine's Oil Curtain Captures Fine Graphite Particles

Dust-free graphite mills eliminate graphite dust while milling graphite electrodes.

Oil & Gas 5 Mar 2019

Clear Metalworking Fluid Engineered for Easier Part Cleaning

Eastec 2019: Synergy 735 metalworking fluid from Blaser Swisslube is crystal-clear, water-miscible and oil-free, engineered to leave spotless surfaces that are easier to clean.

Oil & Gas 21 Feb 2019

Graphite Mill Also Processes Hardened Metals

Eastec 2019: EDM Network and Chmer EDM’s 30,000-rpm high-speed Dust Free Graphite Mill can mill graphite electrodes in EDM-compatible oil, applied in an oil shroud or curtain that surrounds the spindle to capture all of the graphite dust from the milling process.