American Machinist Weekly Update

Producing More, and Better, Ball-Joint Cages

An automatic, servo-driven punching machine improves cutting quality and increases output by more than 40%, with shorter tool-changing times too.

Machine Tool Builder Reshoring Production to U.S.

Hardinge will shift production of VMCs and turning centers from Taiwan to a modernized assembly line in Elmira, N.Y., to shorten lead-times and focus product development and assembly at its headquarters plant.

Do You Plan to Excel? Or Not to Excel?

For manufacturing organizations, early, high-level planning reduces costs, increases collaboration, and allows for greater control -- from conception to development, to improvement.

Machine Tool Orders Recovery is Building

October results represent “ continuation of economic recovery,” according to AMT, as $383.8 million worth of capital investments marked the highest monthly total of 2020.

Mill/Turn Center Meets Machine Tool Builder’s Demands

A rugged and reliable five-axis machine addresses Simmons Machine Tool Corp.’s goals for uptime, accuracy, and precision in producing cutter tools.

Marketing Shifts to Connecting

The pandemic has changed what is possible for businesses and opened a world of new opportunities, but the human need to connect is lasting.

5-Axis, Twin-Spindle Precision Machining Center

DZ 22, with spindle clearance of 600 mm, machines large and complex workpieces fully and quickly, including housings for electric motors and transmissions, oil pumps, chassis components, etc.

Entry-Level Conveyor + Filtration System

Second-generation EcoFilter® uses an innovative two-stage metal chip removal and coolant filtration design to reduces the number of chips that migrate to the coolant tank.

Bluetooth Safety Headphones

Two designs, an earmuff headphone and a neck-band type with magnetic earbuds, limit volume to 85 dB and offer 22- to 29-dB noise reduction rating, making them OSHA and NIOSH compliant.