PartMaker Inc., Fort Washington, PA (USA) will demonstrate its latest release, Version 9.2 of its PartMaker® CAD/CAM software for CNC Mills, Lathes, WireEDM, Turn-Mill Centers and Swiss-type lathes at mediSIAMS 2009 in Moutier (Switzerland). Major highlights of this newest version of PartMaker, Version 9.2, include a revamped and more productive user-interface, improved capabilities for programming directly on solid models and the ability to automatically generate descriptive and visual (…)

The forces exerted on the tap flank during the rigid machining and particularly by the reverse of the machine spindle led to a very important deduction of the service life of the tap, which can generate a premature wear and even the breakage of the tap, so a lower thread quality. Edalmatic-Synchro chuck Type MT-S By rigid tapping, the torque graph (visible on the illustration published in next issue (3)) changes continually because of the variations of the machine synchronism. With the (…)

It is always the weakest link that conditions the global performance of any system. Often that’s "small items seen as non relevant " that impacts negatively the whole result. For instance in a company working in just in time, a lot of parameters have to be taken into account and tool management is part of the main points .If a "mere" milling tool is missing, the whole production line can be jammed. Aware of this hurdle, Fraisa is offering a turnkey solution for new and re-sharpened tooling. (…)

High precision machining needs know-how and open mind. I’ve met yesterday François Champion who is head of Sales and Marketing with Applitec and that was interesting because once again I discovered that technical skills is important but that’s nothing without a clear vision of what customers need. Medical tooling Medical is not significantly different than others field. Material are challenging and maybe the most difficult thing with Titanium is that it’s a material that needs very sharp (…)

In today’s difficult business environment, manufacturers are looking to boost their productivity and competitiveness - sustainably and substantially. Iscar has launched a new 3P Productivity Plan, which already has helped hundreds of successful manufacturers to see an immediate savings of more than 25% in production cost due to an improvement in metalcutting productivity, plus better ROI, speed of delivery and all-around competitiveness. Well known partners Among the 3P Productivity (…)