NOMOS Glashütte and its timeless watch designs is one of the world's leading companies in the horology sector. The 'manufactory' is located near Dresden, Germany, and makes ultrahigh-precision mechanical watches employing high-tech methods as well as a great deal of craftsmanship. The remarkably filigree components are produced on precision tools, and the most stringent of demands are imposed on the measurement and inspection of these machine tools. Demands in terms of precision and accuracy…

Efficient tool management not only saves tool costs but also speeds up NC programming and shortens positioning times. Always assuming of course that the CAM programmers are able to access the real tool data. Bombardier Transportation has therefore implemented an integrated solution at its Netphen location, where body shells and bogies for rail vehicles are produced. This integrated solution comprises the TopSolid'Cam software from Missler and the Tool Management Solutions system from ZOLLER.

Cummins engineers saw that valuable production time could be saved by investing in ZOLLER tool presetting and heat shrinking technology. Avoiding tool setting on-machine saves about 5 minutes per tool, engineers estimated. Typically 6 tools a day are changed on each machine, which means comes to a half-hour production saved per machine per day. Cummins estimates it is achieving about 20% greater efficiency in production, thanks to the ZOLLER off-line presetting. The plant now changes its…

Components in medtech applications are becoming ever more intricate and delicate while production tolerances continue to contract. Quite apart from that, materials finding use in medtech are difficult to machine in production, requiring a particular level of expertise. Despite these mounting challenges, medical device producer Synthes market leader in the fields of osteosynthesis and maxillary and spinal surgery has succeeded in appreciably stepping up both productivity and quality. Special…

Making precision carbide cutters for the aerospace industry means that Carbro Corp., Lawndale, CA, must be very responsive to large and small orders with very high quality, long-life cutting tools — mills, reamers, routers, countersinks, and more.

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As part of a global operation, RTI Claro is offering more to its OEM aerospace clients.

User report: Rochester Institute

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Creating the future of manufacturing

If you’re skeptical of the future of North American metalworking manufacturing, make a visit to the Earl W. Brinkman Manufacturing and Machine Tools Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. It is here that a state of the art machine shop operates to teach future degreed engineers the essentials of materials processing using the Okuma THINC interface.

If you’re skeptical of the future…

Spot On: Tool presetter helps boost accuracy, productivity and savings.

Jason Bromiley, vice president of John R. Bromiley Machine Co. Inc., a job shop in Chalfont, Pa., says: “I wanted something to help with the setups. Being a job shop, our biggest time-consuming factor is multiple setups."