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.

Intergrated value

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

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.

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."