Centerline Machining

GRIP FORCE REPEATABILITY IN LATHES.(Tooling & Workholding)
Fabricating & Metalworking; 10/1/2009; 1365 words; ...Not considering the repeatability of the clamp force in your machining process is a common oversight. When purchasing a chuck...clamp and re-clamp a workpiece while achieving the same centerline or T.I.R. This jaw movement repeatability often defines...

Bridge mill tackles high speed net-shape machining.(MODERN EQUIPMENT REVIEW)
Modern Machine Shop; 10/1/2009; 660 words; ...competitively priced double-column machining center. Absolute Machine Tools, Inc...designed for high speed, net-shape machining of complex 3D parts. The machine is...ways and a wide saddle keep the spindle centerline close to the bridge for further rigidity...

See the tool's value instead of its cost: this company is embracing high-performance tooling on its turning centers. The "sticker shock" is no reason not to do this. In one case, though, the shop found a way to limit the cost of the tool and increase productivity at the same time.
Modern Machine Shop; 7/1/2009; 1823 words; ...lathe, the tool is held on centerline while the part spins, drilling...longer has to be sent to a machining center for this rotary-tool work. Where the setup on the machining center used to consume capacity...outsource some of the company's machining demand, the pressure to outsource...

U.S. automakers' turmoil drags down suppliers Hundreds of businesses could close despite cuts in work hours and layoffs
International Herald Tribune; 6/4/2009; 1093 words; ...from $16 billion in January, he said. Whitlam Label, in Centerline, Michigan, has tried to diversify. It makes a wide variety...The company Mr. Buhaj heads as president - Avon Broach, a machining operation in Rochester Hills, Michigan - designs and makes...

Tighter than tight.(Pavement Preservation)
Asphalt Contractor; 6/1/2009; 1848 words; ...length of the runway because the engineering firm gave us a new centerline profile and slope. We are milling to 3 inches under this...air, they look like their namesake counterparts from the machining and brazing trades -- smooth, sweeping junctions between...