Cutting tool developer Sandvik Coromant introduced a light cutting insert for its CoroMill 170 precision gear-milling cutter. The new -PL geometry flank insert reduces cutting forces, it reported, ...

There is a second dimension to the gear making process, which opens new potential for the century-old technique. Mark Grizotsky of Thornhill, Ontario, writes: We discovered new possibilities in the ...

The entire gear is cut as part of a single process, without interim removal/reinsertion of the gear blank or manual tool changeover. NUM China has helped Betek to accelerate the development of a ...

In the early 1980s, machine tool builders added milling spindles to turning machines, and Multi-Tasking was born. Within a decade, the concept quickly progressed to machines that not only combined ...

Forest City Gear has expanded its turning and milling operations with a state-of-the-art facility designed to improve lead times and quality for the production of precision gear blanks. The 8,500 ...