Industry standards for surface finish help define the specifications of the instruments, how they are used, the results they provide and how they can be tested for performance.

Currently, designers at the Georg machine tools division are completing an upgrade for Siemens manufacturing center in Görlitz, Germany. A turbine rotor lathe first installed in 1963 has been updated, ...

Cat's PM-465 has simplified grade and slope control system that provides three operating menus. On-board electronics also regulate speed, steering and rotor drive, plus self-diagnostics. Milling ...

Screw rotor systems are critical components in compressors, vacuum pumps and various heavy-duty machinery. Their design and subsequent machining require an intricate balance between theoretical ...

Blisks — or integrally bladed rotors —are produced in very hard materials (titanium, heat-resistant superalloys) and consist of complex geometries that require high-efficiency, high-precision ...

These milling machines now meet U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final and EU Stage V emission standards powered by a fuel-efficient Cat C18 turbocharged, 6-cylinder diesel engine. The PM820, PM822 and PM825 Cold ...

Question: I have a 1994 Toyota Tercel. I will need brakes pretty soon. Can I replace the front disc pads and rear drums without machining them? How about seals, and rear brake hardware? Bob Answer: If ...

The advent of 3D milling is not new. The technology has been around since about 2009, and while 3D milling may be more prevalent on airport runway jobs than mainline highway paving jobs here in the ...

MIT researchers developed a method for making tiny, precise rotors out of pure diamond crystal (far right cylinder), which can spin at far higher frequencies than rotors made from conventional ...