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Video: Why a Production Machine Shop Started a Baseball Bat Company

A 153-year-old manufacturer of precision, metal pins recently started a side business creating custom wooden baseball bats. The reasoning behind establishing this new company is intriguing, as is how it has helped create a stronger bond with the local community.

Derek Korn
Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining magazine

Turn-Mills

PMTS 2023 Product Preview: High-Volume Turning

Learn about some of the latest high-volume turning solutions that will be on display at PMTS 2023.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Growth Comes When Machining Challenges Are Met

Manufacturers such as SDP/SI that embrace machining challenges ultimately find ways to become more efficient and profitable operations.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Shop Shares Lights-Out Lessons Learned

Automated machining and data collection have helped Custom Tool to not only grow its business through more overnight production but also to establish a continuous improvement mindset that has enabled it to become more efficient in numerous areas.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

VIDEO: A Unique Innovation Keeps the Wheels Turning

A problem with a bicycle’s two-piece bottom bracket design spurred action from two friends that led to not only a simple solution but to a business venture with in-house machining capability that has become an international supplier to high-end bike manufacturers.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

EMAG VT 4-Axes Lathes for Shaft Production Maximum Performance

IMTS 2022: The lathes are said to provide short cycle times, high-precision machining and safe processing with the VT series of turning machines literally turning the classic horizontal machining process on its head.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Twin-Turret Lathes for Flexible Tooling

Miyano machines are designed to ensure high rigidity, high accuracy and long life.

CNC & Machine Controls

Software Controls Chip Breaking in Thread Turning Operations

This cutting tool manufacturer has developed a software module for chip control of thread turning operations in virtually any CNC lathe, even for older machines, using specific tooling and software.

Lori Beckman
Senior Editor, Production Machining

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Index Corp.’s Sliding Headstock CNC Lathe for Small Parts Machining

The frontworking attachment and counterspindle are now housed on separate slides, which is said to eliminate potential interdependence between front-end and counter-spindle machining, enabling greater programming flexibility.

Turn-Mills

How to Get More Efficient Production from Swiss-Type and Multitasking Machines

SolidCAM for multi-axis Swiss type and multitasking machines provides a very efficient CAM programming process, generating optimal and safe Mill-Turn programs, with dramatically improved milling tool life.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Romi's VT Series Vertical CNC Lathes for Large Load Capacities

The company says the lathes’ robust mechanical structure provide exceptional rigidity, stability and versatility for machining workpieces found in heavy industry.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Emco’s Maxxturn 65 G2 Designed for Versatile Machining

A modular design provides a range of options for specific customer requirements.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Will Transmission Manufacturers Turn to Out-Of-Round Turning?

Out-of-round turning can be an efficient alternative to profile milling and grinding for polygon couplings that could replace traditional spline connections in automotive transmissions.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Toyoda’s LA-250YS Turning Center Capable of Complex, Repeatable Machining

PMTS 2021: Turning center is said to combine milling and turning processes in a single setup for optimized production times.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Schaublin 302 Is Compact, High-Precision Lathe for Flexible Production

PMTS 2023: This multipurpose machine is a high-precision production lathe that features a FANUC digital control, compact size and flexibility for cost-effective, small- and large-scale production runs.

Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Production Machining

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

A Fitting Machining Process

Diversified Fittings has turned to twin-turret/twin-spindle equipment and machine monitoring to become more efficient producing hydraulic fittings and adaptors.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

JBM Technologies Offers HMCs, VMCs, Milling Machines and Turning Centers

PMTS 2021: The company also offers sample nesting fixtures for precision parts that were produced on an industrial 3D printer by JuggerBot3D.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

PMTS 2021 Product Preview: CNC Turning Centers and Swiss-Types

Learn about some of the new CNC turning centers and Swiss-Type lathes to be displayed at PMTS 2021.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Twin-Turret Lathes Feature Y-Axis Turrets

PMTS 2021: Marubeni's BNE-MYY twin-turret lathe models, BNE-51MYY and BNE-65MYY, offer 51- and 65-mm diameters.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Romi GL250 Turning Center Features Thermal Stability

PMTS 2021: The turning center offers thermal and geometric stability to maintain consistent accuracy, performance and productivity.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Laser Technology "Turns" into a Turning Tool

This new technology uses a laser to act as a cutting tool to "turn" parts from solid barstock. This high-speed precision turning machine is especially useful for micromachining, enabling high accuracy for small, complex parts that are often delicate and difficult to machine when implementing conventional turning processes.