2, Aug 2012
Waterjet Cutting: Titanium Aerospace Blanks Without Heat Distortion
Titanium is one of those materials where waterjet really shines. We got a job earlier this month — cutting blanks from 0.25" Ti-6Al-4V sheet for an aerospace customer. The blanks
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10, Jul 2012
Plasma Cutting: Structural Steel Gussets and Brackets for a Bridge Project
A structural steel fabricator we work with brought us a subcontract job this summer — cutting gusset plates and connection brackets for a pedestrian bridge renovation. The materia
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13, Jun 2012
Laser Cutting: Structural Steel Enclosures for Electrical Cabinets
We just finished a big run of electrical cabinet panels for a controls integrator — 14-gauge and 11-gauge mild steel, with a mix of rectangular knockouts, mounting hole patterns,
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25, May 2012
Sinker EDM: Deep Rib Cavities in a Multi-Cavity Injection Mold
We had a mold project come in that needed EDM work on some deep, narrow rib cavities that simply couldn't be reached with a cutter. The mold was a four-cavity H13 tool steel block...
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8, May 2012
Wire EDM: Cutting Hardened Punch and Die Sets for Stamping
Wire EDM is one of those processes that still impresses people who haven't seen it before — cutting through hardened D2 tool steel at 62 HRC like it's butter, leaving behind a fin
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19, Apr 2012
Boring: Large Diameter Bearing Housing on a Horizontal Boring Mill
We had a good project come through the shop last month — a pair of large gearbox bearing housings made from ductile iron. Each housing needed a 6.000" diameter bore finished to H7
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2, Apr 2012
Surface Grinding: Hardened D2 Tool Steel Wear Plates
This spring we ground a set of D2 tool steel wear plates for a stamping die application. The plates were hardened to 60–62 HRC before they came to us, and the customer needed both
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14, Mar 2012
Tapping: Solving Thread Quality Issues on Aluminum Enclosures
A customer came to us frustrated with a thread quality problem they were having in-house. They were tapping M4 and M5 threads in 6063 aluminum enclosures and getting torn, rough t...
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28, Feb 2012
Drilling Project: High-Volume Hole Pattern on Carbon Steel Flanges
We ran a batch of 1,200 ANSI 150# carbon steel pipe flanges for an oil and gas customer earlier this year. Each flange needed a bolt hole circle drilled to a specific pattern — ei
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9, Feb 2012
Milling Case Study: Tool Steel Mold Core for Plastic Injection
One of the more challenging jobs we've done this year was a mold core for a plastic injection customer. Material was P20 tool steel, pre-hardened to 30 HRC. The part had a lot of ...
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