The caliper is a must-have machinist tool especially you need precise measurement in the machine shop. The common caliper tools including dial calipers, vernier calipers, digital calipers, etc. To avoid getting confused with brake calipers, in this article, we’ll introduce what is a caliper as a measuring tool, and different types of calipers and their uses. What is a Caliper Measuring Tool? ......

Why is it critical to have a thorough knowledge of the many kinds of CNC machines? Well, if you’re unfamiliar with the limits and advantages of each particular kind of CNC machine, you may not be able to properly design for it, which is what ends up costing a lot of time and money. As a result, today’s topic will be how machines operate, as well as the limits and advantages of each machine type. We’ll focus on CNC machines that remove material using cutting tools since they’re the most ......

  Quick Re-Cap On CNC Casting And Its Disadvantages & Challenges Casting is a very common traditional manufacturing method used to make complex shapes that would otherwise be very difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods. it can be used across a wide different variety of volumes as well as part sizes. Casting is good for both small parts and very large parts. everything from small volumes between one and ten to very high volumes like thousands of parts each.    Traditional manufacturing like ......

  Overview Of What Is Metal Injection Molding  Metal injection molding is a powdered metal process that enables you to create these highly complex shapes, then mass produces them, utilizing these inexpensive metal powders. this technique uses a wide variety of part sizes from very small to some medium-sized parts. it has widely accepted validated standards(ASTM & ISO standards). it’s used across a broad variety of different industries(metals: everything from stainless steels to even titanium, copp......

CNC machining center is a kind of high-precision, high-efficiency automatic metal processing equipment, equipped with multi position turret or power turret, which can process linear cylinder, oblique cylinder, arc and various thread, groove, worm and other complex workpieces. It has various compensation functions of linear interpolation and arc interpolation, and has played a good economic effect in the mass production of complex parts. However, any problem in the control system, drive system and the electrical a......

It might the most annoying thing that when you get home and dying to have a rest, you can’t open the door with your keys. Why does the key not working on your door lock? Here we introduce the reason why do keys get stuck in locks and the solutions to remove the door lock cylinder without key and the stuck key in the lock. ......

Tools and dies represent a significant financial investment. If a mould wears out early as a result of surface friction and must be repaired, this results in lost production time as well as lost revenue for the manufacturer. Investment in surface treatments that increase tool quality and longevity is therefore an excellent approach to save money when running extended production runs. In this guide, we list 4 types of surface treatments for plastic injection mold tools.  ......

How to convert a precision milling machine to CNC(Computer numerical control)? let’s find out together! converting a machine to CNC is a simple three-step process. First, removing the lead screws lead screw nuts and handwheels. but most of the effort must be dedicated to focusing on installing ball screws, ball nuts, and stepper motors. most of the conversion kits need to be developed by disassembling this machine measuring all of its dimensions, designing and modeling all the components, and repeating the pro......