Achieve Swiss-Level Precision With Your Swiss-Style Machine
In the late 1800s, the Swiss watchmaking industry began pioneering the development of lathes that could handle the miniscule parts required for smaller and smaller timepieces, an effort that led to the development of today’s Swiss-style CNC lathes. Also called “screw...
Shops Should Consider Options When Measuring Runout
Total Indicator Runout (TIR), or the reference value of how much a tool moves (or wobbles) off center as it rotates, is measured by setting up a part so that it rotates about a particular axis, then measuring a surface of interest as the part is rotated. The...
REGO-FIX Makes Toolholding History Time and Again
REGO-FIX founder Fritz Weber grew up as the oldest child in a large family that lived in the Land of Precision, the watchmaking area of western Switzerland known as the Jura Arc. At a young age, he began to experiment with tool making on the lathe in his grandfather's...
Six Coolant Tips for Machining Success
Veteran machinists and experienced manufacturers often rely on smell to know when their machine tool’s coolant needs attention. Unfortunately, by the time coolant has developed an odor, it has likely already caused a number of costly, time-wasting problems, including...
Reduce Costs and Improve Overall Performance with Proper Toolholder Storage
Today’s machine shops need to be bottom-line focused to maintain a competitive edge in a fast-paced global manufacturing economy. One way to control costs and increase margins is to reduce tooling costs with proper maintenance and storage, whether long or short term....
Cryogenics Make Toolholding Cooler Than Ever
When most people think of “cryogenics,” they’ll think of the technology used in science fiction to freeze people so they can be thawed out in the future. However, the people exploring that far-off technology prefer the term “cryonics.” Cryogenic materials are actually...
Stainless Steel Ensures Flawless, Corrosion-Free Toolholding
As any skilled toolroom manager knows, regular maintenance is the key to toolholder performance. However, in some environments, even the most careful scheduled maintenance is often unable to stave off wear due to corrosion. From humid air and muggy weather to...
Good Toolholder & Spindle Interface Hygiene Ensures Top Machine Performance
One tiny chip lodged in a machine tool’s toolholder-spindle interface will, at best, cause a slight increase in tool runout and reduced tool life. At higher spindle speeds however, the effects only grow exponentially worse and can lead to catastrophic failures. To...
Proper Toolholder Torque Saves Time and Money, Improves Tool Life
As most shops know, collet-type toolholder assembly and setup have relied on cumbersome, complicated and error-prone manual methods costing valuable production time and money. With increasing demands for tighter tolerances in such industries as aerospace and medical...
Blockchain Promises In-Depth Traceability of Parts and Products
Remember your initial impressions of Internet 1.0? Did you take one look at its dial-up modems and proprietary networks and immediately picture today's always-on, always-connected world? Most people wondered how it possibly could offer them anything of value, although...
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REGO-FIX Announces New Center for Machining Excellence in Indiana
Whitestown, Ind., October 24, 2023 – Focusing on “Productivity through Partnership,” Swiss tooling manufacturer REGO-FIX, inventor of the standard-setting ER collet, has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art technical hub for the machining industry at its North...