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Tips for Selecting a Long-reach Tool Holder Deep pockets in mold cavities can be difficult to machine. Tool holder length-to-diameter ratios are stretched to the max and cutting forces are high. Without the right tool holder, these conditions create the perfect storm for chatter, poor tool life and failing quality control molds. To avoid such […]

Gearench Reduces Set-Up Time by 60% with Tool Presetter The October 2014 issue of Manufacturing News profiles BIG Kaiser customer Gearench. Located one mile south of Clifton, Texas, Gearench produces more than 40 separate product lines exclusively for the oil industry used in exploration, drilling, production, refining and completion. Looking to minimize set-up time and machine downtime, the

Breaking into the World of Manufacturing As BIG KAISER celebrates 30 years, Tim Grosch, operations & purchasing manager, reflects on getting his start in manufacturing. Back in 1990, I was a college graduate looking to get into the manufacturing world in some capacity. I worked for my father’s machine shop during high school and college

BIG KAISER’s One-of-a-Kind Donation to an Indiana High School BIG KAISER is BIG in supporting education. Nowadays, you hear so much in the manufacturing community that there are fewer students able to work in manufacturing as a result of lacking in skills. Well, not on Mr. Chris Kaiser’s watch. Both manufacturing and workforce development education is high atop the minds at BIG

BIG KAISER Offers Discounted Demo Inventory A new feature of BIG KAISER’s online Stock Check allows buyers to search for discounted demonstration inventory. This includes nearly 200 boring tools, tool holders and other accessories that have been lightly used for machining demonstrations or for trial applications and still perform like new. “We want to be

Unilock options make addressing common workholding challenges simple While most can’t invest in transformative capital equipment without months of planning and of course extensive cost, workholding is a different story. Zero-point workholding systems like Unilock don’t impose nearly the burden, yet can dramatically simplify and expedite jobs in ways that directly impact the bottom line.

10 Razones por las que el Boreado de Desbaste de Doble Portainsertos es Mejor que el Fresado por Interpolación Helicoidal Cualquiera que haya hecho barrenos comprende las dificultades que pueden surgir: vibraciones, desviaciones de la línea de centros e incluso roturas de insertos. Cuando se trata de producción en alto volumen, estos problemas se vuelven

LORD Corp has Zero Tolerance for Oversized Bores in Inconel Engineers at LORD Corp., a manufacturer of expensive and complex aerospace parts, were struggling to achieve tight tolerances for precision bores on a new engine mount prototype. The stakes on this project were high – a single scrapped part due to an oversized bore was

Cutting Tool Engineering Article Illustrates the KAISER Difference Any time a customer comes forward and is willing to publicly discuss their experiences with our products it’s really exciting. That’s because it’s typically to share some pretty dramatic improvements as the result of using a BIG Kaiser product. And that was the case when Cornelia, Ga-based