There are many industrial uses for a common lathe, and CNC lathe machines are now rapidly replacing some of the older production lathes because they are much more efficient, and can be set up and operated much more easily. You can use lathes, in general, for thermal spraying, metal spinning, woodturning, metalworking, glass working, and…
There has recently been an initiative from within the medical industry to couple bone screw applications with square and spline drives, as well as hexagonal shapes. To do this, it’s necessary to use materials such as titanium, cobalt, and several high-temperature alloys, and that makes it fairly difficult to impart the desired shape to the…
You need a broach tool for making precision machining parts. The more high-quality the broach tool itself is, it will impart greater precision to the custom-made part. Broach tools come in a wide variety of applications and styles, simply because you can make so many possible custom parts. The majority of broach tools have a…
It would be hard to overstate the importance of keys used by various mechanisms. For instance, they provide a reliable interface between shafts and a great many other objects such as pulleys, levers, sprockets, and gears. There are quite a few different types of keys, but the most common single type of key used in…
There are a number of different broaching calculations which must be developed accurately, in order to conduct a successful broaching operation. In most cases, engineers will develop these calculations for your company, because they have the knowledge and the expertise to figure out exactly what’s called for. Given the fact that broaching generally calls for…
Whenever you align keyways around the circumference of a hole, you get a spline. These splines can have different numbers of teeth, and they can have a number of different shapes, for instance helical, involute, or straight-sided. Splines primarily connect driven components in any kind of machines and vehicles, and also in a number of…
There is a definite difference between a push broach and a pull broach, and this stands to reason since they carry out different functions. Push broaches are to carry out simple arbor presses in relatively low-volume projects. If it happens that a production run is more on the medium to high volume side, you might…
Computer Numerical Control (CNC) consists of the automated control of drills, lathes, 3D printers, and mills, to achieve a consistent result with any kind of machining operation. Broaching existed for something like 150 years, but recent developments with technology allow broaching to integrate into the CNC machining environment. It is now possible to machine broach…
If you haven’t heard of broaching before, it consists of a machining process that uses a specific tool that has many teeth, to remove metallic material accurately and predictably. You can think of a broach as a succession of single-point tools which have been arranged in an axial direction along with a holder or tool…
Broaching is a process that is capable of producing precision equipment and precision parts. Today, manufacturers use two basic types of broaching, those being internal broaching and external broaching. This discussion will examine both procedures so that the difference between internal and external broaching will be apparent. If your company is in need of one…