To improve speed, thermal stability, and rigidity, Makino designed the SNC64G/S with an advanced spindle that allows it to cut steel cores and cavities, graphite, and copper electrodes. The milling ...

The optics and electronics for the new machine-vision camera were right on schedule, but the same couldn’t be said for its housing. Such was the dilemma facing Tom Driscol, hardware engineering ...

Graphite/metal alloy bearings handle harsh environments that lubricated bearings can’t. For example, a grease-filled ball bearing was used on an oven-door latch—but in tests, the bearing seized and ...