Paragon Medical has formally launched its Global Design Center into its own division – the Orthopaedic Instrument Global Design Center (GDC) – in order to focus on advancing instrumentation technology. GDC provides full collaborative design, development, prototyping and testing capabilities for surgical instrumentation, implantable components, and cases and trays. GDC’s capabilities cover a broad spectrum of reusable and disposable orthopaedic instrumentation. paragonmedical.com/oigdc
Mori Seiki now offers a comprehensive service package, Mori360°, to be included in every machine tool purchase. Mori360° goes beyond standard service by providing a value-added package for customer support from every angle, including: 2-year warranty; 24-hour parts shipment guarantee (US & Canada); a national parts distribution center in Dallas, TX; Mori Seiki Qualified Peripheral Program; Mori Seiki certified spindle rebuilding; Mori-NET monitoring; Mori Seiki University training; and local and national telephone support. moriseikius.com
AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology’s 2009 - 2010 Economic Handbook of the Manufacturing Technology Industry is now available. The handbook is available to download from AMT’s website in both PDF and Excel formats and is available to AMT members free of charge. Non-members may download the PDF version for $295.00 or may purchase a CD containing the entire PDF document for $345.00 plus shipping and handling. amtonline.org
Quadra-Chek DROS are now exclusively available through the global distribution network of Heidenhain Corp. Current Quadra-Chek customers will experience an expanded sales, service and technical support structure with the Heidenhain network. Purchasers of the new ND 1300 DRO can expect a high quality gaging workhorse with support for up to four axes. heidenhain.com
Graphicast Inc. offers design and rapid prototyping services to assist engineers in designing parts as castings from the start – maximizing as-cast features in order to shorten time-to-market and reduce the costs of development, machining and production. Graphicast specialists will work with the customer to develop the most cost-effective casting solution for a part, incorporating draft, radii, cast surfaces and near-net-shape geometry to take full advantage of the casting process and eliminate or reduce secondary machining. graphicast.com
Smart Calculations LLC’s newly released iPhone app, The Machinist APP-rentice 2010, produces calculations quickly as well as being a great educational tool. The Main Menu of The APP-rentice gives the user four sections to choose from: milling, turning, references and math/conversions. With the very basic calculations in each section, the app is considered a low cost trial for anyone curious as to how the app can help them without spending too much money. The APP-rentice” is the initial release to give an iPhone Owner the introduction to the User-Friendly Interfaces in each section. To make sure the more advanced theories of calculating speeds and feeds are taught, a second version of the app will be released, The Journeyman, and will include formulas to increase the efficiency of cutting tools. In the near future additional apps of The Machinist APP-rentice 2010 and The Journeyman will be released for the Blackberry and Android Phones. smartcalculations.com
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