Posts by Green Wing Partners

In mold and die work, simultaneous five-axis machining is a proven technology, as is high speed machining (HSM). High speed simultaneous five-axis machining, however, is still a pioneering development.#highspeedmachining Innovative design of rotational axes is the key to five-axis machining in the high speed mode. In mold and die work, simultaneous five-axis machining is a…

The energy crisis in the EU and UK has become even more entrenched. I have a link to a recent interview with a royal Saudi prince who is in the Oil and Gas division of the government.  He was predicting that the EU and UK energy crisis may last for 3-4 years for a number…

Contrary to popular belief, the cutting edges of cutting tools don’t actually produce chips. What happens is that the pressure of a rapidly spinning tool on a work piece plasticizes part of the parent material, creating a shearing effect that forces the material to ride up the tool. The flute and tool geometries form the…

When I worked at Boeing, I was a CNC Maintenance Tech. I came to work and listened to the brief safety meeting, was given my tasks to begin work. As I riding my work tricycle out to the gantry mill, I heard this loud noise coming from a different gantry machine nearby. When I arrived,…