An interesting process that creates a very useful hole in metals is friction drilling or flow drilling. Rather than using a fluted drill bit to cut a hole, friction drilling uses a conical bit coated made of a high heat-resistant material from the ceramic family to form the hole. In this process the bit is pressed into the target body …
Investment Casting To Make Titianium Hammers
Using investment casting to make hammers from Titanium.
High Speed Video Of Drill Tool
I love to see what is really happening at the interface of a cutting tool and there is no better way to see it that slowing down a high-speed video. Ingersoll Cutting Tools have once again made a high-speed video of one of their tools in action. This one is their Quad Drill+ cutting a half hole in 1018 mild …
Tube And Sheet Hydroforming Explained
Here is a short video from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers that takes us through the hydroforming process for both tubular and sheet products.
Turning An Egg Shape In 6061 Aluminium
A quick video of some CNC lathe operations to make an egg shape in 6061 aluminium.
Demonstration Of Lathe And Mill Machining Operations
Watching a multi function machining centre do its work can be mesmerising. Here is 8 minutes and 40 seconds of chips and swarf flying courtesy of Machined Component Systems. A series of lathe and milling operations are show on what I am guessing is mild steel. It was nice of them to turn off the machining fluid for us to …
Hot Plate Welding Of Plastics
Here are a pair of videos that describe a plastic welding process that I have some experience with. Hot plate welding is a type of plastic welding used in many applications, but the one I am most familiar with is automotive lamps (my LinkedIn profile will give you more insight on that). This process works on thermoplastics and it is …
Milling Spur And Helical Gears
Sandvik Coromat show the process for gear milling with one of their tool sets in this video. They show both spur gear and helical gear manufacture through the steps of rough cutting, bottom profile cutting and shaping the involute tooth profile.
BMW 7 Series Body Production
It has been a while since I posted a manufacturing video and this one is so interesting I had to share it. This is a short overview (OK, it’s 10 minutes) of the 2016 BMW 7 Series body production. Not only is the hybrid mix of materials in the vehicles body structure incredible but it also shows a significant amount …
Friction Stir Welding With A Robot Over A Complex Shape
A few weeks ago we looked at a video showing the fundamentals of friction stir welding. That video demonstrated a friction stir weld over a 2-dimensional path, essentially only moving in the X and Y direction of a cartesian co-ordinate system (or on the Z-plane). In today’s post we share a video from Kuka Systems where they have added a …