deliver a positive balanced grip when running at 12,000 rpm and higher spindle speeds.
“For a long time we operated under the assumption that we knew everything about cutting tools and how to use them,” said Mikelson. “Now, when Seco makes a tooling or machining param- eters suggestion, we listen because it usually results in process improvements. And we are all about process improvement.” ME For more information from Seco Tools Inc., go to
www.secotools.com, or phone 248-528-5444; for more infor- mation from Mikelson Machine Shop, go to www.mikelson.net, or phone 626-448-3920.
Five-Axis Cuts Shop’s Medical Devices
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ak View Tool Company LLC (Columbia City, IN) designs, prototypes, and manufactures special surgical cutting devices and orthopedic carbide tools. President Matt Dahms,
Matt Dahms, president, Oak View Tools, recognized the opportunity to bring machining work formerly outsourced, back in-house with the Mazak Integrex 200-IV S Multi-Task- ing machine.