How-To: Proper Use of KAISER Vernier Markings When you’re in a shop setting ever day, it’s easy to take things that you use every day for granted. For example, the Vernier markings that allow for ultra-precise diametric adjustments on your KAISER finish boring tools, are something you might know like the back of your hand. But…
Keeping Things on Track: BIG KAISER’s New Partnership with Team Penske NASCAR teams are very meticulous in what they do – always on the lookout for ways to be more productive in their machining processes to improve their cars. After all, efforts in the shop translate to their success on the race track. At BIG KAISER,…
Flexible, Adaptable 5-Axis Workholding Solutions Keep Spindles Running BIG Kaiser brings flexible workholding to 5-axis machine tables by surrounding Unilock zero-point quick-change receivers with a grid pattern. The benefits of 5-axis machines are greatest when workholding is based on the size and shape of the workpiece instead of the limitations of the table interface. By providing multiple workholding opportunities,…
BIG KAISER’s Digital Boring Heads Ranked as a Top 10 Technology at IMTS John Saunders, a machinist and shop owner known for running the most popular YouTube channel on CNC machining, shares in one of his latest videos 10 CNC machines that stood out to him while at IMTS 2018, the largest manufacturing technology…
Five-Axis Machining: Benefit of Underside Clamping When clamping for five-axis machining, access to the part is an issue many metalworking shops face. In a recently published article in Modern Machine Shop, our workholding product manager, John Zaya, shares information on a solution to this problem. The article goes on to discuss BIG KAISER’s Unilock system, which provides…
4 Tips for Choosing the Right Workholding Device When it comes to securely and accurately situating material on a machine table, there’s often more than one way to get the job done. Are they all as precise or productive? Probably not, but they’ll get the part to the next step of the process. Everything will…
How to Get Accurate Setups Done Faster Some call setup time unproductive time. While that may be true in a sense, misusing setup time has a real cost and is a drain to available spindle time. For the purposes of this article, when we talk setup, we mean every step of setting up a new…
What’s the buzz after IMTS? Industry 4.0 At BIG KAISER, the weeks following IMTS are all about regrouping, dissecting key learnings and trends that took place at the show and analyzing what products our customers were most excited about while at our booth. In a recent blog post, we shared a recap of what…
Comparing Fine Boring Heads Large part batches? Tight bore tolerances? Deep-hole boring or any requirement combination in-between, we have a boring head for getting each and every job done right the first time. Compare the capabilities and performance of our intermediate fine boring heads below to quickly find the tool that’s right for your unique…
Effects of Five-Axis Automated Machining on Tooling How is automated five-axis machining boosting productivity? In a recently published article in Manufacturing Engineering, BIG KAISER’s workholding product manager, John Zaya, contributes to the conversations of the evolution of five-axis machines and how that affects tooling. “The primary considerations when looking at tooling during the transition to…