If you have a sagging exterior door, you may have noticed some (or all) of the following symptoms: “Sticking,” which is difficulty opening, closing, or latching the door. Gaps, leaks, and drafts around the edge of the entry door The top or bottom of the door overlaps the door frame
Connecting Design and Production In a recent featured article in Fabricating & Metalworking magazine, our product manager Alan Miller discusses how creative and resourceful applications of tooling and accessories, such as angle heads, can get complex parts out the door instead of having to lose those parts due to design edits. Alan mentions that “the…
Shop Digitally Maps, Organizes and Verifies 14,500 Tools with Speroni Presetters Our friends at BIG KAISER Switzerland recently shared a story out of their home country about a customer that’s revolutionized how they manage a robust inventory of 7,500 tooling components that’s applied in 14,500 different configurations. Unique currency dynamics within the Eurozone have pressured Bruderer…
Move Beyond Standard Tooling When defining tooling requirements for a new project, oftentimes standard tooling is all that is needed. Other times, custom or special tooling is required. In his latest article, “Move Beyond Standard Tooling,” for Fabricating & Metalworking, Product Manager John Zaya explores the role each has in today’s manufacturing environment. A standard…
A Recommendation for Overcoming Modern Milling Challenges Titanium, Inconel, stainless steel and other similar materials are becoming increasingly popular for their combination of temperature resistance and strength – but this also happens to make them among the most difficult metals to machine. Add to that the complex geometries of modern end mills, shrinking parts and…
The Tooling Problem Solvers My career with KPT KAISER started 30 years ago this month in July 1990. I knew Chris Kaiser as we had worked together when I started in this business working in Upstate New York, and he was our representative for the Midwest. We had already shared some memorable times, and I…
Beat the Competition on a Budget with this Entry-Level ‘Automation’ In the most recent “Depth of Cut”, a monthly column written by BIG KAISER experts for Fabricating & Metalworking magazine, Unilock product manager, John Zaya suggests to the metalworking community that it’s time we start changing how we think about workholding. John explains that instead of just an impediment…
Benefits of Investing in Premium Vs. Basic Tooling IMTS.com recently published an article where our President and CEO, Chris Kaiser, and Vice President of Sales and Engineering, Jack Burley, discuss the benefits of BIG KAISER tooling and workholding solutions and share a glimpse of what can be seen at this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS)….
Preserving Tool Holders and Speeding Lathe Setups with Accessories /**/ We may be known best for our high-performance tooling, but when it comes down to it, we’re all about helping shops improve efficiency throughout their processes. These easy-to-use measuring devices can do just that. Specifically, they can help protect capital machinery, prevent scrapped parts and…
Higher Performance Holemaking with Easy Tooling Adjustments Learn how to trim once four-hour jobs down to just 40 minutes by turning to a simple, yet powerfully versatile, alternative to helical interpolation, in the recent Fabricating & Metalworking magazine column by BIG KAISER’s applications manager and KAISER product manager, Matt Tegelman. Matt suggests twin cutter boring heads can…