To get the most out of ball screws, they must be protected from coolants and debris. Today’s machines tools routinely operate on a 24/7 basis with little, if any, downtime allowed for routine ...

When I coached the Tustin High School tennis teams, it was always good to have a drill court with the machine. It would reliably feed to the same spot and give the athletes a chance to set up muscle ...

Single Source Technologies said new tools from NS Tool, Micro Ball Endmills, are the world’s smallest ball end mill at 0.01-mm diameter. The Micro Ball series, NSMB100, offers sizes from 0.01-mm to ...

The ubiquitous ball spline. Basically, it is a type of mechanical element used in a variety of industrial applications where precise movement and alignment is required, like machine tools, robot arms ...