Article: 'Heavy metal' shank rocks productivity.(Brief Article)

Tool shank proves instrumental in milling valve bodies from stainless

Innotec Stainless Inc is a job shop specializing in producing sanitary diaphragm valves for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Ninety-nine percent of the material used in the job shop's operation is Type 316L austenitic stainless steel; machining ranges from easy to difficult. The machining processes are relatively straightforward, using CNC machine tools running programs that are generated on a CAD/CAM system. Quality control is performed with the use of basic gauging, including micrometers and calipers, and indicators on a surface plate.

Atlanta, GA-based Innotec ...

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