Quick, what’s 360 divided by 23? It’s easy enough to get the answer, of course, but if you need to machine a feature every 15.652 degrees around a shaft, how exactly would you accomplish that? There ...

The new NZ-S1500 two-turret CNC lathe is all about high-volume, small-shaft work involving everything from axle and cam shafts to ballscrews. The machine's special ...

For the James W. Fowler Co. of Dallas, Ore., using a vertical shaft machine made by Germany’s Herrenknecht for a 145-ft-deep, 30-ft-dia launching portal as part of a $32-million sewer upgrade project ...

“The ML400L is a longer version of Muratec’s ML400 shaft turning machine,” Steve Landrum, North American sales manager explained. “The original ML400 is still part of Muratec’s Turning Division lineup ...

Precision line shafts transmit torque across longer distances while maintaining mechanical synchronization. Here we review their basics, as well as speed considerations. Line shafts span long ...

Shaft seals are used on rotating, reciprocating, and oscillating shafts to contain oil and grease and exclude contaminants. Known as oil or radial lip seals, shaft seals can also contain pressure or ...

Precision meets power as engineers machine a 1000-horsepower tree grinder shaft built to handle extreme stress and performance. I’m a Russian dissident living in London. Putin knows the end is coming ...

A machinist walks through a shaft-cutting job that didn’t unfold as expected and explains how the issue was identified and corrected safely. What part of machining do you find most interesting?