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Toolholder Balancing: What RPM, Which Tools, Why Bother?

Let’s pretend you just bought a KVR-series machining center from Kent USA. Furthermore, your shop cuts tons of aluminum, so you opted for the 20,000 rpm high-speed spindle option. Great idea. What’s not so great is overlooking the need for toolholder balancing...

Laramie County Community College Powered by Kent USA®

Kent USA® has been increasing its efforts in building closer relationships with machine tool training institutions. This initiative revolves around Kent USA®’s goal of providing turnkey machine tools equipped with industry-standard features at cost-effective prices. AMMC Machine Tool Technology Program...

Come See Us At Houstex 2023

Visit us at Booth# 2503 at Houstex! Register Here. Learn more about our CNC Knee Mill, CNC Bed Mill, CNC Teach Lathe, and Radial Arm Drill on display as we are represented by PTSolutions, a Texas local sales and service...

Gang-Style Lathes: Why Going Gangster is a Good Thing

At first glance, gang-style lathes like this one from Kent USA appear limited in their capabilities. There’s some truth to that statement. After all, even the largest of the series—the GSL-42—boasts a maximum bar diameter of 1.6" and 6" of...

Maximize Machining Center Output With a Pallet Changer

The pallet changer has long been associated with high volume work on horizontal machining centers (HMCs). However, that paradigm is beginning to shift. Automakers and prototype shops alike find that machines such as Kent CNC’s KMH Auto Pallet HMC enjoy OEE levels...

Certified Pre-Owned Kent USA TPR-C2500 Radial Arm Drill

Certified Pre-Owned Kent USA TPR-C2500 Radial Arm Drill $108,950 $84,500 w/ limited 6 months parts warranty; in stock in Minnesota      Features 16 spindle speed and 16 feed rates Centralized single level control for forward and reversal of spindle Ultra...

Centerless Grinders: Making Parts Round, Straight, and True

Centerless grinders are one of the manufacturing industry's most indispensable machine tools. Without them, parts like shafts, pistons, camshafts, and valve spools would be less accurate. They'd also cost a whole lot more. Fortunately, we don’t live in a world...

Machine Tool Technology Programs are More Successful with the Right Equipment

Given the ongoing skilled labor shortage, everyone knows the importance of machine tool technology training. That need will only grow as more manufacturing returns to the United States. And yet, many vocational-technical schools have outdated equipment. Updating manual lathes, mills,...

Buying a CNC Knee Mill: Seven Things You Should Know Before Investing

Knee mills are perhaps the most versatile of all machine tools. Size permitting, it’s possible to produce practically any orthogonal part on a knee mill, especially when operated by a skilled machinist. Add CNC capabilities and you now have a...

Oil Country Lathes are Big, Robust, Powerful, and Precise

There’s nothing magical about the term Oil Country Lathes. That is unless your company has the need to machine massive parts with equally massive metal removal requirements. For these applications, Oil Country Lathes are indeed magical. Named for their widespread...

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