Valve Seat | GT-610

Challenge: To auto thrufeed grind metal valve seat components which are used in the automotive industry. The customer needed a system which could accurately grind and gauge 3,000 parts per hour. […]

Automotive Solenoid | GT-610

Challenge: To thrufeed automatically thru feed grind an automotive component and achieve a 1.2 Rz surface finish Solution Using a GT-610 thrufeed machine coupled with a vibratory feeding system that oriented […]

Aerospace Fasteners | GT-610 CNC

Challenge: To grind diameters on parts of many sizes and lengths for a manufacturer of aerospace fasteners. The goal was to provide a solution that gave the customer a machine with […]

Composite Strips | DD-7

Challenge: To grind both sides of composite strips (fiberglass), fully automated at high speed with tight tolerances. Solution Using Glebar’s DD-7 Double Disc Grinder (one of the smallest on the market), […]

Thrufeed Grinding Steel Tubes | TF-9DHD

Manufacturers use grinding machines with a narrow work wheel requiring several passes to reduce the diameter and achieve acceptable surface finish. Thus creating longer cycle times. Machines are difficult to […]

Steel Taps | GT-610 CNC

Challenge: Customer wants to increase output for steel taps used to drill threaded holes as used in the machining and tooling industry.  In addition to speeding up the throughput time, achieving […]

Carbide Rods (Tungsten) | PG-9X20DHD

To establish a process whereby pre-sintered carbide drill blanks processed in a hot isostatic press (HIP) can be pre-sized to produce straight rod stock for long blanks. The existing method […]

Tungsten Carbide Pin (Roughing) | PG-9DOD

Challenge: The customer wants to decrease cycle time while maintaining tight concentricity specifications for roughing a tungsten carbide pin. Solution The Glebar PG-9DOD addressed the challenge. The system was configured with dual […]

Tungsten Carbide Pin (Finishing) | GT-610

Challenge: Satisfying the high volume finishing requirements for the complex form geometry on a hard carbide pin application. This compliments the PG-9DOD Carbide Pin Roughing Operation. Solution Solution: The Glebar GT-610 Infeed […]

Precision Punches | GT-610 CNC

Challenge: To grind a variety of tooling punches to extreme precision, while accommodating small lot sizes with short changeover times.  Solution Hydraulic punch machine tooling goes through punishment when forming and […]

Burnishing Tools | GT-610 CNC

Challenge: To grind burnishing and expander rolls used in manufacturing tubes for a multitude of applications ranging from oil and gas tubes to automotive. Due to the shape of the parts […]

Titanium & Steel Rods | GT-610

Challenge: Quality, cost control, and lead time issues of outsourcing the pre-sizing of titanium and steel bars. Solution A GT-610 machine equipped with a wide 8-5/8” super abrasive grinding wheel […]

Form Grinding of Deodorant Balls | PG-9BHD

Challenge Manufacturers use lapping machines which are unable to hold consistent tolerances or capacity, creating inconsistent surface finishes and longer cycle times. Provide a form grinding solution for 1″ and […]