Magazine Articles

Shop Evolves with CNC Turning

Debbie Sommers answered a newspaper ad for a receptionist job at a South Elgin, Illinois, screw machine shop in 1980. Today, she owns the shop, an 18,000-square-foot facility with 20 employees and sales growth of 25 percent in 2017.

Publication: Production Machining Magazine
Published: November 1, 2018

PMPA Technical Member Absolute Machine Tools Finds Success in its Flexible and Innovative Product Line

Publication: Production Machining Magazine
Published: October 1, 2018

EDMs Take a Big Step Up To Unattended Eroding

“For the most part, EDMing is an unattended, or at least lightly-attended process. Unlike CNC lathes and machining centers, where a broken cutter during the night can make for a truly bad morning, sinking a mold cavity or cutting a trim die requires little in the way of babysitting—why wouldn’t you let the machine run on its own after everyone’s gone home for the day? If the wire breaks, the EDM will simply thread a new one. If the ‘trode shorts out, the control will do its best to recover or just shut everything down until its human master comes to the rescue. No big deal. Making EDM truly lights-out, however, requires much more than auto-threaders and smart circuitry.”

Publication: Manufacturing Magazine
Published: September 27, 2018

2018 Emerging Leaders

Phillip Judt, an applications engineer at Absolute Machine Tools (Mason, Ohio) has been nominated and named an emerging leader in the manufacturing industry,  according to Production Machining magazine.

Publication: Production Machining Magazine
Published: July 1, 2018

Turning 30 Offers Perspective

In a column for Production Machining Magazine, Absolute Machine Tools president Steve Ortner offers perspective on the company turning 30 year and changes in the machine tool industry in the past three decades.

Publication: Production Machining Magazine
Published: May 20, 2018

The Future Looks Bright for Lights-Out Moldmaking

Steve Ortner, president of Absolute Machine Tools Inc., was recently featured in an article on AdvancedManufacturing.org that gives a fascinating look at the future of untended, or lights-out, machining in mold shops. 

Publication: Advanced Manufacturing
Published: May 1, 2018

New Tongtai MT Series Lathes have Twin Spindles and Individual Machining Zones

Tongtai’s newest MT Series Lathes were developed for improving cycle times and turning processes for the automotive industry where small parts are typically made within 60 seconds.

Publication: Machines4Sale.com
Published: October 1, 2016

Sound Shakes Up Machining

A recent article in Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine featured the Tongtai iVU Series Rotary Ultrasonic Assisted Machining Centers offered by Absolute Machine Tools, Inc.

Publication: Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine
Published: October 1, 2016

Big Parts Need Swiss-Type Machines on Steroids

Absolute Machine Tools Chief Marketing Officer Courtney Ortner’s magazine article, “Big Parts Need Swiss-Type Machines on Steroids,” is an insider look at how plummeting crude oil prices are strengthening the relationships between the energy and manufacturing industry.

Publication: Manufacturing Engineering
Published: April 15, 2016

Oil Price Collapse Tests Industry’s Innovation

Steve Ortner, president at Absolute Machine Tools, was part of a feature article in the April edition of Manufacturing Engineering magazine. Ortner contributed to the April 2016 article, “Oil Price Collapse Tests Industry’s Innovation,” a detailed look at changes in the oil and gas industry during the current downturn in crude prices.

Publication: Manufacturing Engineering
Published: April 15, 2016