10/23/17: K&G Manufacturing Co. Finds Better Balancing with HAIMER K&G Manufacturing Co., located just south of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, has been in operation since 1937. You don’t keep your doors open for 80 years without learning a few things about the machining business. One lesson the company learned long ago is that balanced toolholder assemblies are key to customer satisfaction. Why Balance? Unbalance is caused by uneven weight distribution of the assembly. The consequences are vibrations, run out, poor surface Onish and shorter tool life. Speed intensiOes these negative effects. Reducing spindle speed can lead to smoother cutting, but it also decreases metal removal rates and productivity. K&G Manufacturing has found that only high-precision balancing of the complete tool asse

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