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Dormer Pramet is a global manufacturer and supplier of cutting tools for the engineering industry, including drilling, milling, threading and turning tools. Its origins date back to 1913, making it one of the world's oldest specialist manufacturers of engineers cutting tools. The current entity formed in 2014 following the merger of Dormer ...
Simon Ingersoll (March 3, 1818 – July 24, 1894) was an American inventor who created the steam-powered percussion rock drill, which replaced the hand drill and was a major advancement in the mining and construction industries. [1][2] The drill vastly increased efficiency. However, despite lower labor costs, there was no recorded upturn in ...
Ingersoll Rand Inc. is an American multinational company that provides flow creation and industrial products. The company was formed in February 2020 through the spinoff of the industrial segment of Ingersoll-Rand plc (now known as Trane Technologies) and its merger with Gardner Denver. Its products are sold under more than 40 brands across all ...
October 28, 2024 at 2:23 PM. PETERSHAM — World War II pilot and longtime owner of L.P. Athol Corp., Vincent “Bill” J. Purple died in his Petersham home. He was 100. Described by his daughter ...
Drill bit. From top: Spade, brad point, masonry, and twist drills bits. Drill bit (upper left), mounted on a pistol-grip electric drill. A set of masonry drills. A drill bit is a cutting tool used in a drill to remove material to create holes, almost always of circular cross-section. Drill bits come in many sizes and shapes and can create ...
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, known more commonly as Milwaukee Tool, is a multi-national company that develops, manufactures, and markets power tools, hand tools, tool accessories, tool storage, and personal protective equipment. [1] Milwaukee Tool was last sold in 2005 for $626.6 million to the Hong Kong–based Techtronic Industries ...
There were three major past attempts to establish an American oil shale industry: the 1850s; in the years during and after World War I; and in the 1970s and early 1980s. Each time, the oil shale industry failed because of competition from cheaper petroleum. As of 2014, there are a number of companies doing research and development on oil shale ...
1861 Twist drill. A twist drill is a bit with two cut grooves in opposite sides of a round bar, whereby the twisted bar produces a helical flute in order to drill holes in metal, plastic, or wood. The twist drill was invented by Stephen A. Morse in October 1861 and later patented on April 7, 1863. [155] 1861 Kinematoscope