8 articles in spindle-repair.
Who repairs your spindle matters — but so do the parts they put inside it. Martin Engster on OEM parts, what he's found inside spindles repaired elsewhere, and why a repair should solve the problem, not create the next one.
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Growth in manufacturing doesn't hit every company at the same time. Martin Engster explains why a repair facility like Centerline sits on the back end of the manufacturing cycle — and why he still watches what machine builders are doing.
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Martin Engster on what he heard from manufacturers, machine builders, and vendors at IMTS and other machine tool shows: production is coming back to the United States — and why that's good news for the industry.
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Some people look at a painting and see art; Martin Engster looks at a machine that moves and sees the same thing. Raised near Stuttgart, he shares where his lifelong fascination with machines comes from.
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Centerline currently has a spindle in the shop that weighs more than 4,000 pounds. Martin Engster on what it takes to repair a spindle the size of a desk — bearings, electrical, cooling, alignment, and reassembly.
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Not every spindle looks anything like the next. Martin Engster on the range Centerline handles — from 45-millimeter dental and circuit-board spindles to one that weighs more than 4,000 pounds.
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A human hair is about 100 microns; some of the tolerances Centerline works in are only 2 to 5. Martin Engster on precision spindle repair, reverse engineering parts, and why every small detail matters.
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Cutting corners can look like a solution today and become a much bigger problem later. Martin Engster on why a quick fix isn't always a long-term fix in spindle repair.
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