A recent visit to United Grinding’s facility in Miamisburg, Ohio, provided a chance to see just how far combining processes can go in improving the effectiveness of machining and even transforming the role the machine tool might play. United Grinding North America Inc. represents eight brands of CNC grinding machines: Studer, Schaudt, Mikrosa, Mägerle, Blohm, Jung, Walter and Ewag. It serves makers of high-value components in aerospace, automotive, medical and defense, as well as makers of cutting tools. Its equipment consists entirely of grinding machines, yet some of these machines do even more. In these cases, a grinding machine that can do more becomes much more capable machine.