August 2019
Articles in this issue
Work cells work
Cellular manufacturing steadily permeates the metalworking world
Swiss-style CNC lathes gaining popularity
Machine shops enjoy additional opportunities with sliding headstock lathes.
Working hard to avoid workhardening
Thread milling nickel-base superalloys requires minimizing workhardening.
Instead of breaking a saw blade, break it in
'A blade that is not broken in will likely only last about an hour. A properly broke-in blade should last 100 to 150 hours.'
Cylindrical die thread rolling is quick and economical
The process is suitable for making a variety of everyday products, achieving fast, economical production when metalcutting machining just doesn't cut it.
Boosting production capacity with ‘brobots’
Company finds human and robot collaboration reduces costs and increased machine uptime.
Ceratizit SA hopes to change the turning process
Company's High Dynamic Turning and FreeTurn tools promise full range of motion.
Gradual versus incremental cross-feed
The Grinding Doc shares why he is not a fan of gradual cross-feed.
Reduce lead times with Esprit
DP Technology's CAM software allows job shop to load the code, set the tools and go.
A tool-setting blue light special
The NC4+ Blue on-machine tool-setting system is the first of its kind to feature a blue laser.
Friends, employees don’t mix
As a machine shop owner or manager, it's wise to stay out of the personal lives of employees.