May 2017
Articles in this issue
Twin cutter boring head reveals more value over time
Just in time (JIT) manufacturing, by nature, increases setups and shrinks batch sizes. This puts shops in a bind, because more setups and smaller batches are t…
Look Ahead: Fast process for depositing ultrahard coatings
A new CS-50 deposition system from Duralar Technologies uses a process called DualArmor that is capable of applying DLC coatings of 50µm or thicker — and apply…
Look Ahead: A grinding machine designed for sintered ceramics
Most manufacturers finish their sintered ceramic parts with grinding equipment designed for metals. Tratech Corp., however, has introduced what it says is the …
Productive Times: Bonded by light
END USER: Urschel Laboratories Inc., (219) 464-4811, www.urschel.com. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Blue Photon Technology & Workholding Systems LLC, (855) 777-2040, www.…
Keep machine tools, shop floor data safe from hackers
Proactive security measures become even more important as manufacturing software moves into the cloud, machine tool intelligence and automation continue to gro…
Overview of parts deburring
All shops are concerned with burrs, a natural side effect of cutting. They are all looking for a single solution to prevent or remove burrs. Unfortunately, the…
Small shops warm up to work cells
As automation becomes more flexible and less expensive, work cells are propagating at smaller shops.
Micromachining: A light touch
A growing number of manufacturers in the medical industry are seeing the light when choosing a machining option for micro parts and features. The light they're…
The essentials of manufacturing microtools
Manufacturing microscale endmills and drills requires ultraprecise machinery and specialty grinding wheels—never mind extreme skill, the right carbide grade an…
Micromachining: The art and science of micro-moldmaking
Three primary elements play a heightened role when machining molds for plastic injection molding of microparts compared to moldmaking for the macro realm: part…
Machinist’s Corner: Ya’ gotta love your vendors?
Machinist's Corner Columnist Michael Deren shares a cautionary tale for vendors and machine shops. Do your vendors realize how important they are to you? Do th…
Shop Operations: A better way to shorten screws
Every person who works in a machine shop probably has at least one task they absolutely hate. For Tom Lipton, who writes Cutting Tool Engineering's Shop Operat…
Cutting tool and CAM collaboration
New, ultraresilient workpiece materials with high strength-to-weight ratios have cutting tool vendors and CAM developers scrambling to design new tools and too…
Machine Technology: Automating one machine
Automation isn't just a boon to complex, multiple-machine manufacturing processes. It can also give a major boost to processes that involve only a single machi…
Manager’s Desk: The new normal
When your primary market tanks to its lowest level in 30 years, the impact can be drastic, according to the Manager's Desk column in the May 2017 issue of Cutt…
Shop Profile: From pewter to ultraprecision CNC machine tools
Craftsman Jasper Röders set up shop during the early 1800s to make pewter tableware for his neighbors in Soltau, Germany. Six generations later, his descendant…
Sandvik Coromant president promotes innovation
In an interview conducted by CTE Editor Alan Richter at a global press event held at the company's headquarters in Sandviken, Sweden, Klas Forsström, president…
Machining 3D-printed metal
Are you being asked to quote secondary machining operations on a handful of 3D-printed metal parts? If so, how do you cut these parts?
Demand rises for ultrahard-material cutting machines
A recent report, "Global Ultra Hard Material Cutting Machines Market" by Transparency Market Research, forecasts a healthy compound annual growth rate of 10.8 …
Lead Angle: Rise of the soft machine
Cutting Tool Engineering Editor Alan Richter ponders the machine shop of the future in his Lead Angle column for the May 2017 issue.