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Aluminum can be hard to drill, despite its easy rep
When drilling, perhaps no variable is as important as the workpiece material.
Component cleanliness requires effort throughout manufacturing process
Specifications for particulate and film-residue cleanliness are a matter of course for many machined components.
Form of solid carbide harder than diamond
Researchers at North Carolina State University reported the discovery of a distinct form of solid carbon they estimate is about 10 percent harder than diamond…
Overcoming five common challenges when turning
While it's nearly impossible to quantify the most common challenges or most important considerations when turning, experts agree that the five aspects of…
Reaming can be most cost-effective way to produce accurate holes
Technological advances in cutting tools, machine tools and toolholders have allowed machinists and manufacturing engineers to increase holemaking efficiency…
Ring in New Year with new site
We at Cutting Tool Engineering celebrated the New Year by unveiling a major overhaul to the design and functionality of our website, ctemag.com.
The power of relationships: People & Companies
With 2015 being a year of changes and volatility in our market, the importance of strong, supportive business relationships was made even clearer.
One machine, two processes
Additive and subtractive manufacturing may be conceptual opposites, but a new partnership aims to show that the two can make a good team.
Gripping threaded parts: Medical Manufacturing
Cutting external threads is one of the more difficult machining operations.
Dressing with PCD: General Industry Coverage
Ask the Grinding Doc: When I ran out of single-point dressing diamonds and got desperate, I mounted a PCD insert to dress an Al2O3 wheel.
Horizontal machining centers’ enhanced capabilities shorten payback periods
At roughly twice the price of a vertical machining center, do horizontal machining centers make sound financial sense?
Enhancing machining efficiency
Multiple machine tool builders offer equipment for machining the helicopter transmission components Northstar Aerospace Inc.
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