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5-Axis Workholders Enable Flexible Fixturing and Access
A collection of workholding products compiled by the editors of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Compensation without cables: CMM Inspection
Thermal compensation of a coordinate measuring machine's principle structural components and the part being measured helps ensure measuring accuracy over an…
Machine Tool product review for March 2013
A collection of machine tool products compiled by the editors of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Gap guidance: General Industry Coverage
The spark gap is the physical distance the electric current has to jump off the wire to burn the workpiece when wire EDMing.
Generating spherical surfaces: General Industry Coverage
A unique manual milling method is available for generating geometrically true spherical surfaces.
Picking low-hanging CNC ‘fruit’: 5-Axis Machining
As someone who visits job shops and manufacturers almost daily, I know why some are thriving, while others struggle.
Power play: Turning Performance
Like most machine tool builders, Mori Seiki Co.
Trending toward productivity: Medical Manufacturing
The U.S. economy appears to be on the mend.
Dealing with the unexpected: People & Companies
My recent past has, unfortunately, included the passing away of several acquaintances, one only 38 years old.
Going toe to toe on robotics
One fond memory from my long-ago youth was playing Rock'Em, Sock'Em Robots with my next-door neighbor.
Measuring performance in real time
Real-time measurements during metalcutting can offer significant insight into machine tool performance.
Boost cutting efficiency with training
Dynamic and aggressive cutting tool demonstrations are common at trade shows.
Eyes wide open: General Industry Coverage
Several weeks ago, my wife and I attended a dinner party at her sister's home.
Chuck the chips: Turning Performance
The process of displacing metal instead of cutting it is called many things.
Multitask machining heroes
Produce parts faster without investing in additional fixturing.
Big requirements for small tools
Achieve tight-tolerance requirements when producing microtools.
From three to one: General Industry Coverage
Overcoming a bottleneck caused when programming different machine tools with various CAD/CAM systems.
Metal on metal: General Industry Coverage
A pump on a waterjet machine generates the high-pressure water needed for cutting by taking low-pressure water into a cylinder, compressing the water with a…
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