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Balanced equations: Toolholder vibration makes for miserable machining, but balancing can help
Unbalanced tool holders create excessive heat in the spindle bearings, which, along with the vibration, can cause premature spindle failure.
Integrating automated nesting: General Industry Coverage
The Get With The Program column in the July 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine delves into integrating automated nesting into production work…
Potent portables: Portable CMM arms bring sophisticated inspection to the shop floor
The basis of the portable CMM arm is to allow an operator to reach and touch the part to be measured with a hard probe and collect data.
Sharp attack: How needles and other medical sharps are ground
Spend enough time working in a machine shop and you're bound to pay a visit to the emergency room for a cut finger.
Sonic shaper: Ultrasonic machining is a sound but unsung option
You may not have heard, but ultrasonic waves can help machine precise features into hard, brittle materials.
Testing: The ups and downs of wheel performance when creep-feed grinding
Results from testing aluminum-oxide vitrified-bond wheels and diamond wheels in three different bond systems show the proper diamond roll dresser design…
Top finishers: Solutions for 10 of the most challenging deburring applications
Part complexity combined with difficult material properties make deburring a challenge for many part manufacturers.
Understanding Cutting Equations for Feeds and Speeds
Cutting equations connect speed, feed, diameter, and force so shops can estimate spindle demand and process behavior before they cut metal.
Getting big-company business: People & Companies
If growth is part of your business model, landing contracts from the big guys can help fuel that growth and generate healthy revenue streams.
Skills gap or training gap?
Machine shop managers in various regions across the country say they have struggled to fill open positions, and that the job applicants they get often do not…
Hydrostatic bearings support heavy loads
Dr. Scott Smith of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte discusses the benefits of hydrostatic bearings in his Machine Technology column for the July…
Tips for effective finish work
Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton shares his tips for performing effective finish work in the July 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Warming up for IMTS: General Industry Coverage
Put on your walking shoes and head over to your local manufacturer's event and start preparing for IMTS.
Rain rider: JDA Aqua Cutting and JDA Custom offer both machining services and motorcycle-related products
The manufacturing industry has a long tradition of machine shop employees wanting to be their own boss and starting their own shops.
Bremen Castings celebrates its 75th anniversary, but doesn’t look back
What do baseball legend Ted Williams slugging his first big-league dinger, Batman comics hitting the streets and Germany attacking Poland to launch World War…
Gear maker solves tool puzzles
Increase chip control and prolong tool life when producing gears.
The wind whispers bigger: Drilling Performance
Machine larger and more complex parts for the energy industry.
CNC upgrade drives engine maker’s productivity
Extend the life cycle of machine tools that produce engine crankshafts and cylinder blocks.
Hard chrome replacement: General Industry Coverage
An environmentally friendly material coating with an extremely high bond strength.
Height of accuracy: General Industry Coverage
A noncontact, standoff-height sensing system for waterjet machines.
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