September 2014
Articles in this issue
Getting ‘goodies’? Make sure they’ll be used
Do your homework when adding labor-saving devices to your shop, urges the Shop Technology column in the September 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazi…
More tips for effective finishing
Shop Operations Columnist Tom Lipton shares more tips and tricks for effectively performing finishing work.
Advanced coating advances tapping
Eliminate tool breakage when tapping stainless steel. A tap with a new multiple-layered coating and an advanced chamfer geometry, rake and flute form.
Coolant bursts bubble on foam problem
Eliminate coolant foam and chip accumulation in chucks and increase coolant pressure. A nonfoaming coolant.
Hommer hits a homer with grinders
Increase complexity of ground parts while maintaining tight tolerances. CNC cylindrical grinding machines.
When a loss isn’t such a loss
Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings reminds all owners and managers that while losing key members of the staff may seem stressful, a silver lining exists w…
Heading to the show of shows
Machinist's Corner Columnist Michael Deren ponders the ability of machine tool builders to step up their game whenever new tooling becomes available.
Pros and cons of different guide ways
Scraping is one of the oldest and most historically significant metal-removal processes, notes Dr. Scott Smith in his Machine Technology column of the Septembe…
So cool it’s crazy
Solid-carbide end mills with unique cooling channels to enable significant productivity gains.
Shrink-fit insert body
Semifinished inserts within which PCBN tips are fixed in a steel body via thermal shrink fitting.
Connecting with everything
For a guy like me who remembers when a landline telephone was the only way for an individual to share information immediately over long distances, today's worl…
Simulation optimizes multi-axis cutting
Using simulation software to optimize multiple-axis machining.
Mega-Multiplex
Heavy-duty multitask machine tools provide numerous benefits for producing large, complex components -- when the application is right.
Rapid shift
3D printing poised to turn prototyping on its head.
Preset in stone
When tool pre setters are integrated into a shop, a key question is who will take the measurements.
As the broach turns
Rotary broaching allows machine shops to bring broaching in-house.
Surging ahead
Growing U.S. auto market needs supply flexibility and more lightweight parts.