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As the U turns: Turning Performance
A U-axis system that enables complete machining of a part on one standard machine tool without rotating the workpiece or moving it to a lathe.
Effective finishing work: Medical Manufacturing
The Shop Operations column offers still more tips for effective finishing in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
IMTS was a worthy experience
IMTS is a spectacle full of machining and related technologies that will excite anyone in this business, observes Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings in…
Machine-integrated inspection systems can improve quality, profitability
Stopping a machine to measure a workpiece is a waste of time.
Organizing inventory to keep product flowing
Improve inventory control and consolidate hundreds of cabinets and drawers for storing tooling and gages.
Selecting surface-hardening methods: General Industry Coverage
The choice of selective suface-hardening methods depends on workpiece size, shape material and application, but they can be grouped in two main categories…
So long bactericide: General Industry Coverage
Metalworking fluids formulated to be bactericide-free and nearly odorless.
Understanding the Identification System for Indexable Inserts
ANSI insert identification codes describe insert shape, clearance, tolerance, type, size, thickness, and edge features.
Head in the cloud: Inspection Efficiency
One of the functions of the cloud is to provide software programs to users without the hassle of actually installing it.
Preloading ball nuts: General Industry Coverage
The advantages of preloading ball nuts.
Workholder modeling: 5-Axis Machining
Workholder modeling slashes setup time.
Going deep with holemaking: Drilling Performance
The Shop Technology column looks at the significant advances in deep-hole drilling in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Continuing what we started: General Industry Coverage
Whether we're machinists, programmers, manufacturing engineers or material scientists, we need to prepare our replacements, urges Machinist's Corner Columnist…
When more is better: Drilling Performance
Simultaneous machining on two to four spindles enhances efficiency and lowers the cost per part for high-volume production.
Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software
Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software enables process improvement.
Lower-power light enhances tool marking
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Relying on rapid-fire micrographs: Inspection Efficiency
CHALLENGE: Increase QC efficiency when inspecting composite auto parts.
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