Light touch: Medical Manufacturing
Laser technology allows for precise, noncontact marking of thin, brittle or otherwise delicate parts without compromising part integrity.
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Words with friends: People & Companies
Jim Carr and Jason Zenger breakdown the manufacturing industry with their "MakingChips" podcasts.
Scrape to the point: Drilling Performance
Whether done manually or with a powered device, scraping guide ways is critical to machine tool performance.
Shrink-fit chucks enhance precision: 5-Axis Machining
Productive Times Challenge: Find a suitable toolholder to handle precision machining. The Solution: Shrink-fit chucks.
Retention knob reduces polishing: General Industry Coverage
Productive Times Challenge: Reduce post-machining polishing time. The Solution: Tooling toolholder assemblies with high-torque retention knobs.
Printing chucks: General Industry Coverage
The October issue of Cutting Tool Engineering includes a Look Ahead item about an additively manufactured hydraulic chuck.
GMN Introduces High-Speed Spindles for Improved Machining
The Look Ahead department in the October issue of Cutting Tool Engineering features a high-speed spindle that reduces natural vibrations.
Intro to CNC trade secrets
The end of manual machining isn't near. There are certain tasks you can do with conventional machines that CNC machines are just not good at, such as "blending," reports the October Shop Operations column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Lean drives modularity: People & Companies
Cutting Tool Engineering's Shop Technology column in October addresses how lean manufacturing principles have changed the way engineers program machine tools and select tooling.
Constant chip load machining
A Seattle shop reaps the benefits of constant chip load machining, according to the October Get With The Program column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Overcoming material challenges: Design & Engineering
Companies that make cylindrical cutting tools from PCD and other materials face two key challenges: meeting the surging demand for PCD tools while retaining the ability to produce HSS, carbide, ceramic and cermet tools, observes the Machine Technology column in the October issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Better to have a degree
If you have aspirations for being an engineer or programmer, but do not have a college degree, this column is for you, according to the Machinist's Corner column in the October issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
