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How flame hardening works

Increase part quality and productivity when deep-cavity micromachining while achieving tight tolerances. A heat-activated, wax-based compound for holding parts.

Enhance precision and shorten changeover time when machining retention knobs. Quick-change collet chucks.

Keeping employees' personal matters separate from professional ones.

Methods for minimizing chatter.

A PCD milling cutter that combines a patented chipbreaker and direct cooling through the cutting face.

A new process for strengthening metals while making them more resistant to corrosion.

Vertical machining centers play a central role in the growth of S&S Machine Shop.

Software developers raise the bar with improved toolpaths, integration and simulation.

When grinding complex cutting tool profiles, attention should be paid to the software, the wheel and the tool blank for best results.

Boring heads that improve productivity.

When shops purchase new machinery, a common error some make is accepting the standard live tooling package from the builder without considering other options. This is not a criticism of those packages, but end users should do as much evaluation of their processes when determining the proper tooling package as they do when evaluating machine tools. This examination can range from the simple, such as external vs. internal coolant, to the sublime, such as adjustable vs. extended tooling configurations, to the truly exotic.