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Cut the clamp: General Industry Coverage
Increase part quality and productivity when deep-cavity micromachining while achieving tight tolerances. A heat-activated, wax-based compound for holding parts.
Chuck aids retention knob work
Enhance precision and shorten changeover time when machining retention knobs. Quick-change collet chucks.
Keeping your distance: Turning Performance
Keeping employees' personal matters separate from professional ones.
Cut the chatter: Turning Performance
Methods for minimizing chatter.
A cool break: General Industry Coverage
A PCD milling cutter that combines a patented chipbreaker and direct cooling through the cutting face.
A layered approach: General Industry Coverage
A new process for strengthening metals while making them more resistant to corrosion.
Vertically aligned: General Industry Coverage
Vertical machining centers play a central role in the growth of S&S Machine Shop.
CAM it up: Turning Performance
Software developers raise the bar with improved toolpaths, integration and simulation.
Professional profiles: General Industry Coverage
When grinding complex cutting tool profiles, attention should be paid to the software, the wheel and the tool blank for best results.
Productivity-boosting boring heads: Drilling Performance
Boring heads that improve productivity.
Consider live tooling when purchasing a machine
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.
