Articles

Articles • October 1, 2014 • Tom Lipton

Effective finishing work

The Shop Operations column offers still more tips for effective finishing in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • October 1, 2014 • Christopher Tate

Going deep with holemaking

The Shop Technology column looks at the significant advances in deep-hole drilling in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • October 1, 2014 • Kip Hanson

Workholder modeling

Workholder modeling slashes setup time.

Articles • October 1, 2014 • Edmund Isakov, Ph.D.

Understanding the Identification System for Indexable Inserts

American National Standard ANSI B212.4-2002 covers the identification system for indexable-type inserts for both single-point and multiple-point cutting tools. This standard classifies inserts based on shape, clearance, tolerance, type, size, thickness, cutting-point configuration, edge preparation, hand, and facet size.

Articles • September 1, 2014

Surging ahead

Growing U.S. auto market needs supply flexibility and more lightweight parts.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Susan Woods

As the broach turns

Rotary broaching allows machine shops to bring broaching in-house.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Evan Jones Thorne

Preset in stone

When tool pre setters are integrated into a shop, a key question is who will take the measurements.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Kip Hanson

Rapid shift

3D printing poised to turn prototyping on its head.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Mega-Multiplex

Heavy-duty multitask machine tools provide numerous benefits for producing large, complex components -- when the application is right.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Silvère Proisy

Simulation optimizes multi-axis cutting

Using simulation software to optimize multiple-axis machining.

Articles • September 1, 2014

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 world of infinite connectedness still has an otherworldly, "Alice in Wonderland" feel to it.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Shrink-fit insert body

Semifinished inserts within which PCBN tips are fixed in a steel body via thermal shrink fitting.