Machine monitoring morphs
Advances in software, sensors and connectivity create more choices and greater accessibility for machine monitoring.
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Saving face: Get a grip on machined parts with face drivers
When turning long parts, the traditional workholding technique is to chuck one end of the part and support the other end with a live or dead center. This is generally effective but has two drawbacks.
Certifiably consistent
Certifications help shops develop consistent quality assurance practices -- and new business.
Launch pad: Threadmilling is an attractive alternative to tapping
Orbital thread milling is an attractive alternative to tapping, according to a report filed by Walter AG.
Vertical automation
Teach your vertical machining center to "dance without a partner."
Making the invisible visible
A tool inventory management system shows who's using what and for what purpose.
Salary rebound
Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's biennial salary survey for 2014 shows the earnings of metalworking professionals heading upward.
Metalworking barometer headed up?
IMTS serves as a convenient benchmark for the health of the U.S. metalworking industry, allowing comparisons with the last go-round, and the ones before that.
Connecting the dots
A system to share real-time data between a lathe's CNC and bar feeder.
Speed meets performance
A new arc technology for depositing smooth PVD coatings on cutting tools.
Reversal techniques in measurement
The Machine Technology column in the August 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine reviews the use of the reversal technique in machine measurement.
Send shop guys to trade shows
Manager's Desk author Keith Jennings writes in his August 2014 Cutting Tool Engineering column that he believes sending shop personnel to IMTS is a wise investment.