Lightly touched: Choosing the best marking method for delicate workpieces
Cutting Tool Engineering Contributing Editor Kip Hanson offers insight into choosing the best method for marking parts.
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Burning question: When it makes sense to outsource EDM jobs
While many machine shops have an EDM, they still have to decide when it makes sense to outsource certain jobs.
One size fits all: Turning Performance
The pros and cons of turning with the "perfect" insert.
Machine tools for cutting composite materials have unique requirements
The cover story for the December 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering examines the unique requirements of machine tools used for cutting composite materials.
How to purposely burn workpieces
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering's Ask the Grinding Doc columnist, cautions readers not to be timid when slowing the workpiece speed to induce burn.
Understanding the Identification System for Indexable Inserts
ANSI insert identification codes describe insert shape, clearance, tolerance, type, size, thickness, and edge features. This guide explains how to read the naming system used for indexable inserts.
Workholder modeling: 5-Axis Machining
Workholder modeling slashes setup time.
Going deep with holemaking: Drilling Performance
The Shop Technology column looks at the significant advances in deep-hole drilling in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Effective finishing work: Medical Manufacturing
The Shop Operations column offers still more tips for effective finishing in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Organizing inventory to keep product flowing
Improve inventory control and consolidate hundreds of cabinets and drawers for storing tooling and gages. SOLUTION: An automated storage system integrated with inventory management software.
Relying on rapid-fire micrographs: Inspection Efficiency
CHALLENGE: Increase QC efficiency when inspecting composite auto parts. An automated opto-digital microscope.
IMTS was a worthy experience
IMTS is a spectacle full of machining and related technologies that will excite anyone in this business, observes Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.
