Repair or replace?
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A tale of two shops
Separate yet combined is an apt description of Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument. Located on New York's Long Island, in New Hyde Park, both sides of the company were founded, and are still managed, by engineers.
Cooling gizmo has issues: General Industry Coverage
At a trade show, a company displayed a grinding wheel with slots, where coolant is poured into the center of the wheel and then ejected into the grinding zone. What's your take on this design?
Considerations when selecting a drill
I consider several factors when purchasing a drill and try to find the balance between price and performance that gives the best cost advantage while maintaining part quality and productivity, reports the Shop Technology columnist in the October 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.
Go fly away: a summer story
During the summer, writes the Shop Operations columnist in the October 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering, it gets pretty hot in a shop that's not air conditioned. With sweat running down my semibald head, I was trying to get a part set up in a CNC lathe.
Superhard automation
Simultaneously improve product quality and productivity when EDMing PCD and PCBN cutting tools and wear parts. An automation process that incorporates work cells.
Playing it smart: General Industry Coverage
Cutting cycle time for a 3,000-piece run. Two wire EDMs.
Drilling with pinpoint precision
Achieve tightened tolerances and increase throughput when machining microholes and other microscale features. Two new machine tools, each with 0.5µm positioning accuracy and a 50,000-rpm maximum spindle speed.
Fixture job doesn’t hold up
Machinist's Corner columnist shares personal experience with purchasing tooling and fixtures for the shop.
Seals protect spindles from contamination
The Machine Technology column in the October 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering offers guidance for protecting spindles from contamination.
Don’t hold the onions
A nanoscale metalworking fluid additive.
Coat, don’t plate: General Industry Coverage
A tungsten carbide-based CVD coating that's an environmentally friendly alternative to hard-chrome plating.
