Heart surgery
Repairing a spindle--the heart of a machine tool--is more economical than buying new, but part manufacturers need to understand the process.
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Cool tool
High-pressure, through-coolant drilling provides a host of benefits.
Mimicking machines with simulation
If you're new to 5-axis machining, simulation software can help you efficiently set up a post-processor and verify the strategies coming from the CAM system, according to this month's Get With the Program column.
New approach needed for STEM
The national conversation about the "skills gap" and its role in manufacturing continues to simmer, writes Alan Rooks of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, in his Lead Angle column for the July 2013 issue.
7-in-1 micromachine
A second Look Ahead item features a micromachine that performs up to seven machining operations.
A new look at CVD
Look Ahead column in July 2013 issue eyes a new CVD technology for depositing thicker coatings on turning inserts.
Minimizing Abbé machine position errors
Two basic strategies exist to minimize the Abbé error in machine tools: eliminate the causes or compensate the result, according to the Machine Technology column in the July 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Time to upgrade equipment
Machinist's Corner columnist Michael Deren recounts how he responded when upper management issued a directive to increase throughput.
When business slows, time to tweak
This month's Manager's Desk column suggests that good managers are able to shift gears and take maximum advantage of all business cycles, up or down.
Down with downtime
Reduce downtime on three aging horizontal machining centers. Replace them with two new HMCs.
Improving production of backbone back-up supports
Extend tool life when machining titanium vertebrae implants and supports. A shrink-fit collet and collet chuck system.
Time for an oil change
Eliminate component degradation on tool grinding machines. Switching to a low-viscosity, cobalt-inhibited, hydrocracked synthetic grinding oil.