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Article October 15, 2013 Tom Lipton

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.

Article October 15, 2013 Alan Richter

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.

Article October 15, 2013 Alan Richter

Playing it smart: General Industry Coverage

Cutting cycle time for a 3,000-piece run. Two wire EDMs.

Article October 15, 2013 Alan Richter

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.

Article October 15, 2013 Michael Deren

Fixture job doesn’t hold up

Machinist's Corner columnist shares personal experience with purchasing tooling and fixtures for the shop.

Article October 15, 2013 Dr. Scott Smith

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.

Article October 15, 2013 Alan Richter

Don’t hold the onions

A nanoscale metalworking fluid additive.

Article October 15, 2013 Alan Richter

Coat, don’t plate: General Industry Coverage

A tungsten carbide-based CVD coating that's an environmentally friendly alternative to hard-chrome plating.

Article October 15, 2013

Does Wal-Mart love U.S. products?

When the world's biggest retailer pledged it would buy an additional $50 billion worth of U.S.-made products over the next decade, Cutting Tool Engineering Editorial Director Alan Rooks questions whether the news is cause for celebration.

Article October 15, 2013 Surya Kommareddy

Bridging the CAM-to-machine gap

When people ask why it's important to select a high-quality post-processor, I always liken it to building a house, reports Surya Kommareddy, with DMG / Mori Seiki USA Inc. in this month's issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Article October 15, 2013 Keith Jennings

Shifting gears to manage crises

I'm a big a supporter of my local community college's machining programs. There's one facet of machine shop management a classroom can't prepare a student for, though: the constant, yet unexpected, gear shifting that goes on when you're running a shop.

Article October 15, 2013 Jeffrey Yoders

Smart design: Turning Performance

Design for manufacturability is catching on among the more sophisticated clients of machine shops.

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