Vibration de-escalation: General Industry Coverage
New and traditional part grinding technologies combine to control vibration and improve precision.
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A shop grows in Brooklyn
Tucked into the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, Linda Tool, a family-owned machine shop, is adding to its capabilities.
Light step: General Industry Coverage
New technology has reduced the footprints of sinker EDMs and made them smarter, faster and more efficient.
Multiple options: Medical Manufacturing
Multisensor measurement can make part inspection for machine shops more efficient.
Metalworking product review for October 2013
A review of metalworking products as compiled by the editors of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
The power behind shop automation
Diminishing numbers of skilled tradesmen in the workforce and the need to reduce production costs have caused machine tool automation to proliferate during the past decade.
Machining the ‘unmachinable’
Tom Lipton, the author of Cutting Tool Engineering's Shop Operations column, shares a trick he learned that reveals an interesting use of relatively crash-proof soft metal or plastic bed plates on a milling machine.
Flute polishing boosts surface integrity
Improve cutting edge integrity and flute faces of cutting tools. A flute finishing process that uses a fine-grit, hybrid resin-bond flute polishing grinding wheel, special truing wheels and fine-grit dressing sticks.
Making the leap to MQL
Minimize lubricant for a mass-production cylinder head line. Switch to minimum quantity lubrication.
Robot to the rescue: General Industry Coverage
Produce additional parts without investing in a new machine tool and eliminate manually bending parts. A robot that is flexible and easy to program and move.
Bigger is not always better
After working in the machining and fabrication business for 21 years, Keith Jennings, the Manager's Desk columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering, has concluded that million-dollar jobs don't guarantee big profits.
Rep’s pitch is high and outside
This month's Cutting Tool Engineering Machinist's Corner column asks, "Why waste everyone's time courting a new customer if you aren't prepared to accommodate them?"
