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The dog days of manufacturing
As I'm writing this in mid-July, we're experiencing uncomfortably hot and muggy weather in the Chicago area. I worked up a sweat just walking the dogs this morning -- and they walk pretty slowly. It's hard to want to do much of anything. That description seems to fit the U.S. economy in general and manufacturing in particular.
Hardened by light: General Industry Coverage
The advantages of heat treating parts with 1µm-wavelength lasers.
Time to part: Turning Performance
In parting, or cut-off, operations, the objective is to efficiently and securely separate one part of the workpiece from the other. To achieve this, a straight cut is made to a depth that equals the radius of a bar, or workpiece.
Worry free: Medical Manufacturing
Antipullout toolholders reduce scrap, increase tool life and eliminate anxiety while milling.
Old iron, new life: 5-Axis Machining
Retrofitting old machine tools with new CNCs can make more sense than buying new -- particularly for larger machines.
Product Showcase for August 2013
Learn details about the many new products manufacturers are offering the metalworking industry.
Be cautious when changing coolant
A company running a centralized coolant system with neat oil seeks help from the Grinding Doc. The shop's oil supplier is promising great things if the shop switches to a newer oil product. But it seems like such a grand undertaking.
Setting up for single-piece flow
The Shop Technology column in the July 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine continues to explore one shop's move from batch processing of machining jobs to a single-piece flow.
Still more tips for operating a CNC mill
The Shop Operations column suggests that you should use every tool, trick and option at your disposal to get jobs out the door as quickly as possible because speed and momentum reduce costs when applied to part processing.
Time for an oil change
Eliminate component degradation on tool grinding machines. Switching to a low-viscosity, cobalt-inhibited, hydrocracked synthetic grinding oil.
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.
