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Article April 15, 2012 Joe Mason

Defining workholding setups: Drilling Performance

Workholding involves much more than slapping a part in a vise or chuck and pushing the cycle-start button, according to the Workholding column in the April 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Article April 15, 2012

Dynamic absorbers reduce vibration: General Industry Coverage

The Machine Technology column from the April 2012 edition of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine examines how machine tool vibration often causes problems when machining. Chatter, a self-excited vibration, can lead to poor surface finish and cutting tool chipping or breakage.

Article April 15, 2012 Alan Richter

Cutting noncut time: General Industry Coverage

The Look Ahead column for April 2012 sheds light on technology that reduces noncut time by optimizing B-axis rotation.

Article April 15, 2012 Alan Richter

Binderless diamond: Turning Performance

Look Ahead column for April 2012 looks at binderless nano-polycrystalline diamond cutting tools

Article April 15, 2012

Is manufacturing overrated?: Industry Trends & Analysis

It's getting to be a broken record. February was another up month for U.S. manufacturing as output increased 0.4 percent. Output rose 0.7 percent in January after jumping 1.5 percent in December—the biggest gain in 5 years.

Article April 15, 2012

Shocking finish: Medical Manufacturing

Aluminum parts that are anodized using electrical energy or chromate conversion coated can offer wear and corrosion resistance, among other benefits.

Article April 15, 2012 Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D.

Determining burn depth: General Industry Coverage

Estimating burn depth is tricky. It depends on the thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity of the workpiece material, the maximum surface temperature reached and, most importantly, the time the wheel is in the grinding zone.

Article April 15, 2012 Keith Jennings

Leveraging peer relationships: People & Companies

As we climb out of the winter grind, we've all had our share of weighty issues to manage.

Article April 15, 2012 Kip Hanson

Part makers get a better angle for multiple-axis work

Say your machine shop just received an order for 316 stainless fuel-injector nozzles requiring angled holes to be drilled on the workpiece face. Or perhaps your best medical customer needs miniature blood-pump impellers with complex 3-D blade geometries like those on a jet-engine turbine. How are you going to make them?

Article April 15, 2012

Minimum molding

Manufacturing molds used to produce plastic parts with features that can be too small to be seen with the naked eye or measured with standard devices is challenging. That's why moldmakers that perform this work are specialists in the nuances of designing and building micromolds.

Article April 15, 2012 Alan Richter

Choosing coated-abrasive flap discs: General Industry Coverage

When choosing among coated-abrasive flap discs to remove metal and finish parts, grit size is just the beginning.

Article March 15, 2012 Kip Hanson

Raising the Bar

Bar feeders, once known as slow and inefficient 'rattle tubes,' are now high-speed, automated units.

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