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END USER: Honda of America Manufacturing Inc., (937) 498-4545, www.honda.com. CHALLENGE: Deburr camshafts to keep pace with engine production while enhancing workpiece flexibility. SOLUTION: A special deburring machine that's suitable for more than one size of camshaft combined with a magnetic conveyor to remove the fines.

Machinist's Corner column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Get With The Program column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Shop Operations column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Machine Technology column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Manager's Desk column for the October 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

It's never been easier to recycle cutting tools, which produces both cost savings and environmental benefits.

A look at portable measurement technologies and their applications.

Better technology boosts use of EDMs for production applications.

Nanotechnology opens up new coating possibilities and performance.

New materials and improved part manufacturing help maintain and upgrade aging military aircraft.

END USER: Neenah Foundry Co., (920) 725-7000, www.nfco.com. CHALLENGE: Increase productivity and worker safety when measuring castings on a coordinate measuring machine. SOLUTION: A system that enables a CMM operator to load and unload castings in fixtures with minimal lifting, bending or twisting and easily move parts into the CMM's measurement zone on plates supported by air.