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Custom connection: Drilling Performance
Custom tools help aerospace part makers meet demanding specs.
Drag way cutting: 5-Axis Machining
END USER: Bill Miller Engineering Ltd., (775) 887-1299, www.bmeltd.com. CHALLENGE: Boost production with upgraded tooling. SOLUTION: A high-speed solid-carbide drill and a tool- holding system.
Bigger, faster, better: General Industry Coverage
END USER: Daman Products Co., (800) 959-7841, www.damanifolds.com. CHALLENGE: Speed the design process and reduce setup time for machining large hydraulic manifolds. SOLUTION: Accurate and flexible workholding system, conceived, designed and built in-house.
Hold tight: General Industry Coverage
END USER: MTU Aero Engines GmbH, +49 89 1489-0, www.mtu.de. CHALLENGE: Minimize cutting tool vibration and runout when circular stagger milling titanium blisks. SOLUTION: A hydraulic toolholding system that dampens vibration and minimizes runout.
Nonthreaded fasteners: General Industry Coverage
Shop Operations column by Frank Marlow.
Measuring and managing drawbar forces
Machine Technology column by Dr. Scott Smith.
Cutting cycle time: General Industry Coverage
Ask the Grinding Doc column by Dr. Jeffrey Badger.
A time to get personal
Manager's Desk column by Keith Jennings.
Selecting coolant scientifically
Using an independent laboratory to test different coolants can provide the impartial data needed to make the right choice for machining titanium.
Multiaxis muscles up: 5-Axis Machining
CAD/CAM strategies for increasing the efficiency of multiaxis machining.
Precision prescriptions: Medical Manufacturing
Ensuring optimal grinding of stainless steel medical instruments.
