The fix is in: Inspection Efficiency
Indexable-insert tool repair can require a lot more than a manual machine. CNC machines and inspection equipment are often needed to effectively refurbish tools.
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Why Shops Are Replacing Gundrills with Solid-Carbide Drills
A growing number of machine shops are switching from gundrills to solid-carbide drills for deep-hole applications.
Easy to be hard: Medical Manufacturing
Milling plastics is just easy enough to be difficult.
Finish line: Drilling Performance
Finishing hardened workpieces on multitask machines that provide grinding and hard turning and/or hard milling capabilities can prove beneficial.
External thread milling
Productive Times. End user: Mitchel & Scott Machine Co. Challenge: Cut thread milling cycle time. Solution: A shell-type thread milling cutter head. Solution provider: JBO-USA, (248) 879-5984.
Grinding burs
Productive Times. End user: Specialty Carbide Products. Challenge: Productively and consistently grind carbide burs. Solution: A CNC grinding machine integrated with a robot for loading/unloading. Solution provider: Excalibur Tool Inc.
Proactive progress: Industry Trends & Analysis
Productives Times: Proactive progress. End user: Ford Motor Co., Lima Engine Plant. Challenge: Improve productivity and maximize quality when machining aluminum heads. Solution: Replaceable-head reamers with PCD cutting edges. Solution provider: Mapal Inc.
Grinding burn reduction
Grinding Doc column for December 2009 issue.
Material difference: Drilling Performance
Part Time column for December 2009 issue.
Cutter sources: Drilling Performance
Shop Operations column for December 2009 issue.
Correcting thermal errors: Turning Performance
Machine Technology column for December 2009 issue.
Silver lining at the end of a crazy year
Manager's Desk column for December 2009 issue.
