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Articles • November 17, 2025

Thinking About Automation?

Shops new to automation can start with turning. Simple tools like bar feeders, tool monitoring, redundancy, and probing create stable, unattended processes.

Articles • November 17, 2025

Advanced Machining Fuels Growth

Sugar River Machine's "2.0" strategy—facility expansion, Mazak multitasking tech, and diversified customers—is driving rapid growth and new opportunities.

Articles • September 23, 2025

Reader Feedback Welcome

Cutting Tool Engineering relies on reader feedback to guide our editorial content and ensure that your needs for practical industry information are met.

Articles • September 23, 2025

FABTECH 2025 Coverage

UR Unveils Long-reach Cobot; Move Multi-Ton Robots Without Cranes; Start-Up Offers AI-Powered Knowledge Capture; Robot Diagnostics Keep Automation Running.

Articles • September 23, 2025

Honoring A Legacy, Empowering The Future

Iverson Memorial Manufacturing Scholarship supports first recipient—Niko Aleksic, who is studying civil engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Articles • September 23, 2025

Keep Cool

Machinist's Corner columnist recently ran across a "cool" product outside his normal focus that he thinks will help productivity on the shop floor.

Articles • September 23, 2025 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Final Thing To Do Before Grinding

The Grinding Doc resolves a debate over whether a shop should balance a wheel before grinding or dress a wheel before grinding.

Articles • September 23, 2025

Designing A Better Manufacturing Experience

Look for productivity improvements to be driven by improving the human experience on the shop floor during IMTS 2026 in Chicago.

Articles • September 23, 2025

The Daily Regrind

In today's disposable economy, savvy part manufacturers understand that money can be saved and productivity possibly boosted by resharpening worn tools.

Articles • September 23, 2025

Turning To Surface Quality Optimization

This article covers the fundamental principles of surface roughness and presents several tips proven to enhance surface quality in turning operations.n

Articles • September 23, 2025

Seal-ready Surfaces

The proliferation of aluminum in the automotive sector continues to surge. Once rare, aluminum components now can account for 30% of a vehicle's weight.

Articles • September 23, 2025

Let Edming Use Sink In

Electrical discharge machining, or EDMing, is a form of machining wherein you use an electrode to channel enormous amounts of electricity into a workpiece.