Face Off: Turning Performance
Keys to maximizing productivity when facemilling steel.
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Down-hole, High-tech: 5-Axis Machining
Production of precise, tough oil-field components demands the use of sophisticated multitask machines.
Turn Right: Turning Performance
Thread turning is a well-known but not well-understood practice. Toolmakers recommend how to do it the right way.
Grinding’s Blackest Art
Centerless grinding is often viewed as overly complex, but a look at the process' fundamentals reveals otherwise.
IMTS ‘Exceeds Expectations’: Trade Shows & Events
International Manufacturing Technology Show draws more than 1,800 exhibitors and 92,000 attendees.
Time-Saving Tools
Parts manufacturers can choose from various multifunction tools to reduce cycle times and free up tool positions in their machines.
Manufacturing Roundtable: Industry Trends & Analysis
Six manufacturing executives discuss the economics of metalworking in the U.S., competition in the global marketplace and recruiting and training workers.
Evolution of a Tool’s Revolution
Putting a spin on turning tools results in up to a 2,000 percent increase in tool life and opens the door to new turning techniques.
Staying Sharp December 2008: People & Companies
Manager's Desk, Machine Technology, Shop Operations, Get with the Program, Machinist's Corner
Military Strategies: General Industry Coverage
Small shops can take advantage of big opportunities by making military parts.
Coating’s Holy Grail
Commercialization of cubic boron nitride coatings has proven elusive, but a two-step process for coating cutting tools with CBN is expected to come to market soon.
Dress for Success: General Industry Coverage
There are several ways EDM builders and machine shops can make micro-electrodes for sinker EDMs. One popular way is discharge dressing.
