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Articles July 1, 2008 Joseph Hazelton

Kicking Out Bad Vibration: Design & Engineering

High-speed, vibration-free endmilling of aluminum workpieces requires cutting tools with certain features and requires certain types of toolholders. Also, it can be aided by cutting strategies.

Articles July 1, 2008

Staying Sharp July 2008: People & Companies

Staying Sharp, Manager's Desk, Part Time, Machine Technology, Shop Operations, Get with the Program, Machinist's Corner

Articles June 1, 2008 Victor Cassidy

Bantam Broaching: General Industry Coverage

Manufacturers use broaching to make small parts for medical and aerospace applications.

Articles June 1, 2008 Daniel Rousseau

Mitigating Mist: General Industry Coverage

There are several good ways to design and install a mist collection system. Choosing the right design depends on a shop's size and needs.

Articles June 1, 2008 Dr. LaRoux K. Gillespie

(Non) Risky Business: People & Companies

Thinking about and managing the risks of operating a job shop and machining parts is a straightforward process when using tools such as risk matrices and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.

Articles June 1, 2008 Jeremy W. Peterson

PCD in the Fast Lane

Improving medium-grade PCD for high-speed milling, including interrupted milling of high-silicon aluminum.

Articles June 1, 2008 Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Calculated Grinding

Parts manufacturers can calculate the optimal parameters when grinding with superabrasive wheels to achieve high material-removal rates and more consistent results.

Articles June 1, 2008 Bill Kennedy

Chopper Shop: General Industry Coverage

A small, Philadelphia-area shop is using a 55,000-psi, 2,000-mph abrasive waterjet to help grow its primary business: making parts for Boeing aircraft.

Articles May 1, 2008 Bill Kennedy

Chips Happen: General Industry Coverage

When single-point boring, parts manufacturers can break and control the long chips from low-carbon steels by taking into account setup, cutting parameters, nose radii and insert shape and sharpness.

Articles May 1, 2008 Edmund Isakov, Ph.D.

Cast Contents: General Industry Coverage

Choosing the right cast aluminum and aluminum alloys from among the hundreds of different grades and the many tempers in each grade requires understanding of the materials' designation system to know their compositions, tempers and properties.

Articles May 1, 2008 Bill Kennedy

Ceramic Healing: Medical Manufacturing

Advanced ceramics' properties make them suitable materials for medical instruments and implants, as well as for parts in medical devices. Making ceramic parts, however, requires manufacturing techniques similar to those used to make P/M parts and may require applying diamond-impregnated tools and wheels.

Articles May 1, 2008 Joseph Hazelton

Coming to More Shops Soon?

High-power laser machines—at least 5,000w—are more useful in machine shops because their power permits fast processing of thicker materials, materials more like the blocks machined by the metalcutting industry. Also, automation allows for more cost-effective laser machining.

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