Turn out the lights on wire EDMing
Of all machining processes, wire EDMing is perhaps best suited for lights-out manufacturing with one exception, slugs.
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Spindle sensor enhances safety
B-Safe from Balance Systems detects collisions during machining, preventing damage to parts and machine.
Additive approach to machining Ti6Al4V
Tool blanks are printed to make cutters to machine titanium.
Catching ’22’: Beat the challenges of titanium
Effectively machining titanium alloys requires suitable cutting tools, machine tools and monitoring systems.
Focusing on high-speed inspection
With the new Taglens-T1 varifocal lens, manufacturers can achieve high-throughput noncontact parts inspection.
Extended-reach toolholders remain a requirement
Multiple-axis machines increase workpiece accessibility but some jobs still require these specialized toolholders.
Extending tool lifetimes
Swedish researchers break down the causes of tool coating degradation.
Keeping the family together
Keith Jennings reflects on the for better or worse nature of family businesses.
Cooling OD burn
The Grinding Doc: Using a wheel with too large of a grit size and dressing dull likely the cause of OD burn—not bad cooling.
Shop seeks to maximize machine tool investment
Kennametal answers with turret-adapted clamping units and quick-change toolholders.
Technology tames gear trouble for machine shops
Make mill/turn lathes and multitask machines into gear-cutting workhorses.
Bet on waterjet
Abrasive waterjet machining can be a terrific complement to more traditional machining processes.