Articles

Articles • March 14, 2018 • Stas Mylek

Reprogramming your reaction to priciest tools

When programmed to follow optimal CAM toolpaths and matched to a machine tool's capability, expensive cutting tools engineered for high efficiency may offer total-cost-and-performance results that are significantly better than lower-cost cutting tools.

Articles • March 13, 2018 • Holly B. Martin

Gear pioneer Kate Gleason was way ahead of her time

With respect to the norms of the 19th century, Kate Gleason was way ahead of her time. In honor of Women's History Month, CTE remembers groundbreaker Catherine "Kate" Anselm Gleason (1865-1933). During the restrictive culture of her time, she helped shape the global cutting tools industry as a sales engineer for her family's gear cutting machinery business.

Articles • March 12, 2018 • Kip Hanson

Rising complexity of machine maintenance

Machine maintenance goes soft(ware).The stakes are much higher today for machine maintenance. Shops must be more proactive, and aim to optimize every operational aspect of their CNC equipment.

Articles • March 8, 2018 • Kip Hanson

Don’t hack away at chatter problems

When chatter rears its ugly head, it's a good idea to look at your cutting tools. Selecting material-specific cutting tools is certainly part of the solution.

Articles • March 7, 2018 • Alan Richter

Cemecon opens new tool coating facility

CemeCon Inc. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 17 to officially open its new 15,000-sq.-ft. headquarters and CVD-diamond coating facility in Big Flats, N.Y. The opening marks the fourth expansion of production capabilities since the U.S. subsidiary was opened in 1998 and the third increase in capacity for CVD-diamond processing since 2014.

Articles • March 6, 2018 • Alan Richter

Shop bulks up machine arsenal to make colossal components

Baker Industries Inc. reports that it has installed an Emco Mecof Powermill 5-axis vertical milling center—the first of its kind in the U.S. and one of the largest milling centers in the Midwest.

Articles • March 5, 2018 • Alan Richter

Developing tools for cutting composites

YG-1 Tool developed its line of D-Power diamond-coated carbide endmills for machining graphite and composite materials.

Articles • March 1, 2018 • William Leventon

Protecting man, woman and machine

CNC machine tool owners with a healthy concern for their employees are advised to enclose their machines in protective structures.

Articles • February 27, 2018 • Keith Jennings

Protect proprietary company information

Complying with sensitive information requests may be necessary in some circumstances, but it's possible to provide too much information, which might expose proprietary processes and technology and put a company at a competitive disadvantage.

Articles • February 26, 2018 • Alan Richter

Big market for colossal parts

In his March 2018 Lead Angle column, CTE Editor Alan Richter takes notice of developments in large-part machining and previews an upcoming shop profile about Coldwater Machine Co.'s expertise in producing short runs of fairly massive components.

Articles • February 22, 2018 • Robert Weinstein

Collision detection minimizes damage to machine tool, workpiece

Last year, Sandvik Coromant Co. introduced its CoroPlus Collision Detector, which is designed to effectively use data to minimize damage to both a machine tool and a workpiece in the event of a crash.

Articles • February 21, 2018 • Christopher Tate

Effectively cleaning parts improves bottom line

Many nonmanufacturing people would be surprised by the amount of resources expended on parts cleaning, but it is a critical aspect of part quality. Failure to maintain a rigorous cleaning program can cause significant issues in complex assemblies.