A few unorthodox machining tips
Shop Operations Columnist James Harvey shares a few unorthodox machining methods that have worked for him.
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Wheel tests on the fly
A shop writes to the Grinding Doc: There's lots of discussion at my company about the best diamond fluting wheel for grinding tungsten carbide. Is there a quick test to determine which wheel is best?
Owning company communications: People & Companies
Manager's Desk columnist Keith Jennings underscores the need for shop owners to remind their staff that it is the company—not its employees—that owns all business calls and electronic communications.
In Digital Manufacturing, the Product Is Intellectual Property
In the digitized manufacturing world that is being born, the product that a job shop produces is less a piece of machined metal and more a piece of intellectual property.
Starting mass finishing: General Industry Coverage
There is much to consider when choosing a mass-finishing system, what with operational variables from machine size and design to cutting media, compound abrasives, water volume, cycle time and more.
Machine monitoring lets manufacturers improve future processes
Machine monitoring lets manufacturers gather, analyze and share data to improve future processes.n
Tips for preventing workhardening when boring
One of the challenges when boring workpiece materials susceptible to workhardening is recognizing whether the prebored hole is already workhardened.
FMSes uncork bottlenecks: Turning Performance
Top managers at three manufacturers weigh in on the merits of flexible manufacturing systems.
Cybersecurity defenses found lacking for manufacturers
A report from global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab, Woburn, Mass., found that in the first half of 2017, manufacturing was the industry most susceptible to cyberthreats, with the industrial control system computers of manufacturers accounting for almost a third of all attacks.
Eye-tracking studies said to reduce training time, improve safety
To reduce training time and improve worker safety in the high-risk environment of industrial manufacturing, Tobii Pro Insight administers eye-tracking studies.
Poll reveals CNC likes and dislikes
CTE's "CNC Chef," Bob Warfield, polled the readers of his CNCCookbook blog in September on what they like and dislike about their CNCs.
Raising the level of skills
Michael Deren, who writes the Machinist's Corner column for CTE, spent the holidays reflecting on a couple of events from 2017. One was his promotion at work. The other? Three machines failed within 24 hours.
