Articles

Articles • May 22, 2017 • Dr. LaRoux K. Gillespie

Overview of parts deburring

All shops are concerned with burrs, a natural side effect of cutting. They are all looking for a single solution to prevent or remove burrs. Unfortunately, there is no panacea.

Articles • May 19, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Small shops warm up to work cells

As automation becomes more flexible and less expensive, work cells are propagating at smaller shops.

Articles • May 18, 2017 • Holly B. Martin

Demand rises for ultrahard-material cutting machines

A recent report, "Global Ultra Hard Material Cutting Machines Market" by Transparency Market Research, forecasts a healthy compound annual growth rate of 10.8 percent for these machines for the years 2016 to 2024, with the total market reaching $1.8 billion by the end of that period. The report's authors expect rising demand to lead to more competition and lower prices.

Articles • May 17, 2017 • Kip Hanson

Machining 3D-printed metal

Are you being asked to quote secondary machining operations on a handful of 3D-printed metal parts? If so, how do you cut these parts?

Articles • May 16, 2017 • Alan Richter

Lead Angle: Rise of the soft machine

Cutting Tool Engineering Editor Alan Richter ponders the machine shop of the future in his Lead Angle column for the May 2017 issue.

Articles • May 15, 2017 • Kip Hanson

Shop Profile: From pewter to ultraprecision CNC machine tools

Craftsman Jasper Röders set up shop during the early 1800s to make pewter tableware for his neighbors in Soltau, Germany. Six generations later, his descendants still produce pewter but have expanded into blow molds and CNC machine tools.

Articles • May 11, 2017 • Stas Mylek and Jesse Trinque

Cutting tool and CAM collaboration

New, ultraresilient workpiece materials with high strength-to-weight ratios have cutting tool vendors and CAM developers scrambling to design new tools and toolpaths to efficiently cut them. To succeed, the vendors and developers must collaborate with unprecedented frequency.

Articles • May 10, 2017 • Alan Richter

Sandvik Coromant president promotes innovation

In an interview conducted by CTE Editor Alan Richter at a global press event held at the company's headquarters in Sandviken, Sweden, Klas Forsström, president of AB Sandvik Coromant, discussed his new role, the state of the cutting tool market, the importance of attracting talent to manufacturing, tool recycling and the role of R&D.

Articles • May 9, 2017 • Kip Hanson

The essentials of manufacturing microtools

Manufacturing microscale endmills and drills requires ultraprecise machinery and specialty grinding wheels—never mind extreme skill, the right carbide grade and abundant patience. Thankfully, a number of toolmakers have become proficient at this microscopic task, leaving shops to worry about just one thing: making parts.

Articles • May 8, 2017 • Kip Hanson

Keep machine tools, shop floor data safe from hackers

Proactive security measures become even more important as manufacturing software moves into the cloud, machine tool intelligence and automation continue to grow, and the Industrial Internet of Things makes big data an increasingly big deal.

Articles • May 5, 2017 • William Leventon

Machine Technology: Automating one machine

Automation isn't just a boon to complex, multiple-machine manufacturing processes. It can also give a major boost to processes that involve only a single machine.

Articles • May 4, 2017 • Keith Jennings

Manager’s Desk: The new normal

When your primary market tanks to its lowest level in 30 years, the impact can be drastic, according to the Manager's Desk column in the May 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Is your shop well managed and in a position to overcome such a hit?