Articles & Columns

Grooving hardened steel parts with PCBN cutting tools.

Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings urges shops to consider having a business continuity plan in the August 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Shop Operations Columnist Tom Lipton addresses tool selection and managing your personal toolcrib in the August 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

END USER: Focus: HOPE's Center for Advanced Technologies, www.focushope.edu, (313) 494-5500. CHALLENGE: Accurately mark machined parts. SOLUTION: A flexible laser marking system. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Columbia Marking Tools, (586) 949-8400, www.columbiamt.com

The Machine Technology column in the August 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering takes a close look at measuring the cutting force.

END USER: Aragon Surgical Inc., (650) 543-3100, www.aragonsurgical.com. CHALLENGE: Reduce costs when procuring a stainless steel part for a laparoscopic surgical device. SOLUTION: A contract manufacturer that stamps some previously machined part features and machines only the critical features. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Connecticut Spring & Stamping, (860) 677-1341, www.ctspring.com

Machine tool builders discuss the development and evolution of drill and tap machines.

Cutoff wheel manufacturer inquires about a testing program to evaluate his product in the August 2011 Ask the Grinding Doc column in Cutting Tool Engineering.

In his August 2011 Lead Angle editorial, Cutting Tool Engineering Editorial Director Alan Rooks addresses whether the plan for the latest U.S. manufacturing initiative unveiled by President Obama will provide a boost to the industry.

Monocrystalline diamond inserts for imparting high-polish finishes.

CAM software is often priced in the vicinity of a lower-end motorcycle or compact car—sometimes a luxury car. Michael Deren, who writes the Machinist's Corner column for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, addresses some alternatives to avert the expense in his July 2011 column.

In his Manager's Desk column for the July 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Keith Jennings discusses the benefits of conducting an internal quality assurance audit.

A qualified approach to machining complex, deep holes.

END USER: U.S. Alloy Die Corp., (216) 749-9700, www.usalloydie.com. CHALLENGE: Improve productivity when drilling H-13 tool steel extrusion dies. SOLUTION: Carbide drills that eliminated pecking and more than doubled throughput. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: OSG Tap & Die Inc., (630) 790-1400, www.osgtool.com; Shop Supply & Tool Co. Inc., (440) 951-4700, www.shopsupply.net.

Advances in machine tool technology, tooling and software facilitate high-productivity milling strategies.

A nanocomposite coating that significantly extends tool life.

For his July 2011 Shop Operations column, Tom Lipton suggests that safety is a situational awareness issue as opposed to a matter of equipment.

END USER: Tech NH Inc., (603) 424-4404, www.technh.com. CHALLENGE: Reduce polishing time when producing hardened steel molds. SOLUTION: Long-reach, small-diameter endmills for hard milling. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Harvey Tool Co. LLC, (800) 645-5609, www.harveytool.com; Industrial Tool Supply, (888) 200-8887, www.itslowell.com.

Improved holemaking efficiency drives powertrain machining throughput.

For the July 2011 Get With The Program column, Cutting Tool Engineering turned to Okuma America Corp. to address remote control for machine diagnostics.