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Staying Sharp, Manager's Desk, Machining Tips, Part Time, Ask the Grinding Doc

A review of superabrasive tool technology and application tips to help shops beat the headaches of machining difficult-to-cut materials.

Milling and grinding with a single-layer, metal-bond diamond wheel.

Data on alloy steels and tool material grades to maximize turning efficiency. Guidelines for turning alloy steels.

Waterjet technology helps custom fabricator offer additional products. Innovative waterjet cutting drives growth for stainless steel fabricator.

CNC developments to satisfy specific requirements. CNC makers enhance and adapt their technologies to serve a range of shop needs.

Builders continue their march toward faster, more precise EDMs. EDM builders continue to advance their machine tools' capabilities and pay special attention to medical-parts manufacturers.

The role of microabrasive blasting when finishing implantable medical parts.

Low-cost presetters for entry level users. Shops that think tool presetters are too costly and too complicated should take another look.

Supporting NASCAR teams to promote the use of metalworking products. Learn why metalworking suppliers are teaming up with NASCAR—big time.

Staying Sharp, Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time, Get with the Program, Machinist's Corner

Ultrafiltration systems enhance parts cleaning efficiency.

Keys to lights-out production of molds. Today's moldmakers can apply equipment, processes and strategies that let them turn on the machine, turn off the lights and go home.

Making microholes with a chemical process called photoetching.

Manager's Desk, Machining Tips, Part Time, Ask the Grinding Doc

Avoid the threadmaking limit on Swiss-style lathes by segmenting.

Ensuring accurate measurement of parts with ever tighter tolerances. As part tolerances continue to tighten across the board, accurately and consistently measuring them becomes more of a challenge.

Automation of sawing operations. Just as there are numerous ways to saw bar stock, multiple methods exist to automate the sawing operation.

Selecting manual or automatic pallet systems to reduce spindle downtime. Before shifting into palletized parts-handling systems, you need to choose manual or automatic.

Integrating new technology without disturbing production schedules. With demand for aerospace parts booming, can machine shops risk using new technology to boost productivity?