Articles & Columns

A look at permanently marking metal parts with electro-chemical, indent or laser systems.

Optimize edge and insert placement in facemill and endmill cutters.

Swiss-type CNC machines help shops meet the medical industry's needs.

Medical-part makers share their secrets for holding the line on costs.

Systems for boring large holes.

A CAD-to-part comparison system allows first-article parts inspection on the shop floor and reverse engineering.

Shops and toolmakers discuss the challenges of tapping.

Automation, accuracy and software are at the forefront of tool and cutter grinder developments.

Machining operations can be optimized with input from spindle manufacturers.

Computer-aided cost estimating can help optimize an OEM's or supplier's business in numerous ways.

Seven-axis machining allows one propeller manufacturer to eliminate variability and trim production time.

Advances in grinding technology gives manufacturers more ways to produce hardened parts.

A step-by-step approach to machining collets and jaws for lathe workholders.

It may be penny-wise to refurbish PCD cutting tools, but it also may be productivity-foolish.

Recent offerings help moldmakers boost productivity.

A rotary cutter permits high-speed machining of compacted graphite iron.

There is an alternative to threading small-diameter holes with taps--using a thread mill.

Getting a grip with electropermanent workholding.

Aluminum-titanium-nitride coatings continue to evolve.

A coating system that combines a patented surface impingement process and tungsten disulfide prolongs cutting tool life, but does it promote faster speeds?