Articles & Columns

Reduce the time to rough bore bearing pockets. Twin roughing heads.

Parting off presents challenges, but paying attention to the basics makes it a lot easier.

Manufacturing consultant leverages CAM software to help customers adopt transformative technology.

A direct-drive, servomotor robotic finger.

Bring damaged components back into spec. A flexible cylinder hone.

Some workpieces, like those that are oddly shaped, large or delicate, can be a real pain in the neck. What's the best way to securely grab a hold of them?

When not required by the customer, inspection is a likely target for shops seeking to eliminate inefficiencies within the manufacturing process, suggests the Shop Technology column in the June 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

The Grinding Doc offers an upbeat take on tri-grit wheels.

A method of lubricating and cooling a machined workpiece using supercritical CO₂.

Have you noticed job candidates and the people you're dealing with across the business world are increasingly from other countries?

When you consider the future of U.S. manufacturing, it's important to distinguish long term from short term.

Improve productivity for a repeat job. A multifunctional, 90° indexable-insert shoulder cutter.

New aluminum alloys can pose machining challenges, but they can be mastered with sound cutting strategies.

How shops can help keep groundwater clean and be green in other ways.

Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton addresses flame straightening corrections in the May 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Eliminate a bottleneck when inspecting parts. Work cells equipped with coordinate measuring machines and dedicated, quick-change fixtures.

The Machine Technology column looks at how inertia active control cuts cycle time.

Coolants and lubricants for challenging cuts.

The Look Ahead section in the May 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine features an asymmetric line boring bar.

Steelville Manufacturing Co. uses flexible manufacturing systems to enhance machine tool productivity and continue growing.