Metalworking product review for October 2013
A review of metalworking products as compiled by the editors of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Editorial
Alan Richter
Alan Richter, a 40-plus-year veteran journalist, has spent the last 25 years covering the metalworking industry for Cutting Tool Engineering and currently serves as its editor-at-large. Contact him at [email protected].
Editor-at-large
Email: alan@ctepubs.com
Published content
Flute polishing boosts surface integrity
Improve cutting edge integrity and flute faces of cutting tools. A flute finishing process that uses a fine-grit, hybrid resin-bond flute polishing grinding wheel, special truing wheels and fine-grit dressing sticks.
Making the leap to MQL
Minimize lubricant for a mass-production cylinder head line. Switch to minimum quantity lubrication.
Robot to the rescue: General Industry Coverage
Produce additional parts without investing in a new machine tool and eliminate manually bending parts. A robot that is flexible and easy to program and move.
Through the looking glass: General Industry Coverage
An MTConnect app for Google Glass.
Cold, hard and thin: General Industry Coverage
Ultrashort pulsed-laser deposition of diamond-like coatings.
How 3D Printing Speeds Up Automotive Prototyping
Producing prototype automotive parts via 3-D printing helps reduce time to market while boosting vehicle quality and fuel efficiency.
Metalworking product review for September 2013
A collection of metalworking products for your review.
Replace an outdated vertical machining center with a new one
Boost productivity when machining hubs and other parts. Replace an outdated vertical machining center with a new one.
Light trumps water: General Industry Coverage
Reduce energy costs as part of a sustainability program. Replace a waterjet cutting machine with a fiber optic laser cutting machine.
Unmanned machining with confidence
Eliminate part deviations when performing lights-out machining. CAM software with the properly adjusted post-processor for automatically measuring parts on a machine tool.
Designing diamond: General Industry Coverage
A new R&D center for synthetic diamond.
