Hardened by light: General Industry Coverage
The advantages of heat treating parts with 1µm-wavelength lasers.
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].
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Email: alan@ctepubs.com
Published content
Product Showcase for August 2013
Learn details about the many new products manufacturers are offering the metalworking industry.
Time for an oil change
Eliminate component degradation on tool grinding machines. Switching to a low-viscosity, cobalt-inhibited, hydrocracked synthetic grinding oil.
Improving production of backbone back-up supports
Extend tool life when machining titanium vertebrae implants and supports. A shrink-fit collet and collet chuck system.
Down with downtime: General Industry Coverage
Reduce downtime on three aging horizontal machining centers. Replace them with two new HMCs.
A new look at CVD
Look Ahead column in July 2013 issue eyes a new CVD technology for depositing thicker coatings on turning inserts.
7-in-1 micromachine
A second Look Ahead item features a micromachine that performs up to seven machining operations.
Heart surgery: Turning Performance
Repairing a spindle--the heart of a machine tool--is more economical than buying new, but part manufacturers need to understand the process.
If it ain’t broke, fix it
Reduce cycle time when slot milling an A-36 steel part. A 4-flute, solid-carbide endmill for roughing and finishing in one pass at full slot width and depth.
Steady in the pocket: Drilling Performance
Eliminate premature insert breakage and premature wear when facemilling. A facemill body with pockets that accurately seat inserts.
Done with one: General Industry Coverage
Eliminate applying two countersink tools and a tap to complete a machining operation. A combination tool that countersinks and thread mills.
Cutting with particle beams: Drilling Performance
A new "particle beam" technology for machining carbon-based and ceramic matrix composites.
