Armed with automation
Lightweight and easy-to-program robotic arms.
Editorial
Alan Richter
Alan Richter, a 40-plus-year veteran journalist, has spent the last 26 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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A flash of ceramic
A fixturing system for enabling ceramic coatings to be efficiently deposited via cathodic arc evaporation.
Inside and out
Similar to a multitask machine, a machine tool that combines ID and OD grinding enables producing a part in one chucking.
Effectively reaming nickel-base alloys
Effectively reaming nickel-base alloys requires a slow and steady approach.
Get groning
This Look Ahead item features a CNC gear honing machine that uses a honing wheel with external teeth and reduces the number of process stages.
A sound system
A second item in the Look Ahead section of the October 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine covers an automatic, scalable component-testing system that combines acoustic and functional testing.
Guided by mirrors
One of the Look Ahead items in the September issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine features a robotic fiber laser machine without a working optical fiber in which the laser beam is integrated in the robot.
Get smart
The second Look Ahead item in the September issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine covers bandsaw technology that automatically adjusts feed rate as the density of a structural workpiece changes.
Automation domination
Automated parts handling with robotic work cells is an affordable option for job shops and other parts manufacturers.
New life for old iron
Retrofitting is an effective and economical option to make new money with old machine tools.
2012 Salary Survey
Cutting Tool Engineering's 2012 Salary Survey reveals how much various metalworking professionals are making, and the results are mixed.
Freeform waterjetting
The Look Ahead column in the August 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering also features a "self-learning" control to automate abrasive waterjet milling.