An eye for wear: Turning Performance
A machine vision system for inspecting cutting tool wear.
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
X-ray specs: Medical Manufacturing
X-ray scanning a part with internal features is useful because it creates 2-D images of those features in a nondestructive manner. Industrial computed-tomography, or industrial CT scanning, which is based on X-ray scanning technology, takes it a step further by providing a complete 3-D view for internal and external analysis.
Tool provides path to productivity
Extend tool life and boost productivity when milling Inconel 718. A 6-flute endmill programmed to follow a trochoidal milling toolpath.
Heading for improvement: Drilling Performance
Drill holes in 304 stainless steel used for header plates. An HSS drill.
Operation optimization: General Industry Coverage
Verify and optimize machining operations, including ensuring that cutting tools avoid interference. CNC machine simulation software.
Thick as a brick: Turning Performance
The 'thickest' PVD coating for cutting tools.
Pressing requirements: General Industry Coverage
Laser-assisted sheet metal machining.
The Road Ahead: Drilling Performance
AMT's latest Global Forecasting & Manufacturing Conference found reasons for both caution and optimism.
Stop the sticking: General Industry Coverage
New developments in superabrasive grinding wheels help eliminate the need for dressing them.
A flash of ceramic: General Industry Coverage
A fixturing system for enabling ceramic coatings to be efficiently deposited via cathodic arc evaporation.
Armed with automation
Lightweight and easy-to-program robotic arms.
Inside and out: Turning Performance
Similar to a multitask machine, a machine tool that combines ID and OD grinding enables producing a part in one chucking.
