Gold is the metal
CTE Editor Alan Richter covers a unique insert clamping mechanism and seating configuration in his April 2011 Look Ahead column.
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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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Power Surge
Manufacturing parts for the nuclear energy industry, which is growing globally, is expected to expand in the U.S. as well. Three shops explain their strategies to capitalize on the growing market.
Tackling Triple Nickel
When it comes to milling aerospace parts made from Ti5553, difficulty is in the eye of the beholder.
A Structured Repair
With a structured cutting tool repair program, significant cost savings are realized while tool quality remains intact.
Threading Large
With the right tools, threadmilling large bore diameters doesn't have to be daunting. Read the article and check out a brief video of several threadmilling demonstrations offered by Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
Testing Hyper-Carbide limits
When SRL Nano Corp. developed carbide-grade tools that use a patented binder material with a melting threshold similar to that of carbide—about 2,870º C, naturally the Rosemead, Calif., company dubbed the new material Hyper-Carbide. And once you view the video below that captures a series of cutting tool tests, it's easy to see why.
Burning Higher Volumes
Better technology boosts use of EDMs for production applications.
Ti machines
Designing machine tools for cutting titanium—especially 5553.
CTE 2010 Salary Survey
Read CTE's 2010 Salary Survey to learn which metalworking positions are up and which ones are down in earnings since the 2008 survey, and how benefit packages have changed.
Holemaking alternatives
Several alternatives mechanical drilling make sense when the application is right.
Getting reaming right
Appropriate scenarios for applying a reamer when finishing holes.
Turning nasty
Insert geometries for effectively turning high-temperature superalloys.