Improve Processes to Keep Inspection Costs in Check
Delivering accurate and repeatable machining processes is the foundation for curbing inspection expenses.
Editorial
Christopher Tate
Christopher Tate is the owner of Tate Engineering, a Natchez, Mississippi, firm that helps manufacturers solve efficiency problems. Tate, who earned master's degree in industrial technology from Mississippi State University, has 32 years of experience in the metalworking industry.
Contributing Editor
Email: chris23tate@gmail.com
Published content
Drilling deserves more respect
Milling, turning and drilling are the foundational machining processes.
Auto Industry Drives Machining Tech
A look at major manufacturing advancements now commonplace in machine shops.
Days of Milling Past
Commodity machine tools not up to the market’s need for process capability.
Thinking About Automation?
Shops new to automation can start with turning. Simple tools like bar feeders, tool monitoring, redundancy, and probing create stable, unattended processes.
Designing A Better Manufacturing Experience
Look for productivity improvements to be driven by improving the human experience on the shop floor during IMTS 2026 in Chicago.
Workholding Insights: 5-Axis Machining
Insights and important lessons conventional machines provide students training to join the workforce as a machinist.
Process Capability: Drilling Performance
Process capability is a valuable concept used by automotive manufacturers that machine shops should consider adopting to improve productivity.
When Unconventional Methods Pay: Turning Performance
Explore ball broaching, rotary broaching, honing, and other non-traditional hole finishing techniques.
Aerospace Sets A High Bar
Insights into the intense standards, exotic materials and rigid processes that define aerospace manufacturing.
Skip Machine Tool Bluster
Skip the hype and focus on profitability when shopping for the best machine tool for your shop.
Keep The Machine Doors Closed
The ultimate goal of tool-monitoring technologies is to help shops keep their machine tool doors closed longer — because open doors let the money out.
