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.
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
Economics Of Drilling
Labor is the largest expense in a machine shop, which is why every shop must balance tooling costs and labor efficiency to optimize drilling operations.
Parametric Programming: Turning Performance
Parametric programming is one the most powerful and least used tools available to CNC programmers, machinists and engineers.
Precision Key to Boring Bearing Pockets
Bearing seats must be straight, round, sized correctly and have the proper surface finish. Without these characteristics, you risk premature failure.
Toolholders Can Make or Break Your Day
Switching to hydraulic chucks and ER collets improved machining quality and productivity, proving toolholders are as crucial as machines.
Tips for Tapping Hard Materials
7 rules of thumb to reduce anxiety when tapping holes in hard-to-machine materials
Tips for Controlling Runout in Toolholding and Machining
Runout affects hole quality, finish, edge load, and tool life. This guide explains how shops can diagnose and control runout across the full toolholding chain.
A deep coolant primer
High-pressure coolant plays a critical role in deep-hole drilling, deep-pocket milling.
Get more from saw blades
Learn proper sawing techniques, material science, blade geometry.
Nip microburrs in the bud
Options for deburring delicate parts with precise geometry and fine finishes.
Adding boring tools to your digital mix
Digital boring tools offer ease of use, precision and speed but do these benefits offset the cost?
Workholding lessons: Turning Performance
Don't be intimidated by programming. The most difficult task of machining is holding the part.
