Grinding
Grinding Doc offers some crack advice
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, helps a shop that appears to be grinding good pistons, but complaints about cracking from the customer suggest otherwise. In his 68th episode, Badger explains what's happening and how the shop could miss potential problems despite inspection efforts.
Episode 67: Tool Quality & Surface Finish
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers a shop some advice regarding plans to improve cutting tool quality by improving surface finish in the 67th episode.
Product focus: GrindSmart Nano6
As part of its occasional product focus video series, Cutting Tool Engineering Plus presents a closer look at the GrindSmart Nano6 from Rollomatic SA.
Tech swap
Part of CTE's October cover story, this video sidebar follows tool grinder Jim Clark as he employs the ANCA CNC toolgrinding machine at Hamill Manufacturing to create custom geometry onan endmill for a military application.
Multitasking video
A Studer brand S242 machine, which combines hard milling and grinding, is shown hard milling a toolholder without coolant, then grinding the holder's taper with coolant to achieve the required surface finish. This video is a supplement to the January 2010 Cutting Tool Engineering feature—"Finish Line"—about finishing hardened workpieces on multitasking machines.
Revolution in Centerless Grinding
Ryan Michels, a sales manager with Tru Tech Systems, Mt. Clemens, Mich., discussed centerless grinding during his Fast Track Seminar hosted at the Cutting Tool Engineering booth during IMTS 2010.