Machining

Hunting Energy Services not only machines oil and gas drilling components—it assembles and repairs the tools that do the work.

The Machine Technology column from the April 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine suggests that successful milling requires managing multiple constraints.

Tactics and tools for Swiss-style machining.

END USER: Fulflo Specialties Inc., (937) 783-2411, www.fulflo.com. CHALLENGE: Increase tool life in back spotfacing of stainless steel hydraulic relief valve bodies. SOLUTION: Custom tool for difficult-to-machine workpiece materials. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Heule Tool Corp., (513) 860-9900, www.heuletool.com

Five-axis machining on a vertical machining center doesn't have to be complicated.

Machinist's Corner columnist Michael Deren cautions others not to take their hearing for granted in the May 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

END USER: Genesis Attachments, (715) 395-5252, https://www.genesisattachments.com. CHALLENGE: Increase productivity when machining high-strength steel jaws and other components for recycling and demolition equipment. SOLUTION: Implementing new cutting tools and high-speed machining based on lean manufacturing principles. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Northwest Wisconsin Manufacturing Outreach Center, (866) 880-2262, https://www.nwmoc.uwstout.edu; Walter USA LLC, (800) 945-5554, https://www.walter-tools.com/us

CAM software is often priced in the vicinity of a lower-end motorcycle or compact car—sometimes a luxury car. Michael Deren, who writes the Machinist's Corner column for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, addresses some alternatives to avert the expense in his July 2011 column.

Cutting Tool Engineering Editor Alan Richter mentions a new augmented reality system that offers on-site technicians assistance from a distance in his Look Ahead column for the August 2011 issue.

The Machine Technology column in the August 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering takes a close look at measuring the cutting force.