Cutting Cavities and Costs: General Industry Coverage
Recent offerings help moldmakers boost productivity.
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Best Cost Scenario: General Industry Coverage
It may be penny-wise to refurbish PCD cutting tools, but it also may be productivity-foolish.
Down to Size: General Industry Coverage
There is an alternative to threading small-diameter holes with taps--using a thread mill.
Force Field: General Industry Coverage
Getting a grip with electropermanent workholding.
The P/M Edge: General Industry Coverage
Powder-metal endmills: the tougher roughers.
Raising Al
Aluminum-titanium-nitride coatings continue to evolve.
Slippery When Blue: General Industry Coverage
A coating system that combines a patented surface impingement process and tungsten disulfide prolongs cutting tool life, but does it promote faster speeds?
The Skinny on Microdrills: General Industry Coverage
The correct application of microdrills requires attention of numerous operational parameters.
Keeping OSHA at Bay: Safety, Standards & Compliance
Metalcutting shops must focus primarily on four OSHA regulations to avoid penalties.
Inside Job: General Industry Coverage
CNCs and bottle-boring tools allow the machining of complex profiles in deep bores.
Confidence Game: Turning Performance
Grades, geometries and a broader knowledge base make machinists less neurotic about turning exotics.
Can You Be More Precise?
You can fool your machine tool into holding tighter tolerances with error-compensation software.
