Selecting the appropriate drill design
Twist, indexable, replaceable-tip and spade drills can performed most machine work in today's shops.
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Prototyping picks up speed with metal 3D printing
Today's metal powder bed printers make it possible to produce prototype and low-volume production parts from various metals.
Grinding gets smart
A builder of grinding machines is adding digital services to improve product performance.
Easing the grind: Medical Manufacturing
Having a tool and cutter grinder in a machine shop provides multiple advantages.
Work cells work: Drilling Performance
Cellular manufacturing steadily permeates the metalworking world
Swiss-style CNC lathes gaining popularity
Machine shops enjoy additional opportunities with sliding headstock lathes.
Working hard to avoid workhardening
Thread milling nickel-base superalloys requires minimizing workhardening.
Instead of breaking a saw blade, break it in
'A blade that is not broken in will likely only last about an hour. A properly broke-in blade should last 100 to 150 hours.'
Cylindrical die thread rolling is quick and economical
The process is suitable for making a variety of everyday products, achieving fast, economical production when metalcutting machining just doesn't cut it.
Boring: Calculating deflection: Turning Performance
Eliminating chatter, especially when boring deep holes, is one of the greatest machining challenges.
Inside the impact of inserts
CNC machines loaded with indexable tools are the foundation of modern machining.
Turn out the lights on wire EDMing
Of all machining processes, wire EDMing is perhaps best suited for lights-out manufacturing with one exception, slugs.
