Lightly touched: Choosing the best marking method for delicate workpieces
Cutting Tool Engineering Contributing Editor Kip Hanson offers insight into choosing the best method for marking parts.
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Burning question: When it makes sense to outsource EDM jobs
While many machine shops have an EDM, they still have to decide when it makes sense to outsource certain jobs.
One size fits all: Turning Performance
The pros and cons of turning with the "perfect" insert.
Machine tools for cutting composite materials have unique requirements
The cover story for the December 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering examines the unique requirements of machine tools used for cutting composite materials.
Understanding the Identification System for Indexable Inserts
ANSI insert identification codes describe insert shape, clearance, tolerance, type, size, thickness, and edge features. This guide explains how to read the naming system used for indexable inserts.
When more is better: Drilling Performance
Simultaneous machining on two to four spindles enhances efficiency and lowers the cost per part for high-volume production.
Head in the cloud: Inspection Efficiency
One of the functions of the cloud is to provide software programs to users without the hassle of actually installing it. Instead, a Web browser or small bit of software known as a client is used to share information with a group of computers or servers.
Selecting surface-hardening methods: General Industry Coverage
The choice of selective suface-hardening methods depends on workpiece size, shape material and application, but they can be grouped in two main categories: thermal and mechanical.
Machine-integrated inspection systems can improve quality, profitability
Stopping a machine to measure a workpiece is a waste of time. Not only is a high-priced piece of CNC equipment being taken out of production, but the measurements obtained when a machinist leans into a machine with a micrometer or bore gage can't compare in accuracy to those generated by a coordinate measuring machine or inline probe.
Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software
Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software enables process improvement.
Lower-power light enhances tool marking
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Mega-Multiplex: 5-Axis Machining
Heavy-duty multitask machine tools provide numerous benefits for producing large, complex components -- when the application is right.
