Liquid tools
Metalworking fluids can play a signifi cant role in boosting machining productivity when engineered to provide cooling and lubrication.
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Grooving plus: Turning Performance
Multifunction groove/turn tools stretch shops' defi nition of a grooving tool.
Nonsmooth move: Drilling Performance
Shops have many choices when texturing—rather than smoothing—part surfaces.
Tapping for oil: Drilling Performance
Like the parts they thread, taps for oil and gas parts can be complicated.
Vacuum assist: Medical Manufacturing
Vacuum workholding is catching on in new and different applications.
CTE 2010 Salary Survey: Industry Trends & Analysis
Read CTE's 2010 Salary Survey to learn which metalworking positions are up and which ones are down in earnings since the 2008 survey, and how benefit packages have changed.
Smooth flight: Medical Manufacturing
Jet-engine manufacturing typically requires through-holes that accommodate fasteners for various components and subassemblies. These through-holes must be chamfered, free of burrs and have radiused edge transitions.
Brass plate special: General Industry Coverage
Part Time column for July 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.
Methodical maintenance
Advances in machine tool controls and software drive better maintenance.
New mill: Turning Performance
A new concept of calculating the required machining power when milling.
Within reach: Drilling Performance
However you define them, extended-reach toolholders are indispensable in certain applications.
Holemaking alternatives: Drilling Performance
Several alternatives mechanical drilling make sense when the application is right.
