Look Ahead

Articles • April 7, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: Humanizing robotic movement

The Look Ahead column in the April 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine features a project to improve robot mobility as much as humanly possible.

Articles • April 6, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: Stiff competition

The Look Ahead column in the April 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine features a portable 5-axis machine tool made from carbon composites.

Articles • March 17, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: AI robot finds its way

Omron Adept Technologies Inc.'s LD-series mobile robot can gather information about its surroundings and automatically generate a map with just one run through any given environment.

Articles • March 16, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: Remotely interesting monitoring

One roadblock for parts makers to begin implementing Industrial Internet of Things technology is psychological: Implementation sounds like a big, time-consuming undertaking. It can be, of course. But a good way to start might be to take about 20 minutes and fire up Smart Attend, an all-in-one manufacturing-facility communication system from Smart Attend Inc.

Articles • February 14, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: Calibration celebration

Calibrating a multiple-axis machining center is one of those time-consuming but necessary tasks that parts makers have to accept. The task has gotten easier in past years, however, and has just gotten easier yet.

Articles • February 10, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Look Ahead: Low-temperature PVD coating

The Look Ahead department covers a low-temperature PVD coating, free of charge, in the February 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • January 11, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

A combination tool for thread forming

The Look Ahead department includes a combination broaching and tapping tool for thread forming in the January 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • January 11, 2017 • Michael C. Anderson

Burning hard metal

The Look Ahead department covers electro-erosion metal removal with a 5-axis horizontal machining center in the January 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • December 1, 2016 • Michael C. Anderson

Another kind of multitask machine

The Look Ahead department in the December 2016 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering looks at a multitask machine for making injection molds.

Articles • December 1, 2016 • Michael C. Anderson

Industry 4.0, packaged

The Look Ahead department in the December 2016 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering features a platform for Industry 4.0 connectivity.

Articles • October 1, 2016 • Michael C. Anderson

Titanium Cutting Simplified

Look Ahead features simulation tools for automating titanium cutting.

Articles • October 1, 2016 • Michael C. Anderson

3D Printing, To Infinity and Beyond

An October 2016 Look Ahead piece takes a sidelong look at 3D printing.