Cutting Tool Engineering December 15, 2017

December 2017

December 2017 covers turning, surface quality, and deburring. It also looks at digital manufacturing and advanced machining growth.

Vol. 69 • Issue 12

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As economic outlooks go, 2018 is looking up

As 2017 winds down, economists and experts agree that manufacturing has had a good year and growth should continue throughout 2018 in the U.S.

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Autonomous milling goes the distance

A portable CNC machine tool that mills, cuts and engraves flat surfaces, including sheet metal and aluminum, has a giant of a name: Goliath.

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Avoiding chatter resonance: General Industry Coverage

The Grinding Doc helps a shop experiencing chatter as its grinding wheel goes from 3" to 2" running at a constant 10,000 sfm.

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Clever tools for finding an edge

The Shop Operations column in the December 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering covers a few clever tools for finding an edge.

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Convertible headstocks becoming the norm on Swiss-style machines

When convertible spindles for Swiss-style CNC lathes were introduced a decade or so ago, many in the industry said they were only a fad.

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Cutting oil fire risk requires precautions

The risk of fire from the use of cutting oil in machining operations is one of the reasons that many manufacturers avoid cutting oil.

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Flexible, accurate edge inspection

When choosing an edge inspection and burr detection system, users generally try to balance accuracy and speed.

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From machine to CAM programming

The Get With the Program column in the December 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering highlights one shop's process for implementing CAM software.

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Large vertical lathes available at reasonable prices

Look in a couple of nooks in the machine tool market and you'll find what appear to be bargains for those buying big.

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Manufacturing Day… every day: Design & Engineering

The mood of MFG Day, the annual celebration of U.S.

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Manufacturing dignity for patients: Safety, Standards & Compliance

Dignity Medical Solutions has developed a novel technology that helps manage incontinence in the form of a device called TIMO, which provides the benefits and…

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Manufacturing Parts in Outer Space

The ultimate goal for Made In Space Inc.

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Modular toolholder finds its groove

END USER: Premier Industries, (763) 786-4020, www.premierind.us.

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Poll offers snapshot of what matters to CNC users

The CNC Cookbook software developer recently polled its 100,000 newsletter subscribers to find out what they most value and most dislike about their CNCs.n

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Quick-change-jaw systems for chucks offer multiple benefits

Chucks with quick-change jaws help high-mix, low-volume parts manufacturers to spend as much time as possible in the cut rather than setting up.

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Rebuilding a CNC machine takes skill and money. Is it worth it?

Rebuilding a CNC machine tool is expensive, but the result is a machine that is as good as, and often better than, the original, according to this feature…

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Shop owners need to review costs of services at year’s end

Here's something that every shop should consider doing from time to time: a careful evaluation of the many business services and internal processes required…

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Turning to improvisation to meet customer needs

When turning parts, shop improvised to meet customers' needs.n

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Mind over metal

Hurco highlights machine-control technology designed to simplify operation and improve shop productivity.

This sample part was just completed using Hurco’s solid model import technology. Simply touching the part of the CAD drawing to be cut enables the WinMax control to generate the necessary data blocks. MIND OVER METAL Hurco’s Sophisticated Technology Simplifies Machine Operation By Chuck Schroeder more than 150 different product models, giving IMTS 2018 visitors a rich choice of solutions. “One of the things that differentiates us is that we M achine shops use products with space-age technology, but you shouldn’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the controls.

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