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Chicago-based innovation center to stoke manufacturing
On March 2, mHUB, a physical-product innovation center and microfactory, celebrated its official grand opening in Chicago.
Choosing the right boring tool
Drilling, reaming and boring are the basic holemaking operations of machining.
Grinding steel shafts puts shop in ‘fowl’ mood
A shop that cylindrically grinds steel shafts is having trouble keeping up with tighter and tighter surface-finish tolerances.
Tabletop tool sharpeners
The April 2017 Machine Technology column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine covers tabletop equipment for sharpening cutting tools.
Shop Operations: Workholder setup reduction
To reduce setup—as well as overhead costs—in a job-shop environment, first examine the workholding methods, according to the Shop Operations column in the…
Workforce: Finders Keepers: People & Companies
Commit to a German-style, dual-training apprenticeship program so your shop can produce its own skilled workers, suggests the director of the German American…
Swiss Smarts: Workforce Development & Training
The April 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine includes an occasional column on Swiss-Style Machining that addresses training options for new and…
MTU America: Machining parts for large diesel engines
Shop Profile: MTU America machines parts for large diesel engines while helping fill the skills gap.
The Knee Mill: Still Standing
The design of the knee mill goes back to 1936, when Rudolph Bannow's company produced a knee-and-column vertical mill with a rotating turret and sliding-ram…
Rapid prototyping on a CNC machine tool
Machine tool builders, tool suppliers and software developers now deliver technology that makes it possible for CNC operators to set up jobs in minutes rather…
Productive Times: Brushing away chamfering
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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.
Look Ahead: Stiff competition: General Industry Coverage
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.
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