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Cutting Tool Engineering July 15, 2011

July 2011

July 2011 covers threading and tapping, grinding practice, and digital manufacturing. It also looks at surface quality and milling strategy.

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friction and load torques. A DC motor in a DC motor, but backwards. to be under velocity control. This trick

this configuration—called “open loop”— The measured voltage is compared to makes the DC motor much less sensitive has a rotational speed that is sensitive to the input voltage, and the small difference to the external load. the load torque. It directly “sees” the in- is amplified and passed to the DC motor End users obviously want to con-.

friction and load torques. A DC motor in a DC motor, but backwards. to be under velocity control. This trick this configuration—called “open loop”— The measured voltage is compared to makes the DC motor much less sensitive has a rotational speed that is sensitive to the input voltage, and the small difference to the external load. the load torque. It directly “sees” the in- is amplified and passed to the DC motor End users obviously want to con- ertia of the rotating armature and screw (Figure 2). In this configuration, the DC trol axis position in a machine tool— and the friction in the bearings. It also motor has a velocity feedback and is said not just speed. They need a device to sees the table mass and the cutting forces, but only indirectly through the screw. To make the DC motor less load sen- sitive, it is common to measure the ro-

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Fluid Recycling … save up to 80% on Coolant Purchases! Customers who recycle their fluids enjoy a 40% to 80% reduction in fluid purchases and a corresponding decrease in disposal costs! Fluid filtering and recycling applications include parts washing, machining, grinding, honing, super finishing and EDM where fluids from water-based coolants to straight oil lubricants are required. Fluid Management includes: Eriez’ Recycling Equipment include: • Solids removal and filtration • Coolant Recycling Systems • Tramp oil removal • Solids-from-Liquid Centrifuges

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Chrysler Group A typical automotive engine—in this case Chrysler’s Hemi V-8—requires hundreds of holes of all types, produced using drilling, reaming, boring and tapping. Powertrain: By Jim Destefani, Senior Editor Improved holemaking efficiency drives powertrain machining throughput. “In automotive powertrain machining, the OEMs and their can be improved by 20 to 25 percent simply by optimizing hole-.

issue focus Chrysler Group A typical automotive engine—in this case Chrysler’s Hemi V-8—requires hundreds of holes of all types, produced using drilling, reaming, boring and tapping. Powertrain: By Jim Destefani, Senior Editor Improved holemaking efficiency drives powertrain machining throughput. “In automotive powertrain machining, the OEMs and their can be improved by 20 to 25 percent simply by optimizing hole- suppliers are striving for balanced processing—cycle times that making tools and processes. Ni is also the director of the uni- are more or less the same for each process. That’s why hole- versity’s S.M. Wu Center for Manufacturing Research, which making can become a bottleneck or require more than one ma-

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BTM Corp. CNC Software Inc. IS #330 Ingersoll Cutting Tools IS #331 Iscar Metals Inc. IS #332 Makino Inc. IS #333 Methods Machine Tools Inc. IS #334 Performance Tooling Solutions IS #335 tool life. Specific high-feed geometries vary, Fiorenza said, “but, in essence, the high-feed cutter typically is a high-lead- angle, straight-edge cutter or a rounded.

contributors BTM Corp. (810) 364-4567 www.btmcorp.com CNC Software Inc. (800) 228-2877 www.mastercam.com IS #330 Ingersoll Cutting Tools (815) 387-6600

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