July 2016
Articles in this issue
Back-edge ramping tech accelerates sawing rate
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5 Ways Better
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A CNC and automation networking system that delivers analytics
Four major players involved in industrial automation are collaborating on the development of a platform that connects CNC machines, robots, peripheral devices …
An impact-resistant amorphous steel alloy
A team of engineers from several California colleges has developed and tested a type of steel with a record-breaking ability to withstand impacts without perma…
A Dual Personality
Numerous factors determine whether a manufacturer is profitable or not. Lately, one of those factors for a U.S. manufacturer is whether it is is focused on the…
Industry’s Image Issue
The results from a recent SME survey of parents about their views relating to careers in manufacturing showed there is not enough accurate information about th…
More Help for Engineers
In last month's column, I discussed the value of communication between engineers and shop personnel. Here are some additional tips in that vein for engineers:
Technology Targets Crashes
As CNC machining gets more complicated, the chance of programmer and operator errors increases. These errors can cause collisions involving machine components …
A Very Formal Visit
When a good customer requests a meeting at his place, I go. That happened recently, when our shop's account manager accompanied me on a 20-minute trek to a cus…
Coming Revolution
Contrary to the history lessons from middle school about "the" Industrial Revolution, it is a widely held belief that the modern world has experienced three in…
Q&A: Deep-Hole Drilling
Deep-hole drilling is virtually an art unto itself, with a host of complexities and considerations inherent to the process. Greg Forman, technical director of …
A Simple Diagnosis
It's not the most glamorous piece of equipment by any means, but the ball bar is a diagnostic tool used, in some form, to benchmark the performance of virtuall…
High-Pressure Work
Components used in the manufacture of combustion hardware for a Mitsubishi gas turbine begin life as sheet or plate stock. Because our components come from lar…
Multibenefit Machines
CNC lathes have evolved greatly over the past few decades. What were once simple 2-axis turning machines have become a bewildering array of extremely capable m…
Clamp Down
The technology to form, press and grind indexable carbide inserts has evolved to such a high degree that the methods to effectively clamp inserts in a cutter b…
Cutting remarks
Michael Finklea believes that there isn't much reported on sawing in the manufacturing trade press because "it's kind of the redheaded stepchild in the industr…