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Abrasive waterjets now a viable 3D cutting option
Abrasive waterjet systems have always provided some advantages for parts manufacturers.
Considerations when having taps resharpened
Resharpening dull taps by hand is probably not a good idea when you could be making parts.
Workholding solutions for 5-axis applications
Whether an application involves simultaneous 5-axis machining or five-sided (3+2) machining, the workholders and fixturing techniques from the 3-axis world…
Get With The Program: Making the most of macros
Using macros, which are pieces of instruction that provide shortcuts, greatly improves programming productivity, according to the Get With The Program column…
Look Ahead: a novel 3D-connector inspection system
G2 Technologies has developed a customizable, automated 3D inspection system in response to a customer's need to inspect small electronic connectors.
Look Ahead: an oscillating laser head for joining, cutting
The welDYNA laser scan head from SCANLAB America Inc.
Machine Technology: Preparation automation pays
Are your spindles cutting most of the time?
Machinist’s Corner: New kid on the block
Remember when you were the new employee?
Manager’s Desk: Smart phone policies for shops
For his July 2017 Manager's Desk column, Keith Jennings writes that the greatest concern at his company is the impact cell phones have on shop safety.
Productive Times: a high-torque conversion
END USER: Hansen Engineering Co., (310) 534-3870, www.hansenengineering.com.
Productive Times: Productivity times savings
END USER: Mennie Machine Co., (815) 339-2226, www.mennies.com.
Shop Operations: Get your bearings
High-quality metrology feedback is one of the cornerstones of precision manufacturing, but that's easier said than done, according to the Shop Operations…
Selecting a turret or gang tooling for a CNC lathe
Deciding whether to use a turret or gang tooling is one of many topics that seems to engender religious fervor from one side to the other.
One mission, two bottom lines
Skills Inc. is a unique nonprofit manufacturing company that serves the aerospace industry and is dedicated to helping people with disabilities thrive in…
Custom machines offer solutions standard ones sometimes can’t
Every so often a job or part geometry comes along where it would be helpful to have a few extra inches in a machine's work envelope, or perhaps a little…
Rotary transfer machines: Eclipsing the past
Some machine tools are modified so much and so frequently it becomes a common practice.
Determining when a custom toolholder is a better option
When it comes to selecting toolholders for drills, taps, endmills, shell mills and other round cutting tools, there is virtually an unlimited number of options.
The fundamentals of industrial sawing
Sawing is one of the most common manufacturing processes in a machine shop.
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