March 2021
Articles in this issue
Building on a beetle
Being run over by a car is not a near-death experience for a diabolical ironclad beetle. How it survives could inspire the development of materials with the sa…
Recovery by the numbers — believe me
Good or bad, up or down, expansion or contraction — CTE reports the numbers that serve as manufacturing's economic indicators.
Partnership boosts productivity
Greenleaf and Ohio Crankshaft join forces to enhance throughput when milling locomotive crankshafts
Stainless takes flight
Machining stainless steel for aerospace applications requires cutting tools that are tough, polished and sharp.
Modular drills provide advantages
When producing large holes in aircraft structures made of stacked materials, modular drill heads make a valuable difference
Broaching revolution
Rotary broaching is a timesaving way to cut internal and external part shapes.
Machine monitoring goes remote
Machine monitoring can make shop operations more efficient, especially in a pandemic.
Maintain productivity when changing tools
The holy grail of tool management is the integration of tool storage, tool data transfer and tool condition monitoring, but many ways exist to keep machines ru…
Increase feed rate or depth of cut?
The Grinding Doc says it depends on what your biggest issue is: thermal damage, chatter or excessive wheel wear
Heavy-duty handling
Hermle AG's new automated HS flex heavy pallet-handling system has what it takes to handle large pallets.