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Product Showcase for May 2012
Learn details about the many new products that manufacturers are offering to the metalworking industry in Cutting Tool Engineering's May 2012 Product Showcase.
Benefits of a material review board
A material review board can help determine if you're having vendor problems, suggests the Machinist's Corner column in the May 2012 issue of Cutting Tool…
Distance learning: General Industry Coverage
More shops and builders are remotely monitoring machine tools, which quickens maintenance and repair.
Vertical challenge: Medical Manufacturing
Can vertical machining centers go toe-to-toe with horizontals on performance?
Job one? Selling jobs!: Industry Trends & Analysis
Cutting Tool Engineering Editorial Director Alan Rooks ponders one of the metalworking industry's biggest challenges of late—filling numerous job vacancies.
A they did what?! moment
In spite of my good intentions, trying to understand an employee's logic for engaging in certain behaviors can be bewildering, writes Manager's Desk columnist…
The Russian spy: Drilling Performance
Check out the Shop Operations column in the May 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering to learn how a WWII-era Russian spy continues to serve as a cautionary…
Leveraging modern CNC capabilities: Drilling Performance
The NC post-processor is an often overlooked piece of the chain between the CAM system and the machine's CNC, according to the Get With The Program column in…
For practically any large-diameter boring job, there is a system that can get the job done
Boring is a common hole finishing operation, but boring large-diameter holes is a bit of a niche market.
Understanding Tangential Cutting Force in Milling
Tangential cutting force helps shops estimate torque, spindle load, and stability in milling.
High-density workholding gears up: General Industry Coverage
END USER: Straitline Components, (250) 655-6603, www.straitlinecomponents.com.
Simplifying micromeasurement: General Industry Coverage
END USER: Rohde & Schwarz, (888) 837-8772, www.rohde-schwarz.us.
Circular magnetic flux: General Industry Coverage
The Look Ahead feature in the May 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering includes a linear cylindrical drive technology for wire EDMs.
Speedy alignment: General Industry Coverage
When loading a toolholder into a machine tool spindle with an automatic toolchanger, misalignment of the ATC gripper to the spindle can damage the spindle…
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