October 2015
Articles in this issue
Shrink-fit chucks enhance precision
Productive Times Challenge: Find a suitable toolholder to handle precision machining. The Solution: Shrink-fit chucks.
Retention knob reduces polishing
Productive Times Challenge: Reduce post-machining polishing time. The Solution: Tooling toolholder assemblies with high-torque retention knobs.
Printing chucks
The October issue of Cutting Tool Engineering includes a Look Ahead item about an additively manufactured hydraulic chuck.
GMN Introduces High-Speed Spindles for Improved Machining
The Look Ahead department in the October issue of Cutting Tool Engineering features a high-speed spindle that reduces natural vibrations.
Intro to CNC trade secrets
The end of manual machining isn't near. There are certain tasks you can do with conventional machines that CNC machines are just not good at, such as "blending…
Lean drives modularity
Cutting Tool Engineering's Shop Technology column in October addresses how lean manufacturing principles have changed the way engineers program machine tools a…
Constant chip load machining
A Seattle shop reaps the benefits of constant chip load machining, according to the October Get With The Program column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Overcoming material challenges
Companies that make cylindrical cutting tools from PCD and other materials face two key challenges: meeting the surging demand for PCD tools while retaining th…
Better to have a degree
If you have aspirations for being an engineer or programmer, but do not have a college degree, this column is for you, according to the Machinist's Corner colu…
Offshoring again
Even with a good fourth quarter and my natural optimism, reports from contacts at some of our larger customers concern me, reports the Manager's Desk columnist…
Future of manufacturing
CTE Editor Alan Richter visited the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute at Chicago's Goose Island in September for a peek into the future of …
Stabilizing, monitoring air helps ensure part measurement accuracy
As children, we likely all learned the hard way that drastic temperature changes cause objects to change size—whether it was leaving a soda in the freezer too …
Options to consider when selecting custom work-positioning device
In the market for a rotary table? The checklist of requirements starts with speed, accuracy and rigidity. CTE spoke with multiple rotary table manufacturers to…
Private equity funds, venture capitalists partner with precision parts manufacturers poised for growth
Running a successful machine shop takes more than having advanced machine tools, high-performance cutting tools and machinists that boost productivity. A manuf…
Shot peening offers cost-effective way to make stronger metal products
Medieval soldiers did it to strengthen their armor, Civil War engineers did it to improve gun and cannon barrels, railroad men did it to locomotive axles befor…