Cutting Tool Engineering October 15, 2017

October 2017

October 2017 covers tool presetting, milling strategy, and workholding and fixturing. It also looks at digital manufacturing and deburring.

Vol. 69 • Issue 10

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Chamfers and Countersinks That Halt Burr Formation

Chamfers and countersinks help control burr formation, improve thread starts, and protect hole quality.

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Longtime precision-machining shop adds 3D printing

With its new EOS M 290 additive-manufacturing system, Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Cos.

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Modular fixturing pros and cons

Modular fixturing at its best offers the stability and accuracy of dedicated workholding with the flexibility to be reconfigured quickly for a variety of parts.

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Navigating safety regulations: Safety, Standards & Compliance

Navigating and complying with OSHA regulations can frustrate companies, particularly when the regulations are inconsistently enforced.

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New approach to cutting heat-resistant superalloys

Machining Inconel 718 and similar heat-resistant superalloys (HRSAs) at cutting speeds normally reserved for aluminum is not only possible but becoming an…

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Shop owners help fellow shop owner after hurricane

Keith Jennings, who writes the Manager's Desk column for Cutting Tool Engineering, shares his thanks for being able to work after surviving the epicenter of…

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Three unexpected machine monitoring benefits

Like a broken record, decision-makers at parts manufacturers continually hear that monitoring machine tool utilization rates helps improve productivity.

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Understanding relationship between air pressure and flow

"Pressure" and "flow" are common terms when discussing air compressors, but the relationship between the two is often misunderstood.

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Get With the Program: Right from wrong

Advanced CAM software provides the additional modeling that is needed to achieve total part quality, according to the Get With the Program column in the…

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Look Ahead: All together now

The toii Platform, created by thyssenkrupp Materials Services GmbH, is said to effectively communicate with a wide array of systems and devices that will help…

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Look Ahead: Securing robots’ ‘personal space’

Collaborative robotics has three aspects: the human, the robot and the workspace where the task is to be completed.

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Machine Technology: Manually measuring 5-axis centerlines

In 5-axis machining, accurate rotary axis centerlines are critical, so regularly measuring and verifying these values is also critical.

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Machinist’s Corner: A look at D-O-W-N-T-I-M-E

The October 2017 Machinist's Corner column explains the "eight wastes of lean," for which there is an acronym known as DOWNTIME: Defects, Overproduction…

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Productive Times: Slicing through the challenge

End User: DoubleStar Corp., (888) 736-7725, www.star15.com; Solution Provider: DP Technology Corp., (800) 627-8479, www.espritcam.com; Challenge: Write CNC…

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Lead Angle: Don’t be scared to take five

CTE Editor Alan Richter highlights the 5-axis focus of the October 2017 issue.

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Autodesk: Constant cutting forces speed milling

Maintaining constant cutting forces provides a constant radial tool engagement throughout the entire cut, which eliminates spikes in the cutting forces.

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Reaching new heights: CMM Inspection

Measuring machined parts on a surface plate has long been a tedious job, one that requires mastery of dial indicators, a pocket calculator and an adjustable…

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Perpendicularity: key to machining good parts

Checking perpendicularity is a recurring theme on the shop floor—one that deserves detailed discussion and special tools, according to the Shop Operations…

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Save time by setting tools offline with a presetter

The benefits of presetting are somewhat intangible; it takes a little digging to actually understand how much time is spent manually setting tools and what…

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Shop considers investing in 5-axis machining

If your shop makes parts that demand multiple setups, parts that have challenging geometry or parts with difficult GD&T requirements, 5-axis machining could…

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