Additive Manufacturing

Articles • July 1, 2015

Home is where the part is

CTE Editorial Director Alan Rooks addresses reshoring in the final Lead Angle column of his 9-year career at Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • June 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Superchill

A method of lubricating and cooling a machined workpiece using supercritical CO₂.

Articles • May 1, 2015 • Keith Jennings

Symposium promotes growth

While writing his Manager's Desk column for the May 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Keith Jennings attended a 3-day symposium hosted by a key customer -- a large, growing energy company.

Articles • March 1, 2015 • Keith Jennings

Protecting digital assets

Machine shops need lots of tangible assets to make parts: machine tools, cutting tools and real estate, among other items.

Articles • March 1, 2015 • Alan Richter

Wave control

New metamaterials that 'bend' acoustic and elastic waves.

Articles • January 1, 2015 • Kip Hanson

Collaborative robots lend a helping hand

Joe's struggling to package a truckload of parts before noon. Mary can't keep up on the painting line. Jimmy's in trouble with the boss because he can't make quota. These are just a few of the challenges faced by workers on the manufacturing floor, problems that, in many cases, can be solved with collaborative robots.

Articles • October 1, 2014 • Kip Hanson

Head in the cloud

One of the functions of the cloud is to provide software programs to users without the hassle of actually installing it. Instead, a Web browser or small bit of software known as a client is used to share information with a group of computers or servers. These servers are housed in one of thousands of data centers around the world, facilities with security measures in place and tended by IT acolytes dedicated to the care and feeding of huge mainframes.

Articles • October 1, 2014 • Swapnil Gupta

Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software

Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software enables process improvement.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Christopher Tate

Getting ‘goodies’? Make sure they’ll be used

Do your homework when adding labor-saving devices to your shop, urges the Shop Technology column in the September 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Keith Jennings

When a loss isn’t such a loss

Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings reminds all owners and managers that while losing key members of the staff may seem stressful, a silver lining exists when a they leave because such an event can be a blessing in disguise.

Articles • July 1, 2014 • Holger Hahn

Integrating automated nesting

The Get With The Program column in the July 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine delves into integrating automated nesting into production work flows.

Articles • June 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Automation marches on

Mobile robots for massive-part manufacturers.