Coat, Please: General Industry Coverage
There is more to recoating cutting tools than meets the eye.
Operation / Process
Fabrication & Cutting
Latest in Fabrication & Cutting
Cutting at Light Speed: General Industry Coverage
Lasers continue to make inroads into machine shops.
Finishing Fast: Testing & Quality Assurance
Obtaining a fine surface finish when high-speed machining.
Sawing Round in Circles: General Industry Coverage
Rotary sawing is an alternative to applying a single-point tool for cutting off, grooving and forming.
New equipment for depositing nanocomposite coatings
New equipment allows deposition of hard and tough nanocomposite tool coatings.
Top Coat: General Industry Coverage
Molybdenum disulfide tool coatings improve the machining of aluminum, titanium and nickel-base alloys--even when dry.
Cool Cuts: General Industry Coverage
Fundamental maintenance practices and troubleshooting tips to help achieve problem-free sawing.
Raising Al
Aluminum-titanium-nitride coatings continue to evolve.
Slippery When Blue: General Industry Coverage
A coating system that combines a patented surface impingement process and tungsten disulfide prolongs cutting tool life, but does it promote faster speeds?
Let the Chips Fall…: General Industry Coverage
Controlling chips with a laser-based process sheds new light on an old problem.
Layers of Control: General Industry Coverage
In-house coating of cutting tools is more viable than ever.
Crystal Clear: General Industry Coverage
Crystalline-diamond coatings can make tool performance sparkle.
