Flute insurance
Engineered coating combinations control heat and keep chips flying in dry-drilling operations.
Operation / Process
Fabrication & Cutting
Customers need pruning too
October 2009 Manager's Desk column
Electrifying prototypes
Ability to machine intricate geometries and hard materials drives growing use of wire EDM prototyping.
Vibratory finishing of titanium alloy parts
Shop Operations column in October 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Effective management needed
Machinist's Corner September 2009 column
Bending the rules
Because high-speed steel inserts can bend without breaking, they are an effective choice for select applications.
Concentric engineering
In addition to handling prototype and production machining, R.E.F. Precision Products LLC, Deer Park, N.Y., provides engineering and productivity consulting services.
Prepare for increasing business regs
As an owner or manager of a machining business, you have your hands full dealing with matters from the front office to the shop and everything in-between. Even so, nonproduction issues seem to be an increasing burden.
Tips for sanding titanium parts
Sanding, or benching, titanium alloy parts is a major cost element of the manufacturing process. Sanding removes burrs and improves surface finish to achieve drawing specifications.
Hit it again, harder
When finishing parts, shops may want to hit them with their best shot. Shot peening can produce longer part life.
Surface Strategy
Parts that meet drawing dimensions can still end up as scrap if they lack surface integrity.
Chip off the Hard Block
A new laser machining center laser ablates 3-D profiles in superhard cutting tools.