Cutter sources: Drilling Performance
Shop Operations column for December 2009 issue.
Operation / Process
Fabrication & Cutting
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Silver lining at the end of a crazy year
Manager's Desk column for December 2009 issue.
Electrifying prototypes
Ability to machine intricate geometries and hard materials drives growing use of wire EDM prototyping.
Flute insurance: Medical Manufacturing
Engineered coating combinations control heat and keep chips flying in dry-drilling operations.
Vibratory finishing of titanium alloy parts
Shop Operations column in October 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Customers need pruning too: People & Companies
October 2009 Manager's Desk column
Effective management needed: Industry Trends & Analysis
Machinist's Corner September 2009 column
Bending the rules: Turning Performance
Because high-speed steel inserts can bend without breaking, they are an effective choice for select applications.
Concentric engineering: Turning Performance
In addition to handling prototype and production machining, R.E.F. Precision Products LLC, Deer Park, N.Y., provides engineering and productivity consulting services.
Tips for Sanding Titanium Parts Safely and Efficiently
Sanding titanium parts can consume major finishing time because burrs, heat, and surface requirements are hard to balance. This guide reviews practical sanding priorities for titanium work.
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.
Hit it again, harder
When finishing parts, shops may want to hit them with their best shot. Shot peening can produce longer part life.
