Should you target fabrication?: People & Companies
Manager's Desk column for June 2009.
Operation / Process
Fabrication & Cutting
Latest in Fabrication & Cutting
Composite Connection: Drilling Performance
Abrasive waterjet cutting has grown along with the increased use of composites in airframes, and advanced techniques help make it a preferred technology.
Surface Strategy: Turning Performance
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.
One company, one staff, one mission
Manager's Desk column for the May 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.
Straight to a round
Parts manufacturers should head straight to their high-strength round inserts to turn nickel-base alloys.
Clean, green and lean: Turning Performance
Shops can be both lean and green by using work cell-based approach to parts washing and environmentally friendly cleaning compounds and technologies.
Get your slice of the federal stimulus pie
April 2009 Manager's Desk column
Burr tabs: Drilling Performance
The cost of burrs in manufacturing are surprisingly high. Tracking and reducing costs or--better yet--minimizing burr formation can improve productivity.
Strong Marketing is Always Critical
Manager's Desk
Tools With Abrasive Personalities
Machining polymetric composite materials with single-layer diamond abrasive tools.
Wheels Up: 5-Axis Machining
New materials, the need for lightweight parts and the burgeoning size of some aircraft challenge manufacturers of landing gear components.
