Grinding (Surface, Cylindrical, Tool & Cutter)

Videos • August 5, 2013

Getting the wheel to open up

For the 43rd episode Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop having trouble getting its CBN wheel to open up before it burns the first few hardened steel parts, which then must be scrapped.

Articles • August 1, 2013 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Be cautious when changing coolant

A company running a centralized coolant system with neat oil seeks help from the Grinding Doc. The shop's oil supplier is promising great things if the shop switches to a newer oil product. But it seems like such a grand undertaking.

News • July 22, 2013

New sites for Contour, Huffman, Springfield

Three related manufacturing companies have launched new Web sites. Contour Precision Group, a manufacturer of complex prismatic parts; Huffman LLC, a builder of profile grinding machines, laser powder fusion cladding and welding machines and waterjet machines; and Springfield Manufacturing LLC, a provider of advanced manufacturing solutions, are all based in Clover, S.C.

Videos • July 5, 2013

Cylindrical Match Grinding Webinar

Join United Grinding Technologies for an in-depth look at cylindrical match grinding in an on-demand Webinar that addresses the need for match grinding, the principles behind match grinding, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the process.

Videos • July 5, 2013

Appearances can be deceiving

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, addresses how appearances can be deceiving for shops engaging in traverse disc grinding in the 42nd episode of the video series.

Videos • June 5, 2013

Pricey diamond

Are diamonds a machine shop's best friend? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, takes a close look at the question in the 41st episode of the video series.

Articles • June 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Metalworking product review for June 2013

A review of metalworking products as compiled by the editors of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • June 1, 2013 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Dealing with burn in grinding

The Grinding Doc responds to a shop that is cylindrical-plunge grinding a threadlike shape into tungsten carbide, and is getting grinding burn on the leading face, but not the trailing face.

Products • May 13, 2013

W720 and W820 Angle Grinders

Metabo Corp. offers two new powerful, lightweight angle grinders for cutting, grinding and deburring.

Products • May 13, 2013

Vitrium3 Grinding Products

The Norton brand of Saint-Gobain Abrasives has launched the next generation of grinding products engineered for reportedly maximizing performance and delivering cost savings in precision applications.

Videos • May 5, 2013

Don’t get cracking

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, helps a shop that's getting cracking at the corner radius of a tungsten-carbide part in the 40th episode of the video series.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

A glass act

A new vitrified-bond technology for grinding wheels.