Machining

Articles • December 1, 2015 • Christopher Tate

Mastering basic turning skills

The importance of mastering fundamental turning skills. Turning and other lathe operations are the most common machining applications. A master tool and die maker once told me a lathe is the only piece of shop equipment that can remanufacture itself. Whether or not the statement is factual is not important. Having the lathe described in that manner indicates how important and universal turning is to manufacturing.

Articles • December 1, 2015 • Keith Jennings

Recognizing all that is good

Addressing weighty issues is an important part of the Manager's Desk column, and there will be no shortage of them to debate and discuss in 2016.

Articles • December 1, 2015 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Learn not to burn

Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., fields a question from a shop getting "terrible burn on the shoulder" when cylindrical grinding steel parts with a straight plunge.

Articles • December 1, 2015 • Matthew Jaster

Advanced technologies for sinker and other EDMs

To improve performance, reduce cycle times and enhance machine operation, Makino Inc. has released Hyper technologies for its full line of wire, sinker and holemaking EDMs.n

Articles • December 1, 2015 • Matthew Jaster

Words with friends

Jim Carr and Jason Zenger breakdown the manufacturing industry with their "MakingChips" podcasts.

Articles • December 1, 2015 • Kip Hanson

Scrape to the point

Whether done manually or with a powered device, scraping guide ways is critical to machine tool performance.

Products • December 1, 2015

SHEARDRILL

Morse Cutting Tools has a companion for its popular SHEARTAP, the new SHEARDRILL. The SHEARTAP is a go-to tool in the Morse Tap Offering and like its companion, the SHEARDRILL, is designed to run in a wide variety of materials providing a performance production solution.

News • November 25, 2015

Haas to host March open house

Haas Automation Inc. will host its semi-annual 4-day HaasTec open house at its Oxnard, Calif., headquarters March 17-20. The event will include machine demos, factory tours and a catered lunch, according to the company. The previous HaasTec in 2013 drew nearly 3,000 attendees from 44 countries, and the company expects this year's event to be even bigger.

News • November 23, 2015

Shigiya holds grand opening of new U.S. headquarters

The opening of the new facility included a traditional Japanese Kagami-Biraki ceremony, where a barrel of sake is broken open with wooden mallets. Several customers, dealership representatives, city officials, Shigiya employees and other invited guests were present for the event.

News • November 23, 2015

Körber Schleifring becomes United Grinding

Körber Schleifring, the Hamburg, Germany provider of grinding machine technology and its North American arm, Miamisburg, Ohio-based United Grinding Technologies, have merged under the new brand name United Grinding Group — Körber Solutions, a move that expands the company's global market position in relation to technology, service and volume.

News • November 17, 2015 • Dennis Spaeth

Report: Slowdown continues, but reason for hope

While the October 2015 Manufacturing ISM Report on Business showed continued growth, the report's overall PMI registered 50.1 percent, a slowdown from September's reading of 50.2 percent, reported the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

Videos • November 15, 2015

Tri-grit wheel to the rescue?

Episode 64 of the Grinding Doc video series: When pushed to use a tri-grit wheel to cup-wheel grind tungsten carbide sawblade teeth, a shop turned to the Grinding Doc for some guidance. About the Grinding Doc Video Series: Thanks to his work as an independent grinding consultant and the author of the "Ask the Grinding Doc" column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Dr. Jeffrey Badger routinely receives questions about grinding from shops all over the world. Through the magazine column and this video series, he provides shops with the insight and guidance they seek.