Machining

Machine tool supplier Methods Machine Tool, Inc., Sudbury, Mass., has expanded its Southern California operation, increasing the number of sales/application engineering and service personnel by eight and offering a full range of machine tool solutions from all of Methods' partner brands.

Improve productivity for a repeat job. A multifunctional, 90° indexable-insert shoulder cutter.

Bring damaged components back into spec. A flexible cylinder hone.

Have you noticed job candidates and the people you're dealing with across the business world are increasingly from other countries?

A method of lubricating and cooling a machined workpiece using supercritical CO2.

How shops can help keep groundwater clean and be green in other ways.

The Grinding Doc offers an upbeat take on tri-grit wheels.

Episode 60 of the Grinding Doc Video Series involves a shop that was cylindrical grinding a 50mm diameter part that proved to be out of spec despite in-process gauging that showed otherwise. 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.

Posted as a supplement to "Variations on a theme," a feature article published in the June 2015 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering, this video shows Millstar's indexable-insert milling tools machining aluminum. Tried-and-true aluminum alloys continue to do the job for multiple applications, and toolmakers have enhanced their offerings to more effectively machine a metal that's generally considered easy to cut.

The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), a standards and certification body, and the Gene Haas Foundation (GHF), which provides scholarships to schools for students entering technical training programs, are partnering to provide scholarship funds directly to select SkillsUSA students.

Ti-Coating announces its new PVD coating Hyperlox for indexable and solid carbide tooling.