Machining

CHALLENGE: Increase QC efficiency when inspecting composite auto parts. An automated opto-digital microscope.

IMTS is a spectacle full of machining and related technologies that will excite anyone in this business, observes Manager's Desk Columnist Keith Jennings in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Whether we're machinists, programmers, manufacturing engineers or material scientists, we need to prepare our replacements, urges Machinist's Corner Columnist Michael Deren in the October 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

The advantages of preloading ball nuts.

Pundits have long said that U.S. machine shops and parts manufacturers need skilled candidates to fill thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of available jobs. The problem, it's alleged, is getting people interested in manufacturing in the first place.

Simultaneous machining on two to four spindles enhances efficiency and lowers the cost per part for high-volume production.

One of the functions of the cloud is to provide software programs to users without the hassle of actually installing it. Instead, a Web browser or small bit of software known as a client is used to share information with a group of computers or servers.

Integrating digital tool libraries into CAM software enables process improvement.

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CNC tool grinding machine builder Strausak AG, Lohn-Ammannsegg, Switzerland, opened a subsidiary in Mundelein, Ill., and incorporated in the state of Illinois on July 1. Hank Ecker, previously regional sales manager of Rollomatic Inc., is the new president of Strausak Inc.

Simultaneous machining on two to four spindles enhances efficiency and lowers the cost per part for high-volume production. In this CTE video supplement to "When more is better," featured in the October 2015 Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, Chiron demonstrates why it's critical is to properly capacitize a multispindle machine.

Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Don Nelson visited the Makino booth during IMTS 2014 in September to learn more about the company's a81nx and a61nx-5E HMCs.