Machining

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Kip Hanson

HMC transformations

By their very nature, horizontal machining centers are among the best friends a shop can have if it hopes to remain agile and competitive in this brave new world of low-volume, high-complexity machining.

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Dust not in the wind

A PCD drill with an internal extraction system for removing workpiece dust when drilling carbon- and glass-fiber composites.

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Susan Woods

Supersonic grinding

High-speed grinding can provide great gains when grinding outside diameters.

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Jeffrey A. Badger, Ph.D.

Abusive grinding

A shop seeks insight from our Ask the Grinding Doc columnist, Dr. Jeffrey Badger, regarding the premature fatigue failure of pistons that seem fine when they go out the door. Could grinding be the culprit for these pistons cracking after just 5 weeks?

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Kings of the mountain

With a focus on machining large parts in multifunctional mill/turn machines, QualTech Industries quickly attracted customers after opening 4 years ago in Kings Mountain, N.C.

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Tom Lipton

More tips for operating a CNC lathe

Shop Operations Columnist Tom Lipton offers additional tips for operating a CNC lathe in the February 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • February 1, 2014 • Keith Jennings

Smarter online marketing

Keith Jennings, our Manager's Desk columnist, this month responds to readers asking for tips to increase sales, and, yes, his answer emphasizes the need for a Web presence and social media.

Products • February 1, 2014

Sinumerik 808D Advanced CNC

Siemens Industry Inc. announced its new Sinumerik 808D Advanced CNC, designed for basic milling and turning machines.

Products • February 1, 2014

SintoGrind 353 Gear Grinding Fluid

oelheld U.S. introduces SintoGrind 353, a premium gear grinding fluid formulated from pure synthetic base stocks.

Products • February 1, 2014

SL400G and SL600G Wire EDMs

With the high demands of today's market for the latest innovative technology, Sodick Inc. is continuously working on R&D for new machines that are faster, more accurate and achieve a finer surface finish. The most recent line of machines to be included in Sodick's product range is the SL-G Wire EDM Machine range.

Products • February 1, 2014

P Series Turning Inserts

American National Carbide (ANC) has announced improvements in its flagship grades for machining steels in the ISO P classification.

Products • February 1, 2014

Tongtai Integrated Monitoring Systems

TIMS, an acronym for Tongtai Integrated Monitoring Systems, is a new software initiative from Absolute Machine Tools Inc. that was created between engineers and technology experts from Tongtai Machine Tools and FANUC.