Machining

Products • October 13, 2013

YBM 640V3 Jig Boring/Milling Machine

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has announced the introduction of the new Yasda YBM 640V3 3-Axis CNC vertical jig borer, which provides high-speed, precision boring and milling operations for high accuracy mold, die and complex component manufacturing.

News • October 9, 2013

Darex celebrates 40th anniversary

Darex LLC, Ashland, Ore., is celebrating its 40th year in business in October. Darex brands include: Darex industrial sharpeners, Drill Doctor professional and home shop drill bit sharpeners and Work Sharp knife and tool sharpeners.

Videos • October 5, 2013

Is it really worth it to use a CBN wheel?

A shop is grinding hardened steel, and periodically switches between a CBN wheel and an aluminum-oxide wheel. Given that the shop is getting pretty much the same material removal rate, surface finish and cycle times with both wheels, the shop is beginning to wonder if it's really worth it to use a CBN wheel. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, responds in the 45th episode of the video series.

Articles • October 1, 2013

Does Wal-Mart love U.S. products?

When the world's biggest retailer pledged it would buy an additional $50 billion worth of U.S.-made products over the next decade, Cutting Tool Engineering Editorial Director Alan Rooks questions whether the news is cause for celebration.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Christopher Tate

Considerations when selecting a drill

I consider several factors when purchasing a drill and try to find the balance between price and performance that gives the best cost advantage while maintaining part quality and productivity, reports the Shop Technology columnist in the October 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Tom Lipton

Go fly away: a summer story

During the summer, writes the Shop Operations columnist in the October 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering, it gets pretty hot in a shop that's not air conditioned. With sweat running down my semibald head, I was trying to get a part set up in a CNC lathe. This particular part was giving me some trouble because of a tool compensation problem. I was hot and frustrated.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Superhard automation

Simultaneously improve product quality and productivity when EDMing PCD and PCBN cutting tools and wear parts. An automation process that incorporates work cells.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Playing it smart

Cutting cycle time for a 3,000-piece run. Two wire EDMs.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Drilling with pinpoint precision

Achieve tightened tolerances and increase throughput when machining microholes and other microscale features. Two new machine tools, each with 0.5µm positioning accuracy and a 50,000-rpm maximum spindle speed.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Michael Deren

Fixture job doesn’t hold up

Machinist's Corner columnist shares personal experience with purchasing tooling and fixtures for the shop.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Dr. Scott Smith

Seals protect spindles from contamination

The Machine Technology column in the October 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering offers guidance for protecting spindles from contamination.

Articles • October 1, 2013 • Keith Jennings

Shifting gears to manage crises

I'm a big a supporter of my local community college's machining programs. There's one facet of machine shop management a classroom can't prepare a student for, though: the constant, yet unexpected, gear shifting that goes on when you're running a shop.