Machining

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Improving production of backbone back-up supports

Extend tool life when machining titanium vertebrae implants and supports. A shrink-fit collet and collet chuck system.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Down with downtime

Reduce downtime on three aging horizontal machining centers. Replace them with two new HMCs.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Michael Deren

Time to upgrade equipment

Machinist's Corner columnist Michael Deren recounts how he responded when upper management issued a directive to increase throughput.

Articles • July 1, 2013

New approach needed for STEM

The national conversation about the "skills gap" and its role in manufacturing continues to simmer, writes Alan Rooks of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, in his Lead Angle column for the July 2013 issue.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Dr. Scott Smith

Minimizing Abbé machine position errors

Two basic strategies exist to minimize the Abbé error in machine tools: eliminate the causes or compensate the result, according to the Machine Technology column in the July 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Silvère Proisy

Mimicking machines with simulation

If you're new to 5-axis machining, simulation software can help you efficiently set up a post-processor and verify the strategies coming from the CAM system, according to this month's Get With the Program column.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

A new look at CVD

Look Ahead column in July 2013 issue eyes a new CVD technology for depositing thicker coatings on turning inserts.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Susan Woods

Cool tool

High-pressure, through-coolant drilling provides a host of benefits.

Articles • July 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

7-in-1 micromachine

A second Look Ahead item features a micromachine that performs up to seven machining operations.

Products • June 13, 2013

Romicron Fine Boring Tools

Romicron fine-boring systems from Kennametal allow users to dial in extremely close tolerances while the tool is mounted in the machine tool, saving time and easing training.

Products • June 13, 2013

H-Bot Lathe Gantry Loader

The H-Bot by ATS Systems removes common barriers to automated parts loading for CNC lathes.

Products • June 13, 2013

EZ-PULLER Bar Puller

Accudyne Corp. is introducing the EZ-PULLER. This self-adjusting bar puller is used in CNC turning centers to provide automatic operation of the machine.