Machining

Products • May 13, 2013

Vitrium3 Grinding Products

The Norton brand of Saint-Gobain Abrasives has launched the next generation of grinding products engineered for reportedly maximizing performance and delivering cost savings in precision applications.

Products • May 13, 2013

W720 and W820 Angle Grinders

Metabo Corp. offers two new powerful, lightweight angle grinders for cutting, grinding and deburring.

Products • May 13, 2013

CNC Retrofit Package

In collaboration with NUM, machine tool rebuilder North East Technologies Inc. has developed a CNC retrofit package that brings the performance of early generation hob sharpening equipment up to modern-day standards.

Videos • May 5, 2013

Don’t get cracking

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, helps a shop that's getting cracking at the corner radius of a tungsten-carbide part in the 40th episode of the video series.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Tom Lipton

Tips for operating a CNC mill

Shop Operations columnist Tom Lipton offers tips for operating a CNC mill.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Consolidating inserts to lower costs

Reduce insert costs and simplify insert reordering and stocking. Consolidate the number of ISO-standard inserts applied.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Super-‘rez’ ‘scope offers new view of parts

Improve cross-hole deburring and training with real-time video. A super-resolution digital microscope.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Alan Richter

Fine filtering drives lights-out operations

Consistently produce complex cutting tools, even when unattended machining. A cellular grinding oil filtration system.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Keith Jennings

Health-care law is daunting

The future of machining is bright, but perhaps with a different generation of employees and a leaner business model than before.

Articles • May 1, 2013

New energy drives manufacturing

The Lead Angle editorial in the May 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering ponders some major developments that are remaking the energy market and, with it, manufacturing.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Michael Deren

I really, really love my job!

Learning to love your job can be frustrating, so says Machinist's Corner columnist Michael Deren in the May 2013 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Articles • May 1, 2013 • Dr. Scott Smith

Measuring machine vibration

Measuring machine tool vibration with piezoelectric accelerometers.