Machining

Scott Etling, manager of Global Product Management for Kennametal Inc.'s indexable milling products, discussed the company's Dodeka face mills and Rodeka copy mills for a CTEplus video report shot during IMTS 2012.

Dr. Tilo Krieg, director of Global Holemaking and Solid Endmilling Products at Kennametal Inc., offers an overview of the KSEM Plus, which combines the advantages of modular drills with indexable milling inserts on the outside diameter.

Larry Marchand, vice president of the Profile Grinding Technologies Division at United Grinding Technologies, provides a brief look at the company's Magerle MFP 50, which features an automatic tool changer that enables grinding, milling and drilling in one setup.

Don Nelson, publisher of Cutting Tool Engineering and MICROmanufacturing magazines, spoke with Sandvik Coromant's John Dotday about the company's new solid-carbide CoroDrill 860 and exchangeable-tip CoroDrill 870.

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, helps a shop determine an appropriate material-removal rate in the 33rd episode of the video series.

Using continuous improvement to reach automotive fuel-economy goals.

Thread milling may seem exotic, but any shop can do it.

Cutting tool product review as published in the September 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

A review of machine tool products as published in the September 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

END USER: 80/20 Inc., (260) 248-8030, www.8020.net. CHALLENGE: Overcoming limitations of older machine tools that could each only perform one step when making a part. SOLUTION: New CNC machine tools with more capabilities and flexibility.

END USER: PDQ Corp., (860) 529-9051, www.pdqcorp.com. CHALLENGE: Find a more efficient method for machining complex, tight-tolerance parts primarily for the aerospace industry. SOLUTION: Two 6-axis mill/turn machine tools.

END USER: Evolution Gun Works Inc., (215) 538-1012, www.egwguns.com. CHALLENGE: Boost productivity when machining gun parts. SOLUTION: A high-performance endmill.