Machining

One of the Look Ahead features in this month's Cutting Tool Engineering magazine covers a new CBN superabrasive for grinding wheels that extends wheel life and lowers grinding forces.

Find out more about a cryogenic lubrication technology based on supercritical CO2 in this month's Look Ahead feature.

The Shop Operations column in the December 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine offers some tips when sawing metal.

Quantifying machine tool error motions in this month's Machine Technology column by Dr. Scott Smith of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Determining actual wheel costs and answers to other grinding questions can be found in this month's Grinding Doc column.

The Manager's Desk column in the December 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering addresses the importance of developing interest in manufacturing careers.

Thinking about taking the leap into milling hardened steels? Why would you? After all, if your shop has been successfully grinding, jig boring and EDMing hardened materials, why change?

Courtesy of Lockheed MartinThe Lockheed Martin Hercules transport, one of many aircraft to use actuator systems manufactured by Triumph Activation Systems.Making the systems that keep 'big birds' flying straight.Boeing's 787 Dreamliner generated positive news in October when its first commercial flight, by All Nippon Airlines, landed in Hong Kong.

When accuracy counts, thread grinding shines. It may not be a new twist, but thread grinding is still one of the most accurate ways to produce internal and external threads.

The new High Feed 2 line of small diameter high feed milling tools from Seco Tools focuses on bringing high levels of productivity and reliability to modern CNC machines.

Bore-Rx brushes from Weiler Corp. are engineered for deburring internal part features in CNC machining centers.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. has added the WFX Series to its family of shoulder milling cutters.