Changing CAM software: General Industry Coverage
Get With The Program column for March 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Operation / Process
Machining
Latest in Machining
Setting tool length
Machine Technology column for March 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Efficient office space improves shop
Manager's Desk column from March 2010 Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
On the cutting edge of measurement
END USER: BH Tool, (801) 908-0707, www.bh-tool.com. CHALLENGE: Ensure gaging accuracy. SOLUTION: An edge-finding gage.
No monkeying around: Drilling Performance
END USER: D&G Precision Manufacturing Inc., (920) 477-3609, www.dgmfg.com. CHALLENGE: Decrease cycle times when milling aluminum forgings. SOLUTION: Two-flute solid-carbide endmills.
Easier roughing: General Industry Coverage
END USER: Bolton Aerospace Inc., (860) 649-2727. CHALLENGE: Reduce rough machining time. SOLUTION: A combination of high-performance, solid-carbide endmills.
Sharp focus: General Industry Coverage
Should you outsource tool sharpening or do it in-house?
Intersection ahead: Drilling Performance
Tools for finishing intersecting holes.
Custom connection: Drilling Performance
Custom tools help aerospace part makers meet demanding specs.
Cylindrical OD traverse grinding
What's a good speed when cylindrical OD traverse grinding? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, worries less about the speed, more about the percentage of the wheel being used to do the roughing in the 6th episode of the video series.
T-42
Hardinge Inc. has released the T-42 Super-Precision turning centers.
Toroid Rhino-Carb
Dapra Corp. has expanded its Toroid Rhino-Carb CNC-pressed insert line with a new cutting edge geometry. Available for round and octagonal inserts, the new neutral ("N") cutting edge provides smoother cutting action for steels, irons and many stainless steels when compared to Dapra's stronger T-Land insert edge, according to the company.
