Taking it to Titanium
Reaming titanium is a challenging task, but new tools can give shops an edge as they battle this difficult-to-machine material.
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MultiMax: Turning Performance
Getting the most from multitask machines requires knowing whether the parts a shop produces are appropriate for the technology, selecting and training the right employees and applying the correct tools.
Tackling Titanium
Maximizing productivity and calculating required machining power when facemilling titanium alloys.
3-D CAD benefits machine shops
Get with the Program column for May 2009 Cutting Tool Engineering
The inner workings of lathes
Shop Operations column for May 2009 Cutting Tool Engineering
Using Stability Lobe Diagrams to Control Chatter
Stability lobe diagrams help shops estimate spindle-speed zones that reduce chatter risk. This guide explains what they show and how to use them practically.
I should have stayed in bed
Machinist's Corner column for the May 2009 Cutting Tool Engineering
Manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices
Innovative technologies and techniques for manufacturing minimally invasive medical technologies.
True stories: Boring tools
Boring tools can do more than true holes — they can also help overcome r manufacturing obstacles.
ACCURA
ystematically implementing customer requests was the main challenge in the development of the new ACCURA coordinate measuring machine from Carl Zeiss IMT Corp.
Milling difficult features in titanium
April 2009 Shop Operations column
Pumping innovation
April 2009 Part Time column
