Machining

Computer-aided error detection and prevention routines for CAM programs not only help prevent disaster—they improve machine efficiency too.

January 2009 Shop Operations column

HSM: What's the optimal speed for a given operation?

Quality Industries Inc. has always been quick to react to new trends by reinventing itself.

Staying Sharp, Manager's Desk, Part Time, Machine Technology, Shop Operations, Get with the Program, Machinist's Corner

Carbide drill with unique design reportedly minimizes walking while extending tool life.

Case histories and comments about hard milling in die and mold shops.

Keys to maximizing productivity when facemilling steel.

Production of precise, tough oil-field components demands the use of sophisticated multitask machines.

The practice of turning threads on a lathe is well known but oftennot well-understood. Toolmakers offer their recommendations on how todo it the right way. By Bill Kennedy There are nearly as many ways to produce threads as there are types of parts that require them.

Editor's Note: This video report is presented as a supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering's January cover story, "Down-hole, High-tech." The animation from Phillips Engineering Technologies was created to clearly illustrate the operation of a twin-ram vertical turning lathe.

Data Flute CNC's Cliff Flynn, director of research and new product development, gets rough with the company's AFDH finishing tool in this 5-minute report. Flynn noted that the demonstration provided at IMTS 2008 was purposely aggressive on the finishing tool to underscore its finishing ability.