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Tips for Sanding Titanium Parts Safely and Efficiently
Sanding titanium parts can consume major finishing time because burrs, heat, and surface requirements are hard to balance. This guide reviews practical sanding priorities for titanium work.
Training machinists the old-fashioned way
Talking Shop August 2009 column
Post-processing should not work: Design & Engineering
The creation of a part program for a CNC machine tool usually starts with a part drawing or model that contains the part material, geometry and tolerances.
Grinding Doc: Using the Ra eyeball technique
Dear Doc: I grind small parts with intricate geometries. I'd like to get a handle on what kind of Ra values I'm generating and if the grinding process changes I'm making are improving or worsening the surface finish. I was told to purchase a profilometer. Is this the best route to go?
Prepare for increasing business regs
As an owner or manager of a machining business, you have your hands full dealing with matters from the front office to the shop and everything in-between. Even so, nonproduction issues seem to be an increasing burden.
Spin doctors: Inspection Efficiency
Who should perform spindle maintenance in machine shops?
Reaching the apex: Drilling Performance
Combination tooling, custom fixtures and creative solutions help Apex Precision thrive.
Hit it again, harder
When finishing parts, shops may want to hit them with their best shot. Shot peening can produce longer part life.
High anxiety: Drilling Performance
Understanding tool geometry and selecting the right tap for different workpiece materials can help take the anxiety out of tapping operations.
Laws of attraction: Drilling Performance
U.S. companies that adopt electromagnetic workholders heartily endorse the technology.
On tap
Check out this brief video from Kennamental Inc. showing a side-by-side comparison of an HSS tap vs. a solid-carbide tap. The video accompanies CTE's August cover story on selecting the right tap for different workpiece materials. The split-screen video demonstrates the significant productivity advantage of the first solid carbide tap specifically engineered for tapping steels.
Know-as-you-go software: Digitalization & Industry 4.0
In today's market, a machine shop often has millions of dollars invested in machines. Typically, a hefty amount is also committed to payroll. For a shop to be profitable, these two assets must work together efficiently.
