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Magnetic abrasive finishing can deburr and create highly polished, smooth surface finishes. It can also remove microcracks, recast metal, metallurgical phase changes, visible scratches and damaging residual stresses.

Article April 1, 2008 Jorge L. Larco

The Transformers

Lean manufacturing can benefit medium-size and larger companies by improving productivity and reducing quality problems and lead times. Benefits can be realized even in smaller, highly variable job shops through standardized work, balancing and flowing.

Article April 1, 2008 Joseph Hazelton

Harder With Silicon: General Industry Coverage

Several types of cutting tools can be protected with coatings harder than regular A1TiN coatings by combining A1TiN grains with an amorphous silicon-nitride matrix.

Article April 1, 2008 Steve Bertrand

New Rules of Engagement: General Industry Coverage

High-speed machining can improve productivity, but a shop will need to change its tool settings and toolpath strategies and experiment with feed rates to achieve this goal.

Video March 9, 2008

Hard Turn for the Better

With so much of the news focused on manufacturing lost to China, India and elsewhere, Illinois ProTurn is growing, doubling in size, says Dan Lamz, president of the McHenry, Ill., shop. The majority of the shop's work is in the plastic injection mold industry, and Lamz says the company's forté is hard turning.

Article March 1, 2008 Markus Heuwinkel

High-Flying Parts: General Industry Coverage

To increase productivity, the aerospace industry should consider different tool materials for faster cutting speeds, tool coatings for reduced wear, and machine tools for quicker cycle times.

Article March 1, 2008 Bill Kennedy

Youth Must Be Served: Workforce Development & Training

Companies work to interest youths in manufacturing through outreach efforts and partnerships with schools to offer courses that lead to college degrees in manufacturing.

Article March 1, 2008 Joseph Hazelton

Safeguarding Spindles: General Industry Coverage

Parts manufacturers can keep chips flying and maintain part accuracy by protecting their spindles against misuse, thermal expansion, collisions and penetration by coolant and metallic dust.

Article March 1, 2008

Chuck Checkout: General Industry Coverage

Gripping power, friction and hysteresis are important factors in selecting a 3-jaw chuck to maximize a CNC lathe's accuracy and horsepower.

Article March 1, 2008 Alan Richter

Tool Spray

With through-tool minimum-quantity lubrication, machine shops may be able to decrease coolant costs and increase productivity and part quality. But, they have to invest in equipment and tooling to achieve those results.

Article March 1, 2008 Edmund Isakov, Ph.D.

Hard Tools for a Fine Finish

Superhard finishing tools may benefit machined parts via finer surface finishes, greater wear resistance and harder, stronger microstructures. Also, some of the tools can last longer than their conventional counterparts.

Article March 1, 2008 Bill Kennedy

Keeping It Together: General Industry Coverage

Machine shops and other companies discuss the workpiece materials, machine tools and metalcutting processes needed to make the fasteners that keep aircraft and spacecraft together.

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