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With respect to the norms of the 19th century, Kate Gleason was way ahead of her time. In honor of Women's History Month, CTE remembers groundbreaker Catherine "Kate" Anselm Gleason (1865-1933). During the restrictive culture of her time, she helped shape the global cutting tools industry as a sales engineer for her family's gear cutting machinery business.

Article March 15, 2018 Alan Richter

Advanced metalworking fluid filtration aids finer finish

As demand grows for finer surface finishes and tolerance specifications become tighter—and competition continues to intensify—parts manufacturers are adopting advanced fluid filtration technologies to achieve their machining and grinding goals.

Article March 15, 2018

Moldmakers tout benefits of aluminum molds for production

The use of aluminum molds for production molding applications is the "biggest trend I'm seeing in moldmaking," said a longtime manufacturer of cutting tools.

Article March 15, 2018 Michael Deren

Shop implements system of safety tickets

What about the less obvious threats to worker safety? How do you take those elements into account? To address this concern, the shop where CTE's Machinist's Corner columnist works uses a system of unsafe acts or conditions tickets (UACTs).

Article March 15, 2018 Stas Mylek

Reprogramming your reaction to priciest tools

When programmed to follow optimal CAM toolpaths and matched to a machine tool's capability, expensive cutting tools engineered for high efficiency may offer total-cost-and-performance results that are significantly better than lower-cost cutting tools.

Article March 15, 2018 Kip Hanson

Rising complexity of machine maintenance

Machine maintenance goes soft(ware).The stakes are much higher today for machine maintenance. Shops must be more proactive, and aim to optimize every operational aspect of their CNC equipment.

Article March 15, 2018 Kip Hanson

Don’t hack away at chatter problems

When chatter rears its ugly head, it's a good idea to look at your cutting tools. Selecting material-specific cutting tools is certainly part of the solution.

Article March 15, 2018 Alan Richter

Cemecon opens new tool coating facility

CemeCon Inc. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 17 to officially open its new 15,000-sq.-ft. headquarters and CVD-diamond coating facility in Big Flats, N.Y. The opening marks the fourth expansion of production capabilities since the U.S. subsidiary was opened in 1998 and the third increase in capacity for CVD-diamond processing since 2014.

Article March 15, 2018 Alan Richter

Shop bulks up machine arsenal to make colossal components

Baker Industries Inc. reports that it has installed an Emco Mecof Powermill 5-axis vertical milling center—the first of its kind in the U.S. and one of the largest milling centers in the Midwest.

Article March 15, 2018 Alan Richter

Developing tools for cutting composites

YG-1 Tool developed its line of D-Power diamond-coated carbide endmills for machining graphite and composite materials.

Article March 15, 2018 William Leventon

Protecting man, woman and machine

CNC machine tool owners with a healthy concern for their employees are advised to enclose their machines in protective structures.

Article March 15, 2018 Keith Jennings

Protect proprietary company information: People & Companies

Complying with sensitive information requests may be necessary in some circumstances, but it's possible to provide too much information, which might expose proprietary processes and technology and put a company at a competitive disadvantage.

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