Achieving process repeatability
Machine Technology column for June 2009 issue.
Topic
Design & Engineering
Sharp Dresser
Shops seeking to true and dress superabrasive grinding wheels need solutions that move beyond 'tried-and-true' methods.
Composite Connection
Abrasive waterjet cutting has grown along with the increased use of composites in airframes, and advanced techniques help make it a preferred technology.
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
Using stability lobe diagrams
Machine Technology column for May 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering
True stories: Boring tools
Boring tools can do more than true holes — they can also help overcome r manufacturing obstacles.
Milling difficult features in titanium
April 2009 Shop Operations column
Pumping innovation
April 2009 Part Time column
The impeller–quintessential example of 5-axis machining
March 2009 Get With The Program column
Tools With Abrasive Personalities
Machining polymetric composite materials with single-layer diamond abrasive tools.
Wheels Up
New materials, the need for lightweight parts and the burgeoning size of some aircraft challenge manufacturers of landing gear components.