Industry Reports

Videos • May 25, 2020

Keeping steel wheels spinning

This video supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's June 2020 Productive Times article showcases the solution provided by Güdel Inc. — automated material handling through the use of a double-axis gantry robot with special grippers.

Videos • May 25, 2020

Full-diameter slotting of steel

ProvenCut recipe 551 shows how to achieve a high material removal rate while maintaining a reliable cut using a light-duty machine with a 6.35 mm (0.25") endmill to slot 4140 alloy steel.

Videos • January 27, 2020

Machining deep slot in aluminum

John Saunders shares a recipe for successfully machining a deep slot in 6061-T6 aluminum. Saunders is the owner of Saunders Machine Works LLC, Zanesville, Ohio, and the founder of ProvenCut, a website with a video library of speeds and feeds.

Videos • November 26, 2019

USCTI Fall 2019 Meeting: The Millennial and The Mentor

Terry Iverson, author of Finding America's Greatest Champion, discusses manufacturing careers with a millennial who attended the Fall 2019 meeting of the United States Cutting Tool Institute.

Videos • June 12, 2019

Highlights from EASTEC 2019

Cutting Tool Engineering Owner/Publisher Dennis Spaeth walked the aisles at EASTEC 2019 with his trusty camera in hand. Take a look at some of the highlights captured along the way.

Videos • May 13, 2019

ICATT Apprenticeship Program

Rather than develop an apprenticeship program in-house, some machine tool builders select to train workers with an already established program. One such offering is the Chicago-based Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training Apprenticeship Program, which is detailed in the accompanying video.

Videos • December 28, 2018

Toolholder cures runout woes

The powRgrip toolholding system from Rego-Fix Tool Corp. enables K&E Plastics to drastically minimize tool runout when machining plastics. This is a video supplement to a Productive Times article in the January 2019 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Videos • October 23, 2018

Building custom machine tools with FANUC – Excalibur Tool in Grants Pass, Oregon

Building custom machine tools with FANUC - Excalibur Tools in Grants Pass, Oregon

Videos • July 3, 2018

CTE publisher takes leap of faith

About 8 years ago or so, I turned 50 and decided it was time for a solo skydive. And, just for the record, I jumped from 13,000 feet ... not 30,000 feet, though the lack of oxygen at that altitude would have made a great excuse for not pulling the rip cord. More about the altitude in a moment. First ...

Videos • April 23, 2018

How to achieve good chip formation in indexable drilling

Learn how to achieve good chip control when drilling with indexable drills. Effective chip control is the most important factor in indexable insert drilling operations and is essential for quality hole making. Poor chip evacuation can result in poor surface finish and can lead to tool breakage and damaged components.

Videos • April 23, 2018

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions through form honing

Gehring Technologies GmbH recently introduced a surface finishing process for internal combustion engines that reportedly reduces carbon dioxide emissions through form honing.

Videos • April 19, 2018

USCTI: Cutting tool economic health looking up

The United States Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) reported total billings of nearly $168 million among the 43 cutting tool companies included in USCTI's Current Business Report (CBR) for February 2018. The total represents an increase of almost 7 percent over total billings in February 2017, which topped $156 million, and a 6 percent jump compared to total billings of nearly $157 million in February 2016.