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Videos • April 6, 2012

No time to dwell

During rotary plunge dressing, a shop worker would like to know if dwelling for 2 seconds is the right amount of time. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, says it's not a matter of time.

Videos • March 10, 2012

Makino Machining Complex

A Makino Machining Complex integrated with two a71 horizontal machining centers is used to produce conveyor chain assemblies for the coal mining industry in this video report shot at Cincinnati Mine Machinery.

Videos • March 10, 2012

Making parts for hydraulic fracturing equipment

Making parts for hydraulic fracturing equipment presents opportunities but requires the right tools, as noted in the cover story of the March 2012 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Videos • March 6, 2012

Seeking grinding literature

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers some personal preferences in regard to grinding books and literature that could prove useful on the shop floor. Watch the 27th episode of the video series now.

Videos • February 6, 2012

PM grinding truth

A shop that switched to powder-metallurgy steel after being told it would be easier to grind has found the opposite to be true. For some facts, the shop turned to Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series. Watch the 26th episode now.

Videos • January 15, 2012

Baileigh Industrial CS-70NC automatic cold cut saw demo

The CS-70NC is a CNC automatic carbide cold saw, a high performance sawing solution for cutting high alloy, carbon, non-ferrous, and tool steel grade materials with ease. The Baileigh Industrial machine features a heavy duty design with the carbide saw blade mounted to a ridged blade containment system tied to a heavy hydraulic pivot system (note: servo to ball screw is available if required). This heavy containment system and pivot are said to allow for little vibration producing only the highest tolerances and surface finish, according to the company's YouTube channel.

Videos • January 10, 2012

PVD Coating

Platit Inc. recently hosted an open house in Libertyville, Ill., where the Switzerland-based toolcoating company presented cutting-tool and wear-part coating machines based on plasma-generating physical vapor deposition technology. The animation here offers an "insider's" view of the company's coating equipment.

Videos • January 10, 2012

Recycling coolant

A promotional report prepared by Universal Separators Inc., based in Verona, Wis., provides an in-depth look at the company's SmartSkim coolant recycling system. The company offers a line of SmartSkim products and services to handle skimming and capturing floating oils and other contaminants from industrial process fluids.

Videos • January 10, 2012

Growing with Swiss Automation

Swiss Automation Inc. employs 172 people and runs 115 machines in two locations in Chicago's northwest suburbs. In the past year the company expanded by about 25 percent when it opened its second location, adding some 56 employees and 26 new machines.

Videos • January 6, 2012

Grinding friability

A wheel manufacturer recommended that a machine shop switch from brown alumina to white alumina because the latter is more friable. For his 25th episode, Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, analyzes the wisdom of this move.

Videos • December 11, 2011

Thread Grinding

This short video provides some insight into the benefits and time savings afforded by a universal grinding machine. It is presented as supplemental information to Cutting Tool Engineering's December 2011 cover story, "A Pitch for Thread Grinding."

Videos • December 11, 2011

PCD progress

The Vollmer of America Corp. recently held its PCD Days at its headquarters in Carnegie, Pa. This brief video report offers a glimpse at two of the machines on display during the technical conference: the QXD 200 rotary erosion and QWD760 wire-erosion units.