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New cutting technologies are about to transform the gear manufacturing industry, according to a Sandvik Coromant video report. How manufacturers respond to this new technology from indexable gear tools will shape the future competitive landscape.

A shop using electroplated grinding wheels observed a horrible surface finish on the first several parts produced by a new wheel. Though the surface finish gradually improves, the shop turned to the Grinding Doc for a solution to the problem. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, takes a look at the problem in the 46th episode of the video series.

When it comes to certain holemaking applications, combination cutting tools can save shops a significant amount of production time, according to several companies that offer such tools. Ceratizit and Heule Tool offer a closer look at the benefits of combination tools in the following CTEplus video supplement.

David Holmes, the production manager at Linda Tool in Brooklyn, N.Y., recently pointed out the growing shop's emphasis on documentation. Here, Holmes offers a quick walk through of the company's DMG/Mori Seiki NL2000 lathe.

Sandvik Coromant video report suggests that collaboration, hyperspecialization and technology can help manufacturing companies prepare for the future.

A shop is grinding hardened steel, and periodically switches between a CBN wheel and an aluminum-oxide wheel. Given that the shop is getting pretty much the same material removal rate, surface finish and cycle times with both wheels, the shop is beginning to wonder if it's really worth it to use a CBN wheel. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, responds in the 45th episode of the video series.

Len Graham, Business Unit Leader, Rexam Mold Manufacturing, discusses the motivation behind the Buffalo Grove, Ill., company's decision to build a Mega Cell automated mold manufacturing system. Graham offers a detailed walk-through of the company's Mega Cell, which began operation in March 2013.

Producing prototype automotive parts via 3D printing helps reduce time to market while boosting vehicle quality and fuel efficiency.

For the 44th episode of the Grinding Doc Video Series, a shop recently asked Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Ask the Grinding Doc columnist, to settle an argument about the best way to run the dresser when rotary plunge diamond dressing aluminum-oxide wheels.

Video report features the Form 20 sinker EDM machine, the Mikron HSM 400U LP 5-axis milling machine, and the Cut 300 Sp and Cut 200 mS wire EDM machines.

Element Six, which consolidated its four R&D centers spread around the world into one 60,000-sq.-ft. facility now known as its Global Innovation Centre in Harwell, U.K., offers a video tour of the new facility.

Thomas W. Malone, a professor at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, suggests in the latest Sandvik Coromant "Looking Ahead" video series that recognizing and rapidly responding to change will be critical to the success of any company in tomorrow's business environment.