Videos

Faced with two machines exactly the same, except that one has a newer spindle, a grinding shop wants to know if there's a way to determine if the newer spindle is stiffer than the older one on the other machine. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, analyzes the situation in the 16th episode of the video series.

DMG/Mori Seiki demonstrates how it uses pinch milling to machine thin-walled workpieces, such as fan stage blades.

A shop performing continuous-dress, creep-feed grinding on nickel alloys contacted Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, for advice on battling burn while reducing wheel consumption. Check out Badger's response in the 15th episode of the video series.

Scott Gore, a technical support specialist with Setech Inc., Murfreesboro, Tenn., provides the commentary for a series of Hyper-Carbide cutting tool tests captured on video. Presented as a supplement to an Industry News item in Cutting Tool Engineering's December 2010 issue, this brief report includes video supplied by Setech and SRL Nano Corp., a California company specializing in high-strength cutting materials.

Presented as an online supplement to "Threading Large"—the December 2010 Cutting Tool Engineering article about thread milling large bore diameters—Allied Machine & Engineering Corp. provides a quick video demonstration of its AccuThread 856 Threadmill cutting in 6061 aluminum.

In the 14th episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop that's getting chatter when performing multi-pass cylindrical OD grinding. Though the shop keeps dropping the plunge speeds, nothing seems to help. They ask the host of the Grinding Doc Video Series what they can do?

Ed Tarney, customer technical support manager with Erasteel Inc., Baldwinsville, N.Y., addressed "PM & High-Speed Steel for Premium Tool Performance" as part of the Fast Track Seminar series hosted at the Cutting Tool Engineering booth during IMTS 2010.

Tom Noble and Bill Fiorenza of Ingersoll Cutting Tools present "Plunge Milling: High Volume Roughing on Your Machine" as part of the Fast Track Seminar series hosted at the Cutting Tool Engineering booth during IMTS 2010.

Fred Young, CEO of Forest City Gear, Roscoe, Ill., shared his "Strategy for Buying Machine Tools" as part of the Fast Track Seminar series hosted at the Cutting Tool Engineering booth during IMTS 2010.

Jared Tellian, applications engineer with RobbJack Corp., presents a 12-minute seminar on "Successful Machining of Composites" as part of Cutting Tool Engineering's Fast Track Seminar series. The seminars were presented and filmed at our booth during IMTS 2010.

Thomas Hoenig, president of GTI Spindle Technology Inc., Manchester, N.H., discusses how Apple's new iPad technology is changing the face of vibration analysis in manufacturing. Presented as part of Cutting Tool Engineering's Fast Track Seminar series hosted at our booth during IMTS 2010, Hoenig's seminar includes a brief demonstration of the iPad at work.

Don Graham, manager of turning products and education services at Seco Tools Inc., Troy, Mich., discussed "Productivity Improvements Resulting from Coating Texturing" during the Fast Track Seminar series hosted at the Cutting Tool Engineering booth during IMTS 2010.