August 2009 Issue
August 2009
Features
Featured articles from the August 2009 issue of Modern Machine Shop
Deep Drilling Without Pecking Or Through-Tool Coolant
These drills enable machine tools to create holes with L:D ratios as high as 20:1 without pecking and without through-the-tool coolant delivery.
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The Most Valuable Resource For Succeeding At Lean
What is the most valuable resource? The answer is probably obvious: the people. This shop started to succeed at lean manufacturing once every employee got involved.
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Reducing Thrust Loads During Rigid Tapping
Some amount of synchronization error is inevitable with rigid tapping. By allowing just a slight amount of axial movement to compensate for synchronous errors, this tapping holder is said to reduce thrust load by as much as 90 percent.
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If You Want to Improve Something, Measure It
This shop involves all of its employees in the daily exercise of analyzing just where time is being spent.
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Moving Forward In Order To Stay Put
This job shop’s commitment to lean allows its business to grow while it remains in the facility where it has to stay.
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Evaluating Equipment In New Ways
The Stages Teams Go Through
Measuring Surface Finish On Large ODs
Be In The Know To Create And Maintain Wealth
