April 2001 Issue

April 2001

Feature Recognition—The Missing Link To Automated CAM

Software that analyzes design geometry and identifies what is a pocket, a hole, a slot or another machinable shape promises to have a major impact on the productivity of CNC programmers.

Features

Featured articles from the April 2001 issue of Modern Machine Shop

15 Apr 2001

What Does It Take To Internet-Enable Machine Tools?

It takes data—complete machine and process data from a machine tool that is easily linked to a factory network and easily exported.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 15 Apr 2001

Bringing The Internet To The Machine Tool

The Internet integrates the factory floor with customers and suppliers, allowing true Enterprise Production Management. The concept of "virtual product" replaces the conventional practice of warehousing inventory.

Turn/Mill 15 Apr 2001

Making Short Work Of Small Lots

Multi-tasking is a word typically associated with the consequences of ever-changing human job descriptions. For the people at Mazak Corporation, however, the word applies equally to metalworking machines.

15 Apr 2001

Thermally Stabilize Spindles With Air

Heat is the number one enemy of machine tools. The machine tool spindle is one of the prime sources for generating heat in a machine.

Turning Machines 15 Apr 2001

Center-Drive Offers A Turning Alternative

An interesting aspect of the metalworking industry is that for a given application there is often more than one way to process the workpiece.

Workholding 1 Apr 2001

Workholding Manufacturer Is A Model For Success

In the field of workholding we have known SMWAutoblok as a worldwide supplier of quality chucks. From its base in northern Italy the company has spread its knowledge around the globe.

Workforce Development 15 Apr 2001

The Indispensable Toolroom

By steadily improving its equipment and processes, a toolroom becomes the fountainhead of a worldwide manufacturing operation.

CAD/CAM 15 Apr 2001

Programming Multi-Axis Lathes

You're going to need more than the CAM program you're currently using for your standard CNC lathes and mills.

High-Speed Machining 15 Apr 2001

The Fluid Transition

A watershed moment in spindle evolution? For the latest generation of high speed spindles used in milling, spindle makers look beyond traditional bearings.

Aerospace 15 Apr 2001