October 2002 Issue
October 2002
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Getting To Know Grob
With some familiar names in the machine tool building business fading away recently through mergers, acquisitions, or shutdowns, it may be interesting to learn of an unfamiliar or little known machine tool builder.
Read MoreWelding On A Machining Center
Multiple-process machine tools generally combine two or more processes for metal removal. A lathe may have milling capability, or a machining center may perform grinding. But what about combining metal removal and metal joining in one machine? A process called 'friction stir welding' permits exactly that.
Read MoreThe Case For Copy Milling Cutters
The round-insert 'button cutter' can bring a high metal removal rate to a low horsepower machining center.
Read MoreWeighing The HMC's Pluses
A horizontal machining center enabled this scale manufacturer to get its machining department back into shape.
Read MoreChinese Competition In Die/Mold
For several years, the buzz among American moldmakers has included the persistent complaint that competition from China and other Asian nations is eroding business conditions.
Read MoreGetting In Gear With An Automated Cell
This production cell embodies several unusual but very effective concepts for keeping process variables under control with little operator intervention.
Read MoreSystem Simplifies Probing Operations On VMCs
Few machinists will dispute the merits of probing for speeding part setup, setting tool offsets and performing in-process inspection . . . at least in theory. In practice, however, probe systems often have been viewed as difficult to use and expensive to buy.
Read MoreInternal Grinding Spindle Listens To See
This company has taken the use of acoustical technology for grinding machines in a different direction. It has placed a wide frequency acoustic sensor directly into the high frequency spindle of an internal grinder.
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