October 1997 Issue
October 1997
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Interpolating Curves
The ability to import complex curves into CNCs promises to let shops finally get beyond old limitations imposed by contouring with linear interpolation. Faster and smoother cutting will be the result.
Read MoreNew Cutter Gives Better Mold And Die Finishes
New Cutter Gives Better Mold And Die Finishes.
Read MoreNew CAM Technology Links Knowledge And Solid Modeling
Some CAM developers are beginning to integrate the power of solid modeling with intelligent manufacturing applications that "know" how shops want to machine their parts.
Read MoreNew Software Helps Manage Entire Shop
This new venture combines the resources of existing waterjet machining companies across the United States, acting as a single agent through which their services are marketed.
Read MoreLow-Pressure Spraying Coolant System Keeps Prototype Shop Out Of The Fog
Imagine a machine, with parts your shop helped to manufacture, traveling on a one-way trip for millions of miles, to land and gather information on another planet. Now, imagine your coolant ruining all that.
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