May 1996 Issue
May 1996
Features
Featured articles from the May 1996 issue of Modern Machine Shop
Five Key Concepts Of Modular, Quick-Change Tooling
A tooling system consisting of interchangeable cutting units and standardized locking units has a lot to offer users of CNC machines, whether for turning, milling, or both on a turn mill. These guidelines will help you think clearly about how modular, quick-change tooling can benefit your shop.
Read MoreLow Cost Machine - High Efficiency Machining
This captive machine shop gets extremely high utilization of their vertical machining centers through clever workholding and handling procedures.
Read MoreThe "As If" Age
Virtual, as in virtual reality or virtual enterprise, means "as if" or "seems to be. " Virtual reality, for example, means creating experiences that "seem to be" very real.
Read MoreThread Rolling Heads Keeps The Wheels Of Racing Turning
During an auto race, where fractions of a second mean the difference between winning and losing, nobody wants to stop and examine the thread quality of a wheel stud. Yet wheel stud threads are extremely important, especially when you consider that the driver's safety and millions of dollars are at stake.
Read MoreJob Shop Grows With Punch Press Technology
GP Precision, a New Jersey-based precision sheet metal fabricator, was founded in 1966 to serve the prototype market of the electronics industry. Their original shop in Morris Plains, New Jersey, was expanded three times before they moved to Hackettstown in 1985.
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Don't Discount Feel
Theory For The Rest Of Us
