November 2002 Issue
November 2002
Features
Featured articles from the November 2002 issue of Modern Machine Shop
Clamping Difficult Workpieces With Ice
What does a shop do with a workpiece that needs machining but can't be toe-clamped, bolted, chucked or held in a conventional vise? Securely holding many so called exotic materials - ceramics, carbides, glass, and other brittle blanks - is a challenge. The Ice Vice may offer a solution.
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Getting To Know Knowledge-Based Machining
The term refers to different levels of automation that CAM software developers are building into their NC programming software.
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Today's Students—Tomorrow's High Quality Workforce
Allow me to share portions of my vision of the future of our country and our industry. This vision includes the critical role that today's students and their dedicated instructors play in making all our businesses profitable and productive in the future.
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Tight Tolerances And Trial Runs
This contract shop is committed to difficult jobs. The shop often takes on a job without knowing how the part will be made.
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An Intelligent Fixturing System
Have you ever wished for a workholding system that could (1) pick any of a family of parts from an assembly line, (2) identify it, (3) automatically fixture it, and (4) present it precisely oriented to a machine tool for machining or assembly?
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Surface Texture From Ra to Rz
A Primer On Lean Manufacturing Techniques
Reader Insurance Analysis Results
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Isolation Or Competitiveness?
Depression In The Workplace
