February 2003 Issue
February 2003
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
When Two Spindles Are Better Than One
Machining centers with multiple spindles offer a compromise between flexibility and productivity. Different machine designs use the multiple spindles in different ways.
Read MoreCup Wheel Superfinishing
The accuracy of ordinary grinding operations depends on proper fixturing as well as the accuracy of the grinding wheel's position relative to the part. When free-cutting cup wheels are used, however, the tool dresses itself and wears in conformance with the contours of the part.
Read MoreMoving To Lean Manufacturing
Machining cells have replaced transfer lines as part of a $100-million-plus modernization program to machine drivetrain parts more efficiently and more cost effectively.
Read MoreHarnessing The Quality Engine
Honeywell’s Phoenix aerospace plant uses a dedicated CMM to ensure quality and reduce costs in a high-volume manufacturing cell.
Read MoreProcess Pioneers
There is something different about the molds this shop builds. This puts EDM in a whole new light. These molds are not designed to produce plastic parts, like the typical injection mold. Rather, these molds produce parts in metals such as stainless steel and other alloys.
Read MoreSmall Possibilities
These shop founders focused on what they knew rather than what they had heard about economic conditions when they established their business in October 2000. Their knowledge included the conviction that wire EDM could become the shop’s primary machining process.
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