March 2001 Issue

March 2001

Toolholders Fuel Setup Time Reduction

This Indiana shop has been a precision automotive parts supplier to Honda America since it began operations in 1988. Among its precision machined products are fuel intake manifolds for Honda Civics, Accords and V6 sport utility vehicles. IPT produces 4,000 of these manifolds in a 24-hour workday, die casts these manifolds and does all finish machining and testing in-house.

Features

Featured articles from the March 2001 issue of Modern Machine Shop

Measurement 15 Mar 2001

Putting Measurement In The Loop

A precision moldmaker aims to boost production and quality by automating metrology.

Cutting Tools 15 Mar 2001

Wringing Extra Life From Inserts

Throwing away worn carbide inserts? Then you may be interested in a service that not only resharpens those inserts for added use, but also guarantees that the reclaimed inserts will perform at least as well as brand new ones.

Inspection and Measurement 15 Mar 2001

Gage Improves Thread Inspection

When Superbolt, Inc., had requests from more and more of its customers to inspect its threads to System 23 (MIL-S-8879A-23) specifications, this producer of Stud/Bolt Tensioners realized it needed to find a new method to control the quality of the company threads.

Milling Tools 15 Mar 2001

Bringing Cryogenics In From The Cold

There are numerous cases of significantly improved performance from steel and carbide cutting tools that have undergone cryogenic (deep freeze) treatment. But wide use of the process seems to suffer from a perceived lack of scientific underpinnings.

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Mar 2001

Bridgeport Machine Goes To Market On The Internet With Special Series 1 Milling

A small shopfloor network lays the groundwork for large-scale, low-cost DNC throughout a major manufacturing facility.

Horizontal Machining Centers 1 Mar 2001

What Shops Want In Machining Centers

This study summarizes a few of the findings in a newly released report on CNC machining center buyers. The 233-page report focuses on the perceptions and priorities of this group

Shop Management Software 15 Mar 2001

Overriding The Skills Shortage

With experienced operators in short supply, this shop developed a software solution to compensate.

Inspection and Measurement 15 Mar 2001

Winning Seal Maker's Approval With Surface Measurement

One shop is using this important tool to bring its processes under tight control.

1 Mar 2001

All For One, And One For All!

In a scene from the recent movie “The Gladiator,” a former Roman general finds himself in the Colosseum with a small band of men armed with swords and shields who are about to be sacrificed in a re-enactment of the Battle of Carthage. The general tells his comrades, “I don’t know what’s about to happen, but I know we’ll be better off if we face it together than if we try to fight alone.