June 2003 Issue
June 2003
Features
Featured articles from the June 2003 issue of Modern Machine Shop
Dressing Well: The Key To Grinding Quality
Because the nature of the interface between wheel and workpiece largely defines grinding quality and efficiency, it's essential to maintain optimum conditions within this critical zone. Therein lies the key to sustaining grinding as a competitive process.
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Heavy-Duty Hole Making
A modular drilling and boring system has changed this oilfield product manufacturer's holemaking operations.
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Hardinge Resumes Production of Bridgeport Milling Machine
Hardinge’s rapid re-introduction of the Bridgeport milling machine may well become a textbook case history of how the principles of lean manufacturing can be applied. It is also a striking example of effective project management.
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Fit The Strategy, Not The Job
This shop faced two big challenges—keeping an important job from going overseas and positioning itself for future growth. Simultaneous five-axis machining helped the shop meet both challenges simultaneously.
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The Hole Business
It's generally acknowledged that making holes is by far the most common metalworking operation. So how does a shop find a way to carve a niche for itself applying such a common process as hole making? This Ohio job shop has managed.Â
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Deep Thinking
A job shop that specializes in gundrilling points out the special requirements of machining deep holes.
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Questions, Questions...
Micrometer Accuracy: Drunken Threads And Slip-Sticks
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Standard Work Procedures
CAM Software Market Declines For Third Straight Year
