January 2001 Issue
January 2001
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Coating Improvements For Steel Turning
Relationships between coatings and substrate materials are keys to the performance of cemented carbide inserts.
Read MoreMaximum Aluminum: Optimizing Metal Removal Rate in Aluminum with a High Speed Spindle
Speed changes the rules. To maximize metal removal rate with a high speed spindle, follow some fundamental tooling considerations and mill at just the right rpm.
Read MoreImproving Productivity With Calibration
Shop managers have understood the benefits of volumetric calibration and compensation of machine tools for a while, but the technique rarely has been used because it has been too expensive and too complicated.
Read MoreWaterjet Cutting Without Abrasives
Soon, industrial users of waterjet metalcutting may be able to cut sheet metal, composites and other materials without abrasives -- or at least with much less abrasive than they're accustomed to using.
Read MoreOn-Demand Inspection Programs
This new software takes the programming of inspection routines, and the overhead that goes with along with it, out of the shop.
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