January 2001 Issue

January 2001

When You Need Really Accurate Bores

When bore specifications move beyond the capability of more traditional cutting operations, shops look to honing as the next step in the finish and accuracy continuum. Here you'll find a process that, in some applications, produces better results than honing can.

Features

Featured articles from the January 2001 issue of Modern Machine Shop

Turning Tools 15 Jan 2001

Coating Improvements For Steel Turning

Relationships between coatings and substrate materials are keys to the performance of cemented carbide inserts.

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Jan 2001

Maximum 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.

CNC & Machine Controls 15 Jan 2001

Improving 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.

Laser & Waterjet 15 Jan 2001

Waterjet 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.