August 2001 Issue
August 2001
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
The Starting Point
Speed is just the first step. Using that speed effectively may require changes to your assumptions about machining.
Read MoreThe Efficiency Effect
Using machining centers that might otherwise mill electrodes, this Minnesota mold shop does its cutting directly in steel. The streamlined process has exceeded expectations and yielded a striking increase in sales.
Read MoreUsing CAM To Unlock Your Turning Machine's Potential
Armed with multiple spindles, multiple turrets, C-axis control and powered tooling capable of moving in the Y axis, production turning machines today are powerhouses of productivity.
Read MoreProcessing The Process
The high speed horizontal machining centers in this manufacturing cell represent a very efficient process for machining cast iron transmission cases. How the crew runs and maintains this cell represents a very efficient process for making this cell ever more productive and cost effective.
Read MoreGetting The Time Out Of Titanium
For Boeing engineers successful at high speed machining of aluminum, the next step is to mill faster in a more constraining metal.
Read MorePrescription For Success
For an Ontario mold shop, higher cutting speeds meet the challenge of producing optical-quality surfaces.
Read MoreVolume II, Issue VIII
RFQ Review Request For Quote (RFQ) sites are generating more interest around machining shops and plants these days. For the uninitiated, RFQ sites allow “buyers” of services to post work online, prospective “suppliers” to review and “quote” on those jobs, and the buyers to then award jobs to one or more of the participants.
Read MoreStandard Jobs Beyond Standard Speed
This job shop is defining the role of extremely high spindle speed in variable-volume, variable-part-number production.
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