January 2000 Issue

January 2000

Meeting Rotating Part Specs Focuses Machine Shop On Quality Inspection

It's axiomatic in the metalworking industry that for quality production, a measuring gage has to be ten times more accurate than the part it measures.

Features

Featured articles from the January 2000 issue of Modern Machine Shop

Grinding 15 Jan 2000

The Right Tool, Right Away

In-house custom tool grinding extends the reach of CNC machining.

Grinding 25 Oct 2005

Jig Grinding On A Machining Center

Roughing and finishing on a single machine, using a single setup, has appeal for most shops. The advantages in time savings and accuracy are obvious. Eliminating the transport of workpieces between machines, as well as the setup for those secondary operations, is a boon for throughput. Critical features that need to maintain dimensional relationships can be much more reliably produced if machined complete in one clamping.

Cutting Tools 15 Jan 2000

A Shop Preset For Productivity

The tool presetters at this shop are interfaced to its computerized tool inventory system as well as linked to the machine tools for direct downloading of offset data. Digital image processing at the presetters is the key.

3 Jan 2000

Volume I, Issue 1

Did You Make It? Barring a cataclysmic, Y2K-related-end-of-the-world event, you're probably reading this column right where you normally do: in the shop. And, since you're reading this column—just maybe—your computer still works.

Measurement 3 Jan 2000

Going To The Extremes

When most of us think about measurement environments, what generally comes to mind are pleasant laboratories with temperatures controlled to 68°F/20°C—plus or minus a degree or two. Or in the worst case, we picture a gaging shop with swings of temperature between 65° and 90° F.

Turning Machines 15 Jan 2000

Better Parts, Better Process

For most of us, a hobby is what we do outside work. Not so for this New York shop. With the application of multi-process machine tools, a successful metalworking business has grown from a love of radio-controlled race cars.

15 Jan 2000

What's New In Turret Punch Press Tooling

Fabrication shops are continuously pressured with demands for better delivery, improved quality and tighter tolerances. Tooling plays a major role in accommodating these market-driven demands. Here's how one major supplier is approaching the tooling needs of sheet metal shops.