February 2015 Issue
February 2015
Features
Featured articles from the February 2015 issue of Modern Machine Shop
Getting in Touch with Optimal EDM Results
Makino’s Hyper i control for wire EDM uses touchscreen navigation in its user interface, which helps a basic user to match the productivity and capability of an experienced operator.
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Cashing in Your Chips
By installing a new chip processing and coolant filtration system, this aerospace manufacturer raised the value of its scrap, slashed new coolant costs and mitigated its environmental impact, shielding itself against potential fluid disposal liabilities.
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A Hollow-Access Unit for Wire EDM
By simultaneously rotating and tilting the workpiece, this rotary tilt/turn hollow-access device from Hirschmann enables the EDM wire to cut complex openings that may have different paths at the top and bottom of the opening.
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A Manufacturing Road Map
This hydraulic system producer describes why and how it implemented an ERP solution.
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Making it in Medical
Here are the challenges that modern medical machine shops face and how they have helped shape this shop in particular.
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The Foundry's Way Forward
An established supplier of short-run castings just opened and staffed a new, fully equipped, in-house CNC machine shop. Taking ownership of machining will improve the company’s range of services to customers as well as its quality control.
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Machining Complex Shapes
Planning a Continuous Improvement Event
Big Air Gage Capabilities for Small Holes
Business Succession
The Mechanics of Things
