October 1999 Issue

October 1999

Capital Equipment Financing For The Small Shop

A key to the success of any metalworking enterprise is its ability to successfully match an application with a process that can manufacture the part. Likewise, financing new or used capital equipment necessitates partnering with a lender who understands that the business of manufacturing is as much art as science.

Features

Featured articles from the October 1999 issue of Modern Machine Shop

Milling Tools 15 Oct 1999

Tooling Tips For High Productivity Milling

Today's machining centers feature higher spindle speeds and feed rates, but if you want to push this capability to the limit, there are some tooling considerations that must be addressed.

Turning Tools 15 Oct 1999

New Treatment Extends Tool Life

Heat is the major enemy of the cutting tool. Tool life is a measure of how long an individual edge can effectively hold up to the temperatures and pressures that are generated in the cutting zone.

Measurement 15 Oct 1999

Better Math Makes Scanning Stronger

Evaluating the suitability of a CMM for an application traditionally revolves around determining measurement uncertainty relative to the workpiece size and required tolerances. Generally the CMM should be 10 times more accurate than the tolerance it will verify. But what is the best method of acquiring the data?

Vertical Machining Centers 15 Oct 1999

All-Digital Upgrade Starts At The Low End

An all-digital control package will soon be standard on many machining center models from Cincinnati Machine (Cincinnati, Ohio). For now, the technology is standard on the "Arrow" line of vertical machining centers. Cincinnati didn't begin the upgrade with its high-end machines, but instead with its lowest-cost VMC family.

Five-Axis 15 Oct 1999

Five-Axis Machining For The Masses

Control technology continues to make five-axis machining easier to use. Many special considerations - particularly qualified tools for pivoting-spindle machines - are no longer essential to the process.