October 2000 Issue

October 2000

Plunge Roughing Right Now

This mold shop makes plunge roughing work using the kind of machine and the kind of tooling it’s been using all along. In other words, this shop achieved a faster metal removal rate just by changing direction.

Features

Featured articles from the October 2000 issue of Modern Machine Shop

Workholding 15 Oct 2000

Quick Action Vises

Vises are the workhorses of workholding. With innovations like the Plumb multi-flex CNC, the ubiquitous vise will continue to evolve as a useful tool for metalworking shops.

Milling Tools 15 Oct 2000

Insert Has Built-In Wear Sensor

Kyocera's Sensor Tool turns the insert into its own breakage detection system.

Cutting Tools 15 Oct 2000

Where Dry Milling Makes Sense

Liquid coolant offers advantages unrelated to temperature. Forced air is the fluid of choice in this shop...but even so, conventional coolant can't be eliminated entirely.

Five-Axis 15 Oct 2000

A New Twist On Five-Axis Machining

Cincinnati Machine and DS Technologie Gmbh (DST) announced a strategic alliance through which machine tools, service and support from both companies will be offered to the aerospace industry in North and South America through Cincinnati Machine.

CAD/CAM 15 Oct 2000

For World's Biggest Statue, CAD/CAM Plays A Crucial Role

The line of CAD/CAM products offered by Delcam (Windsor, Ontario) will play a crucial role in the production of a 500-foot statue of religious figure Maitreya in Bodh Gaya, India. The ambitious, international-scale undertaking is called the Maitreya Project. The hope and goal of this project is for the completed statue to serve as a destination for pilgrims and tourists from around the world.