June 1998 Issue

June 1998

New Level In Knowledge-Based CAM

The CAM system is a repository of manufacturing process knowledge that, once it recognizes workpiece geometry as meeting a predefined set of conditions, can automatically generate both process plan and tool paths with little or no operator input at all.

Features

Featured articles from the June 1998 issue of Modern Machine Shop

Holemaking 15 Jun 1998

Big Boring On Smaller Machines

This modular boring system lets you bore holes up to eight inches in diameter on machining centers with 40-taper spindles.

Holemaking 15 Jun 1998

The Fast Track To High Speed Drilling

Drill more productively by making a few strategic changes to the process. Those same changes may also let you drill dry.

15 Jun 1998

High Speed Machining In The Mix

Can shops have machining centers versatile enough to handle both high speed and conventional cutting? Yes, but with some qualifications. And contrary to what you may be hearing, mechanical qualities may be the most important factors of all.

15 Jun 1998

Additive Solves EDM Surface Finish Problem

This new process utilizes a semi-conductive powder mixed into the dielectric fluid and produces superior surface finishes in significantly shorter time. It achieves a uniform surface finish over larger workpiece areas, reducing polishing times and associated direct labor.

Basics 1 Jun 1998

How to Correct for Cosine Error

A small shopfloor network lays the groundwork for large-scale, low-cost DNC throughout a major manufacturing facility.

15 Jun 1998

A New Idea In High Speed Chucking

This new high speed chuck can achieve 10,000 rpm with no loss in gripping force without the use of a conventional counterweight system.

Workforce Development 15 Jun 1998

Do-It-Yourself Training

Training and recruitment of good manufacturing people is like the weather, in that everyone talks about it. But unlike our ability to influence the weather, there are things a shop can do about training and recruitment. This story describes one shop's innovative and successful approach to this vexing problem.