February 2012 Issue
February 2012
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Mist Collector Design Fundamentals
Consider design differences when determining what style of mist collector is best for a given application.
Read MoreAdvancing Manufacturing, Tomorrow and Today
A drilling solution improves the production of a component that is critical for correcting spinal disorders. Meanwhile, an apprenticeship program ensures that improvements like this one can continue into the future.
Read MoreWaterjet Pumps: a Third Way
Any manufacturer in the market for a new waterjet will be faced early on with a critical choice: whether to invest in a direct-drive or intensifier pump. Techni Waterjet offers a third option designed to combine the advantages of both.
Read MoreAn Alternate Micromachining Process for Composites
This process combines sandblasting and photolithography to enable fast machining of multiple, accurate features into composites.
Read MoreWire EDM with a Twist
Wire EDM units that swivel a horizontally guided electrode wire in a CNC-controlled E axis give this shop the workpiece clearance and flexibility to produce complex, high-precision PCD-tipped cutting tools.
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