May 2003 Issue
May 2003
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Prototyping Productivity
A manufacturer of hermetic compressors proves out a new strategy based on multi-process machining.
Read MoreWireless Technology Enhances Data Collection
Wireless devices allow shop personnel to communicate with the Internet and other computer networks without being physically attached by cables. This freedom makes shopfloor data collection more efficient.
Read MoreOptimize Your Web Site-For Manufacturing
Optimization is a term commonly used to describe modifications and maintenance that result in improved performance or higher search engine ranking. Similarly, there are unique features that manufacturing-based Web sites can focus on to optimize their marketing effectiveness in serving today's research-minded manufacturing prospects.
Read MoreDrilling Dry With A Heat Pipe
It's widely known that hole making is, by a significant margin, the most frequently performed process among metalworking operations. It's also among the most difficult operations to control from a thermal perspective.
Read MoreConnecting Your Legacy CNC Machine Tool To The Internet
It's a great idea with lots of promise, but the technical difficulties with existing CNC units are easy to underestimate in a climate of unrealistic enthusiasm. Two insiders share their opinions about the subject.
Read MoreThe Measure Of Success
For this small job shop, measuring and controlling everything are the keys to lean—very lean—manufacturing. Yet its management style is surprisingly open and trusting.
Read More