September 2012 Issue
September 2012
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Tapping Oil Field Parts
Emuge’s Rekord DZBF taps promote the uninterrupted flow of chips out of the cutting zone to protect oil field components during hole-threading operations.
Read MoreWatch and Learn
These videos share ideas that might be relevant to the challenges your shop is facing.
Read MoreCombining Skiving and Burnishing for Cylinder Bores
Machines engineered specifically to perform skiving and roller burnishing operations deliver precise roundness tolerances and quality surface finishes.
Read MoreMT Connect: Two Shops Share Their Experience
For two shops in northern Indiana, using MTConnect for machine monitoring was just the start. Both shops are now ready to implement other promising applications.
Read MoreShop's Success Turns on Swiss-type Technology
During the past few decades, the Swiss-type lathe has evolved from a niche product to a go-to platform for done-in-one production of small precision parts. This shop has evolved right along with it.
Read MoreLean from the Beginning
How would you design a new plant if you could begin today? Rolls-Royce Crosspointe is a major manufacturing site that was planned from the outset with the expectation that continuous improvement would always be part of its culture.
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