September 2002 Issue
September 2002
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Convenience Shopping At The Steel Store
When you need a large order of 01, A2, D2, S7, or some other grade of tool steel, you can get just about anything you need from one of the regional warehouses of this company, which claims to be the largest tool steel supplier in the world.
Read MoreAutomating Time Studies
This company has created a system that replaces the stopwatch and clipboard system of time study and the manual data transfer and analysis process.
Read MoreBoring Bar Adjusts In The Cut
Firms that do a lot of boring of gear boxes, valves, castings and other complex components on horizontal boring mills, floor-type boring mills and similar horizontal-spindle machines should be interested in Controlled Boring Bars and Contouring Heads.
Read MoreAutomating The Mold Shop
This shop produces dies and molds around the clock 7 days a week, yet most of the time no one is there.
Read MoreTurning The Downside Up
An Ohio shop uses inverted-spindle machines to improve production of a high-volume part.
Read MoreStringer Solution
To reduce cost while improving quality and reproducibility, Airbus UK decided to implement a fully automated process able to machine a stringer complete. The existing production facility was stripped to its steel framework and adapted for the new process.
Read MoreNew Borders For Swiss-Type Turning
The traditional niche may be too narrow. This shop uses sliding-headstock lathes for jobs that wouldn't normally be run on this type of machine.
Read MoreHigh Speed Machining Of Dies And Molds (Revisited)
A new machine may not be needed— just changes in the process.
Read MoreVolume III, Issue IX
Online Training Model Makes Strides Whether you're an owner, a manager or a shopfloor metalworking professional, you know that training is critical to keeping your business—and you—competitive. The advantages of a well-trained workforce or a strong foundation of solid metalworking skills and knowledge can often determine if you're successful or "not good enough.
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