August 2003 Issue
August 2003
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Understanding Surface Location Error
Change your speed by a few hundred rpm and the tool’s effective cutting radius may change.
Read MoreSweet, Sweet Spot
For this aerospace job shop, harmonizing key aspects of each high speed machining process creates a "sweet spot" where productivity jumps. Harmonizing other key aspects of shop operations also creates a "sweet spot" that helps the company capitalize on this jump in machining productivity.
Read MoreLending A Hand To The Handbook
A software calculator offers speed, feed and depth of cut values that recognize the distinctive characteristics of a high speed cut.
Read MoreHigh Speed Machining = Automation
Strategic use of labor, not the speed itself, is the point of HSM.
Read MoreForging A New Strategy
A manufacturer of automotive parts successfully adopts high speed machining to improve the production of tooling for its forging operations.
Read MoreMicro Milling At 1/2 Million RPM
Researchers aim to develop a spindle that accounts for the differences between macro and micro machining.
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