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One Way To Select A Vertical Machining Center
The 'perfect' machine is one that best matches your needs. Knowing what you need is the key.
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Stepping Into Solids Machining
Moving from pure surfacing to hybrid solid-and-surface modeling was much easier than this pattern shop ever thought it would be.
Read MoreChatter Control In A Box
This company learned how chatter control may be attained through an analyzer that 'listens' to an unstable cut, and isolates the distinct frequencies in this sound in relation to the number of cutting edges on the tool, and the analyzer then calculates the optimum speeds for smooth cutting in that particular operation.
Read MoreAccelerating To Higher Speeds
At this year's biennial gathering of the Spanish machine tool industry, the atmosphere is upbeat and optimistic. Here's a report on what we saw in Bilbao.
Read MoreShop Automates Small Diameter Machines
'Processes, not prayers' is a slogan at Starro Precision, a screw machine shop that's taking off like a rocket fueled by tightly focused growth and strategic planning. The use of appropriate technology, including automated bar feed systems, helps maximize resources.
Read MoreIt's Not Just Technology That Matters
No doubt about it, when it comes to the broad world of CAD/CAM, the CAD side always seems to get the glory. For one thing, the CAD market is much larger than CAM, and that's not going to change anytime soon.
Read MoreNew Level In Knowledge-Based CAM
The CAM system is a repository of manufacturing process knowledge that, once it recognizes workpiece geometry as meeting a predefined set of conditions, can automatically generate both process plan and tool paths with little or no operator input at all.
Read MoreBig Boring On Smaller Machines
This modular boring system lets you bore holes up to eight inches in diameter on machining centers with 40-taper spindles.
Read MoreHigh Speed Machining In The Mix
Can shops have machining centers versatile enough to handle both high speed and conventional cutting? Yes, but with some qualifications. And contrary to what you may be hearing, mechanical qualities may be the most important factors of all.
Read MoreAdditive Solves EDM Surface Finish Problem
This new process utilizes a semi-conductive powder mixed into the dielectric fluid and produces superior surface finishes in significantly shorter time. It achieves a uniform surface finish over larger workpiece areas, reducing polishing times and associated direct labor.
Read MoreA New Idea In High Speed Chucking
This new high speed chuck can achieve 10,000 rpm with no loss in gripping force without the use of a conventional counterweight system.
Read MoreDo-It-Yourself Training
Training and recruitment of good manufacturing people is like the weather, in that everyone talks about it. But unlike our ability to influence the weather, there are things a shop can do about training and recruitment. This story describes one shop's innovative and successful approach to this vexing problem.
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