Articles
The Shift to Horizontal Machining Centers Gathers Steam
Metalworking companies, especially job shops, continue to invest more heavily in HMCs. This trend points to the inherent capability and flexibility of these machines for producing complex, high-value workpieces.
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Machining in a Measured Future
Today’s most exclusive work serves as a proving ground for the coming era of more stringent specifications, less paper and more comprehensive quality control in general.
Read MoreThe Move to Data-Driven Manufacturing Is a Positive Transformation
It will not be easy, but the transformation will be manageable and rewarding. The first step is machine monitoring.
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Top Shops Profile: MRS Machining
MRS Machining was 2017’s Top Shops Honors Program winner in the category of human resources.
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Vortex Tubes Put a Cool Spin on Dry Machining
This technology offers an alternative to traditional liquid coolants by providing a clean stream of air as cold as -30°F to cool cutters and workpieces during machining.
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Laser Lathes Consolidate Medical Manufacturing
Laser cutting and welding capability can make Swiss-type lathes an ideal complement to equipment that hasn’t traditionally shared space with production machinery.
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DMG MORI Presents Davis Technology Days
Attendees saw the U.S. premier of two five-axis machining centers. They also saw vertical machining centers and the company’s advanced machine tool factory.
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Machined Parts Supplier Musts and Plusses
A retired vice president of manufacturing for an oil and gas drilling equipment OEM describes the traits he looked for in potential new machining vendors as he worked to bolster the company’s supply chain.
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A Vertical Bridge Mill Provides Big Opportunities
Seeing your company as a boring-mill shop is a problem when only 20 percent of your jobs are actually boring-mill related. It’s also a problem to have the space and potential to produce large parts when you only win 6 to 14 percent of the large-part jobs you quote.
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When Buying a Five-Axis Machine, Bigger Isn't Always Better
For trunnion-type five-axis machine tools, workpiece size will have an impact on what size machine you should buy.
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The Value of Double-Checking Your Programs
Using simulation software to validate CNC programs for large, expensive precision parts helped one manufacturer reach a delicate balance of speed and accuracy.
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An End Mill Designed to Control Chatter
This end mill design enables it to vibrate at the same frequency as the workpiece, preventing vibration from turning into chatter.
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