Articles

Toyoda Hosts ToyoTech 2015

Machine demonstrations, educational sessions and a collegial atmosphere encouraged attendees to mingle and discuss challenges, often finding new approaches to their particular applications.

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Made in Elk Grove Expo is Next Week

The municipality-hosted trade show is October 12. One highlight is a matchmaking session introducing small manufacturers to potential OEM customers.

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A View of Castle Precision

A correspondent fresh to machining and manufacturing visits a sophisticated machined parts supplier in the UK.

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Changes for DMG MORI in the USA

DMG MORI has announced important changes in how it goes to market here by transitioning to a direct service and sales model for the United States. The company is also evolving its leadership in the states.

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SNK America Innovates, Educates

Guests witnessed the world premiere of two machining centers, saw live demonstrations on a variety of workpieces and materials, and attended educational sessions by industry leaders.

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Titan Season 2

The reality TV show about a machining job shop is about to start a new season. But in a way, the show itself is part of a new season for its creator, Titan Gilroy, because the show came about only after some failure and success in his life had both come to an end. I see lessons in both the way he produces the show and the journey that preceded TV.

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Turn/Mill

Punching Above Your Weight

A multitasking machine enabled this small shop to bid competitively against larger operations by eliminating setups and reducing cycle times, but it first had to learn what jobs work best using turn-mill equipment.

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Basics

A Practical Approach to Milling Titanium

When the right cutting tool, toolholder, cutter paths and machining parameters are applied intelligently, a shop may have more capability to mill titanium effectively than it recognizes.

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Toolholders

Testing Measures Impact of Toolholder Interface Rigidity

Though Big-Plus and HSK share superficial similarities, they differ fundamentally in how they clamp the holder--a difference with important implications.

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Fineblanking Picks Up Speed

A fineblanking press from Feintool Technologies promises to bring the benefits of fineblanking to a wider range of small components.

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Basics

When One? When Two?

East Branch Engineering often uses live-tool turning centers to complete complex parts in one setup. However, it also leverages a flexible and reconfigurable “mini-cell” strategy to enable a single operator to tend two machines at once, essentially gaining “free” machining time by overlapping operations.

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Cutting Tools

Calculating Presetter Payback

A cost payback calculator enables you to determine how quickly an offline tool presetter will pay for itself.

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