Articles
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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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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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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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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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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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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Grinding Spiral Bevel Gears
Deep in the heart of Texas, there’s a company making high-quality spiral bevel gears by grinding them straight from a blank, and using a process known as closed-loop machining.
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Talent Shortage: Advice from a Human Resources Expert
The shortage of potential employees in manufacturing is a serious challenge that merits a serious response. An employment consultant describes how manufacturing businesses should think differently about talent and recruiting.
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Removing Burrs Can Be a Blast
Having trouble deburring the inner passages of a solid metal part? Read about how one company found the solution in Thermal Energy Machining (TEM), and is having a blast in the process.
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Lessons in Grinding
A two-day event at United Grinding’s headquarters highlighted a range of new grinding strategies and approaches for many of today’s challenging applications.
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