Articles

Workforce Development 8 Feb 2013

Change What You Say About Engineering

National Engineers Week starts Feb. 17. To kick off the week, we need to take a look at how we describe engineering careers.

7 Feb 2013

Leveraging Technology for Manufacturing Traceability

A free white paper explains how RFID and barcode technologies can play a key role in developing an effective traceability program.

Vertical Machining Centers 6 Feb 2013

Replacing Broaching with Milling

Trochoidal milling is a toolpath technique generally applied to increase tool life or material removal rate in hard metals. Manufacturing solutions provider Iruba also relies on this approach to make a shaped milling tool effective.

Oil & Gas 5 Feb 2013

The Challenge in Capturing Liquid Smoke

Machining hard metals with straight-oil coolant can generate “liquid smoke” that can be difficult to capture. Here are some factors to consider when developing a mist collection system for this pesky machining byproduct.

Metalworking Fluids 5 Feb 2013

How to Capture Liquid Smoke

Liquid smoke is the most difficult byproduct of a wet machining operation to capture.

EDM 4 Feb 2013

Straight Talk about Cutting Steep Tapers with Wire EDM

The RoboCut C400iA and two sizes of the larger C600iA wire EDM machines from Methods Machine Tools enable unusually steep tapers to be cut with the wire EDM process by positioning the workpiece with a rotary-tilt table.

4 Feb 2013

Generation Growth Adds Mica Tool

Mica Tool & Manufacturing of Wisconsin is the latest machining business to be acquired by the Generation Growth Capital Fund.

1 Feb 2013

Vacuum Cleaning Systems for the Shop

Because different kinds of machining and manufacturing operations produce different kinds of chips, waste and debris, a shop should consider the right vacuum cleaning system for the task. An article from Vac-U-Max describes various types of vacuum cleaners and matches them with the cleanup chore for which they are most effective.