Articles

How Dowding Machines Big Parts

What is it like to machine a really big workpiece?

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Machining—There’s an App for That

Move over Texas Instruments.

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Milling Tools

Tool Line Complements Titanium, Stainless Techniques

A notable trend over the past five years or so has been the evolution of techniques for machining hard, difficult-to-cut materials, particularly titanium and stainless steel.

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Holemaking

Missed it by That Much

Check out this video showing large-scale boring of a huge prop housing.

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O Kansas!

I confess to being secretly glad to discover Kansas playing the leadership role described in this article.

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From Image to Implant

Demo shows custom implant made on commodity-level machine.

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Faster, Ever Faster…

  If your shop bought faster machine tools recently, there is good news.

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The Many Ways Ford Benefits from MQL

Clean machining using minimum quantity lubrication has allowed Ford’s Van Dyke transmission plant to become fundamentally more efficient and effective at manufacturing six-speed automatic transmissions.

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Automotive

Automotive Machining in Motion

A number of videos showing innovative ways to manufacture automotive components has recently been added to MMS Online. Read about the technologies here and then click to see them in action.

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Taking Spindle Health Seriously

Minimizing machine downtime became all the more important as this shop began targeting higher-production automotive work. To that end, it is in the early stages of implementing predictive spindle monitoring technology to head off problems that could take out key machines for extended periods of time.

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This Golf Ball Mold is Really Cool

Producing this golf ball mold (left) involved both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes working together in an integrated fashion.

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There’s Value in Probing on Turn-Mills

Part probing isn’t performed as often on turn-mills as it is on conventional machine tools, WFL says.

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