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Aerospace 15 May 2002

Boosting Productivity For Turbine Engine Part Makers

Compared with common steel, the heat-resistant super alloys (HRSAs) and other hard metals used in jet engines and ground-based turbines require far longer cycle times per part. Advanced cutting inserts can boost machining throughput with these materials, but achieving these gains requires proper tooling selection and proper implementation.

Cutting Tools 15 May 2002

Pallet Adjusts To Different Tool Diameters

A tool-handling device developed for more efficient automated production of cutting tools may also be helpful for machine shops that have their own in-house area for tool regrinding or making custom tools.

Workholding 15 May 2002

Making The Most of Modular Fixturing

Modular fixturing makes sense for this manufacturer, whether it's machining one- or two-of-a-kind parts for its custom machine tools or larger quantities for its contract machining business.

1 May 2002

Jerked Into The Digital Age

Whether your company is a manufacturer with a product line or a job shop offering machining services, a Web site can be an important part of your marketing effort. Here is advice on making that Web site work more effectively for you. (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

1 May 2002

Getting Comfortable With E-Commerce

Security, privacy and payment methods are important issues (but no longer major concerns) when it comes to buying steel or making other transactions on the Internet. User testimony affirms that e-commerce is alive and well indeed. (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

1 May 2002

Learning Online

Internet-based training provides a new tool for metalworking managers looking to build the technical knowledge of their employees. (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

Workforce Development 1 May 2002

What Do Online Marketplaces Really Deliver To Job Shops?

Online custom manufacturing marketplaces really can deliver a stream of RFQs to metalworking job shops. The question is, how do job shops actually convert the opportunity into real business? (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

1 May 2002

Now It Gets Interesting

When it comes to the Internet, the metalworking industry is passing from an age of great invention into an age of vast underutilization.

1 May 2002

The Internet On The Shop Floor: Let's Keep It Safe

Use of the Internet on the shop floor brings many benefits, but they can be offset by concurrent security risks. (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

CAD/CAM 1 May 2002

Enabling Manufacturing's Future Without Limits

The Internet promises to put job shops and large manufacturers on a level playing field that extends around the world, but first they have to be able to exchange high level process models. (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

1 May 2002

Reshaping A Company Through Internet Technology

A critical shift in business strategy would have been impossible without innovative web solutions to document sharing. (2002 Guide To Metalworking On The Internet)

CAD/CAM 15 Apr 2002

The Right Start For A Fine Finish

Developers of CAM software have introduced many programming features for the initial removal of excess stock prior to finishing operations. By preparing the workpiece surface for more effective finishing, these roughing routines often determine how efficiently a CNC machining center can perform.

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