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MMS Blog
Widening Range Of Grooving Tools
Traditionally, a grooving tool grooves, a facing tool faces and, of course, special tools do special cuts. Improved insert manufacturing technology and toolholder design is changing this tradition, allowing specialized tooling to be used more generically in a wider variety of metalcutting applications.
Read MoreIf It Ain't Broke...Fix It Anyway
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. " Unfortunately, this cliche may not work in today's highly competitive environment.
Read MorePut Coordinate Metrology On The Shop Floor
Integrating CMMs with the machining process employs the power of accurate dimensional data to provide true process control.
Read MoreNew Measuring System Performs Continuous Radial Scanning
The typical coordinate measuring machine (CMM) resembles a multi-axis traveling bridge-type vertical machining center. Indeed, the movements of the measuring probe look very much like a cutting tool in motion as it follows a tool path. Of course, the CMM doesn't make any chips. For prismatic workpieces, the conventional configuration of the CMM and the machine tool is logical and effective.
Read MoreSizing Up The Future
This shop installed a bigger CMM to meet its current needs, but the software that came with it has the shop ready for what lies ahead.
Read MoreConsider Closing The Loop
Looking for a way to reduce process variability, speed setup, simplify your operation? Automatic measurement and machine compensation (Closed Loop Machining) may be something to consider. Here's a shop where it's making a difference.
Read MoreHigh-Speed, Five-Axis Machining--Japanese-Style
This Japanese five-axis aerospace shop believes that high speed machining is their future. Here's why, and some of what they've learned so far.
Read MoreCommunicating With The Machine Tool
If you continue to operate a bankrupt company in the same manner, you will continue to be bankrupt. This was the primary thought of Steve Brown before he acquired a failed stretch forming company in Gardena, California. Mr. Brown was President of Camarillo Dynamics, an aerospace machining company.
Read MoreOzone Provides Solution To Bacteria In Coolants
Bacterial growth in metalworking fluids eventually leads to machine downtime. Furthermore, shop owners and plant managers see an increased cost of purchasing replacement fluids and the disposal of spent fluids.
Read MoreSurface Finish: A Machinist's Tool. A Design Necessity.
Simple "roughness" measurements remain useful in the increasingly stringent world of surface finish specifications. Here's a look at why surface measurement is important and how to use sophisticated portable gages to perform inspections on the shop floor.
Read MoreFour Types Of Five-Axis Machining Centers
Different machines offer different approaches to rotary travel, and each design has its own strengths. Here's how they compare.
Read MoreRobots Join EDM and Graphite Mill for Fast Mold Production
An EDM plus a robot makes a dynamic duo. A graphite mill plus a robot makes another. Put them all together in one shop and you have a radical new way to speed mold production.
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