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How “Nano-Onions” Help Improve Cutting Performance
Nano-scale carbon structures blended with this company’s coolant is said to provide increased tool life and overall cutting performance.
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Video: Installing a Right Angle Head on a Toolchanger
This video steps you through the process for installing a standard right-angle head on a machine’s tool changer.
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Automation Onward
Numerous factors suggest that machine-tending robots will soon be much more commonplace in U.S. shops.
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What Is Arbitrary Speed Threading?
This CNC function enables an operator to control chatter when repairing threads on components such as oilfield pipes.
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Video: Linear Motor Machine Milling Small Pins
Watch a vertical machining center with linear motors on the X and Y axes machine 25-mm-long pins with 0.5-mm diameters.
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Why Oilfield Parts Producers Consider Retrofits
There are a number of reasons why shops serving the oilfield industry see value in upgrading existing machine tools with a new control package.
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Feature article ideas come from a variety of sources. Here are a few.
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Video: Cap Screws Not Required
An article with video highlights the quick-change advantages of a dovetail vise jaw interface.
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Hydraulic or Pneumatic Actuation for Collet Blocks?
Collet-style workholding devices like collet blocks offer a number of benefits, but which actuating method is most appropriate for you?
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Finishing Fillets
Consider these finish-machining techniques that can enable you to maximize material removal rates prior to completing accurate, tight-radii fillets.
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A Fiber Laser Cutter for Job Shops
Trumpf says its BrightLine fiber laser-cutting technology enables its TruLaser Series 5000 fiber laser cutting machines to be just as effective processing thick materials as they are cutting thin sheet metal.
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When to Waterjet, When to Mill
A composite parts manufacturer in Nebraska recently installed a combined five-axis waterjet/milling machine to position itself to win large-scale aerospace work it sees on the horizon.
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