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A Tool Turret Tailored For The Task (Of Multitasking)
When Hardinge Inc. (Elmira, New York) designed its new "flagship" line of multitasking CNC turning centers, it paid particular attention to the turret tooling top plate.
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From Out Of The Lab
Disruptive technology's purpose is to disrupt the way machining is done. This article includes some of the developments to come out of the Machining Technology Laboratory (MTL), an R&D initiative dedicated to finding innovations in metalworking processes.
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Workholding That Holds Off Chatter
Clamping fixtures can be part of the problem when chatter occurs in a high speed machining process. Researchers have now discovered that clamping fixtures can also be part of the solution. A supplier of integrated tooling systems has developed palletized workholding that uses a viscoelastic layer to absorb vibrational energy, thus reducing the tendency for a machining process to cause chatter. The benefits of this technology are improved surface finish, lower cutting forces and longer tool life.
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Expanding The Expanding Mandrel's Usefulness
This expanding mandrel is designed to locate and hold thin-walled parts on the ID to avoid distortion during precision machining. It can also be used to hold heavy parts with large bores for heavy machining operations.
Read MoreLet's Get Fired Up
Helldoom the Bloodslurper, a set of lower teeth, a finger ring shaped like a skull and a curvy appliance handle—these were some of the objects arrayed on the countertop as part of a display at a recent trade show. The odd assortment had three things in common, the most important being a powerful appeal to the imagination.
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Cutting With A 0.001-Inch End Mill
JPL’s Space Instrument Shop does this routinely, but it takes some special equipment and some unusual procedures. Above all, it takes patience.
Read MoreEyes Of The Beholder
When I visited the Space Instrument Shop for the article Cutting With A 0. 001-Inch End Mill, I had the opportunity to look through the same microscopes that the guys there used all the time.
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Engineering The Toolholder Assembly Process
This assembly and mounting device for V-flange toolholders is designed to make it easier and safer to put toolholders, collets and cutting tools together. The device allows the toolholder to be clamped securely and rotated so that both ends of the assembly are accessible to the user in a comfortable position.
Read MoreOrganic Is Best
Spreading and growing naturally—for fruits and vegetables, that’s the essence of organic gardening. Improvements can spread and grow naturally on the shop floor, too.
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Always In The Learning Mode
Finding what works is both a guiding principle and a driving force for this machine tool builder.
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Relieving Bottlenecks At The Measurement Station
Throughput is as much an issue in measurement as it is in machining. Likewise, multipart setups can improve measurement throughput in much the same way they contribute to machining throughput. A special part fixture used in conjunction with an automated contour and surface-roughness measuring system allows four workpieces to be checked one after the other, with no operator intervention.
Read MoreA Wire Shop's Outlook
What does a wire EDM shop look like in 2007? What does a wire EDM shop look for in 2007? I called Milt Thomas, president and founder of Wire Cut Company, Inc. , in Buena Park, California, to find out.
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