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High Speed Machining ... Without The Speed
Axial chip thinning is often associated with high speed machining, but this shop uses the same effect to increase metal removal rate with a standard-size end mill run on a moderate-speed machine.
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The Case For Hydrostatic Ways
Moving on oil can let a grinding machine deliver more power along a smoother pass.
Read MoreThe Great Unknown
Where do you turn for guidance? Not just for the big decisions, but also for the medium-size ones. Recently, I discovered a shop that chose not to buy a new machine tool in the face of commercial pressures that would have been enough to lead other shops to buy the new machine.
Read MoreThe Observer Effect
Problems often are not all that difficult to solve. The most fundamental requirement is just to know what the problem is.
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Lean Manufacturing For The Job Shop
Lean practices are not just for predictable production. Here are the common-sense ways this low-volume job shop has implemented a leaner process.
Read MoreYou Are Not Selling Just A Mold
High-end manufacturers know the frustration of watching customers base buying decisions on price. Pursuing low price has sent companies searching the globe for suppliers, and some have been disappointed in the result.
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Creep-feed Grinding Is A Milling Process
Because creep-feed grinding is essentially a milling process, why not use a VMC? A grinding machine supplier describes how a VMC platform can make creep-feed grinding more effective.
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Macro Economics
Instead of NC programs that are dedicated to particular parts and machines, this plant now uses macro programs that react to geometric variations across broad part families. The plant wrote these macros itself, and the return on this investment has been dramatically greater productivity.
Read MoreEven More Than Sculpture
Machining is different from other types of manufacturing. It’s a subtractive process.
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High Speed Machining Without The Fast Spindle
Relying on axial chip thinning lets a larger-diameter tool realize some of the benefits of high speed machining even if the machine's spindle speed is low.
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Atomic-Level Engineering For Greater Tool Life
Manipulating the direction of aluminum oxide crystals produces a cutting tool coating that is harder, and also cuts cooler.
Read MoreLet Assembly Be The Inspection
This shop realized single-setup machining on a multitasking turning center, but there was still more efficiency to be found. When all of the part's machining had been consolidated, the shop realized that assembly operations could be performed at the same station as well.
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