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How To Succeed At Failure
Your cutting tool’s failure mode may be telling you what to change about the process. Not every failure mode is the same, and one mode is preferable to all the others.
Read MoreThe Me In Media
If you flip through this magazine from time to time, then I am a part of the media from your perspective. I don’t feel like “the media,” but I can’t deny that it’s true; I am a part of the communication deluge that presses through every corner of your 21st-century life.
Read MoreCell Realizes Multilevel Savings
A three-tier flexible cell let this plant bring its build-to-order strategy to low-quantity parts. The cell realizes savings in terms of time, labor cost and responsiveness.
Read MoreMilling On A Grinding Machine
A grinding machine is not a machining center, but it can sometimes take on milling and drilling (or even turning) to make the overall process more efficient.
Read MoreRethinking Redundancy
Series production is a more economical choice today, says this supplier of machining systems. Machining technology is now reliable enough that parallel production may represent a costly level of excess in high-volume production.
Read MoreCustom Program Instead Of A Custom Fixture
This software rewrites a posted NC file to adapt the program to the location and orientation of the part, potentially eliminating the need for complex fixturing.
Read MoreAn Inside View Of Outside Advice
Earlier this year, I wrote a column about a pattern I had observed. Personnel from various shops had expressed the distrust they feel toward equipment and tooling suppliers that emphasize their metalworking expertise.
Read MoreThe In-Cycle Enabler
To achieve 144 hours per week of in-cycle time on its machining centers, this plant relies on software that offers a clear, colorful, real-time view of where the time losses are occurring.
Read MoreCylinder Head Porting On A Turn/Mill Machine
This complex milling operation is performed effectively on a machine that does turning.
Read MoreWhat Is In a Word?
Moving dirt to suit the needs of construction and development is a challenge as old as civilization. Moving molecules and microscopic components is a challenge that is years or decades old.
Read MoreComing: Stable Milling Speeds Determined In The Office
A utility available online may be the starting point toward software that can predict optimal spindle speeds outside the shop, without the user having to test or measure every tooling combination.
Read MoreMotor Type Vs. Machine Design
On a machining center, the choice of ballscrews or linear motors may not be as important as where the motors apply their force.
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