Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief

3 Jan 2002

A Few Words

“Utilize” is just plain bad.

Basics 1 Dec 2001

The Privilege Of Adding Value Why work in machining?

Shop owners and managers occasionally address this question for young people thinking of entering the metalworking field. And from time to time, those owners and managers may ask themselves the same question.

Shop Management Software 15 Nov 2001

Overcoming Overflow

Making the best use of limited resources helped this shop bounce back from a flood. Now the shop's most important process-improvement tool is the software it bought to manage the flow of information.

15 Nov 2001

Subscription Pricing For DNC

With this new DNC product, users no longer have to pay an up-front cost for the hardware and software. Instead, they pay only an annual fee-in essence a subscription to DNC.

1 Nov 2001

Safeguarding Joy

Searching for a silver lining seems sacrilegious. That lining can't justify so many dead.

Die/Mold 15 Oct 2001

Pushbutton Die Making

High speed milling let this automotive forging company reverse a decades-old practice and bring die making back in house.

CNC & Machine Controls 15 Oct 2001

Curve Interpolation For Less

When the CNC executes the program faster, a higher feed rate becomes possible. Precisely this benefit has compelled many mold makers in particular to inquire about NURBS.

CAD/CAM 15 Oct 2001

A Better Process For Bases And Plates

In a mold shop, the model of the customer's part gets used in two parallel processes. One of these is core and cavity machining, in which CAM software generates complex tool paths to let CNC machining cut the shape of the part in metal.

1 Oct 2001

The Ideal Climate Keeps Industry Safe

What is truly frightening about global warming is not the prospect of temperatures rising, but the zeal with which so many seem ready to beat down human industry in response to a hypothetical idea. 1.

1 Sep 2001

The Loop

Closed-loop control over the complete process is here. Then again, it’s been here all along.

High-Speed Machining 1 Aug 2001

The Starting Point

Speed is just the first step. Using that speed effectively may require changes to your assumptions about machining.

1 Aug 2001

The Story So Far

When the time came to begin thinking about what to include in our latest special issue on high speed machining, I imagined an introductory article titled something like "High Speed Machining Comes of Age. " What was a relatively new idea several years ago is now much more widely known.