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Machines Have Back Stories
Here is a trend I’ve noticed during the last year: Machine tools increasingly have back stories.
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Titanium Capacity Where You Wouldn’t Expect It
Now that the Boeing 787 has had its first flight, the demand for titanium machining seems set to increase.
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Which of These Tools is More Stable?
The photo shows two combinations of tool and toolholder that are used in the same machine.
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High Speed Machining 2.0
We just launched a revised and expanded version of our High Speed Machining Zone.
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More Efficient Turbine Blade Milling
Video shows a multitasking machine milling a turbine blade in a cycle that few machining centers could replicate.
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Job Shop for Work that Can’t Be Jobbed Out
An assortment of parts produced at the Warner Robins shop Some of the more interesting job shops we find are not technically “job shops” at all.
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Video: High Speed Milling—900 ipm
Demonstation illustrates the kind of metal removal rate that is possible in aluminum at dynamically stable speeds.
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High Speed Machining's Origin Moment
An important episode for high speed machining illustrates one of the most underappreciated aspects of the value of manufacturing.
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Modern Machine Shop Blog Goes Live
Our audience is changing—seeking information across a growing range of media.
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Dial Down or Dial Up?
Vibration analysis may be the machining center’s missing piece. If you haven’t performed this analysis on your high speed machine, you probably don’t know what the machine can do.
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The Promise of "High Cube" Machining
Tool paths and a new tool design provide an alternative to high speed machining for achieving high metal removal rates in hard metals on lighter-duty machines.
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Video: Milling Inconel 718 Efficiently Without a Heavy Machine
This video of machining Inconel at a fast metal removal rate shows the effect of constant-engagement-angle milling.
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