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Optimal Milling Strategy For Entering Material From The Side
These animations show why an arc in the same direction as tool rotation is effective. The strategy is relevant for entering material from the edge, as well as for pocketing.
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Video: 56-Percent Productivity Increase By Reducing Chatter
The video compares a milling pass that chatters to one that is stable. Because the stable speed permits greater depth of cut, productivity increases.
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Video: Finish-Milling Titanium With A 20-Flute End Mill
A tool with many flutes can be effective for achieving a productive metal removal rate in titanium, where speed and chip load are constrained. See how quickly the chips accumulate in this video.
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Side Turn-Milling Of A Massive Crankshaft
This video footage showing the machining of a massive crankshaft suggests some of the possibilities of turn-milling. Not all shops realize possibilities such as this even on their own smaller-scale turn-mill equipment.
WatchManufacturing’s Strength Is Stability
An aspect of the Detroit automakers’ predicament actually illustrates manufacturing’s value.
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Complementary Technologies Make MQL More Accessible
An add-on system for minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) combines an external pump with repeatable control over nozzle position.
Read MoreA Fresh Start
This plant hired an entirely new workforce. Your shop might find an even better way forward.
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Getting New Business with Big Machines
These shops saved themselves from dependence on the declining automotive sector thanks in part to their commitment to large-scale machining capacity.
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Replacing Turning with Grinding
This compressor maker’s custom impeller profiles used to present a sticky machining problem. Now, the parts no longer need the wax that turning used to require.
Read MoreThe Connection Between Labor and Lean
Lean manufacturing is about identifying and optimizing variables that affect cost and time. This same systemization can make the process easier to staff.
Read MoreCommentary: Competition For The “State” Of Manufacturing? Have At It!
State incentives account for a large share of the success of U.S. manufacturing exports. This is good, as long as states are giving the incentives. “Tennessee: love it or leave it” is an easier motto to obey.
Read MoreThe Like-New Generation
The machining trade can be a counter-cultural, counter-career choice for someone who has already tried a different vocation.
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