Basics
Additive Manufacturing Teaches Designers New Tricks
Considering what is required to design additive parts can illuminate the value of understanding all manufacturing processes, including subtractive ones.
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Tips for Thread Milling Tricky Materials
Compared to tapping, thread-milling technology offers advantages for creating threads in challenging materials, such as tool steel, stainless steel and high-temperature alloys. Here are a few tips for establishing an effective thread-milling process in those materials.
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Buying a Lathe: Spindles and Tailstocks
A key consideration when buying a new turning machine involves its spindle. Here’s an overview of what you need to know.
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The Modular Multi-Gage Concept
Modular, multi-gage measuring devices work with a wide range of workpieces and and are ideal for short-run production in which flexibility and change-over are key.
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Developing Shopfloor Talent: Why "Vocational" Is Not a Dirty Word in Europe
Employing apprentices is a smart move because they can be trained to develop exactly the skills and knowledge your company wants them to have. But how do you find these apprentices and why does this concept work better in some countries than in others? A closer look at the German system and the Grob Group’s approach to training, which has replicated its Germany apprenticeship approach in the United States, reveals some insights.
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How to Transition to Five-Axis Machining Based on Your Existing Machining Software
What often still scares many people about five-axis machining is the part programming, but systems have evolved to be much easier to use. Here’s how to implement five-axis based on your current machining software.
Read MoreWhy IMTS is Indispensable to Job Shops
Read testimonials from machine shop leaders on why they attend IMTS and how it has successfully impacted their businesses
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How to Simplify Your Tooling Inventory with Indexable Slitting
Narrowest indexable slitting line available eliminates the need for regrinding and also reduces the number of required setups, thus simplifying your tooling inventory.
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Understanding Circle-Segment Milling Tools
The circle-segment cutter represents a class of milling tool in which the CAM software is key for using the tool effectively. Cutting profiles presented at the proper angles realize cycle-time reductions in contoured workpieces such as molds. A CAM company engineer discusses the role of this tooling.
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How to Make More Money with Vertical Machining Centers
If you’re a job shop, you buy machines to make money, and chances are you’re using VMCs. The machine you buy, and how you deploy it, has everything to do with how profitable your shop will be.
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