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The New Rules of Cutting Tools — Rule #3: Diamond Shouldn't Be Rare

Consider PCD or CBN wherever capacity is tight.

The New Rules of Cutting Tools — Rule #4: Focus on the Biggest Expense

Labor and machine time are where the real costs occur. The tool cost is tiny compared to the savings it delivers in these areas.

Turning The Tough Stuff

One of this aerospace shop’s many specialties is producing ring-shaped parts that are thin-walled, complex, tightly toleranced and made of difficult-to-machine materials such as Inconel, titanium or high-temperature alloys. Turning jet engine parts doesn’t get much tougher than this.

The New Rules of Cutting Tools — Rule #5: Consider the Cutting Tool at the Start

Are you specifying the right machine? You can’t know until you know what tools you will use.

SolidWorks Supports Manufacturing Career Education

 SolidWorks Corporation, a supplier of 3D CAD technology, is partnering with the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation (FMAF) to support summer manufacturing camps and student scholarships that promote careers in manufacturing. The company will donate 150 day-limited licenses of its Student Design

A Thread With Timely Advice

 The forums on www.mmsonline.com allow those in the metalworking community (i.e. you) to lurk, leave opinions and launch new threads within any of 16 industry- and technology-focused areas. There is one thread in our Shop Management forum, in particular, that I feel effectively demonstrates the purpose of providing

Ahaus Donates Equipment To Training Program

 Ahaus Tool & Engineering has purchased two new Haas machines for its Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lab, an apprenticeship program developed via a partnership with the Ivy Tech Community College in Richmond, Indiana. The company's Rick and Kevin Ahaus and Jeff Sheridan were recognized for the gift at a rece

ATI Hosts Open House, Training Seminar

 ATI Industrial Automation, a manufacturer of ATCs, multi-axis force/torque sensing systems, robotic deburring tools, robotic collision sensors and other products, will host its second annual open house and training seminar August 21 at its Detroit, Michigan sales office. The open house is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5

Swiss Machine Training Offered at IMTS

 MasterTask Training Systems will introduce its "Mastering CNC Swiss - Online" course at IMTS 2008 in booth A-8040. Attendees can select from Citizen, Star or Tsugami lathes as well as bar loaders from LNS, Citizen or Iemca. The course is designed to provide instructions in both basic CNC machining as well as proce

Training Course Simulates CNC Machining