Peter Zelinski Former Editor-in-Chief
Eliminating Tool Pullout in Titanium Milling
Toolholder employs a secondary locking system to counter the high axial cutting forces encountered during the development of a tool for high-metal-removal-rate milling of titanium.
Read MoreThe Esteem Incentive
Does your shop’s culture encourage knowledge sharing among employees?
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Presetting Becomes Prevalent
Next Intent implemented presetting and shrink-fit toolholding when it bought a five-axis machining center, but it has since seen these resources deliver value to machining centers throughout the shop.
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Slideshow: Vibration Isolators
An aerospace shop shows further examples of complex machined parts used to mitigate vibration.
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Laser Encoder Feedback for 40-Meter Wing Parts
Large machine travels, long machining cycles and changing aircraft manufacturing precision demands necessitated a non-contact approach to machine-tool position feedback.
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Aerospace Manufacturer’s Connection to “Gravity”
A shop that manufactured a special cordless drill successfully used by NASA to service the Hubble Space Telescope saw that tool used again in the recent movie "Gravity."
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Beginning Guide to Metals
A machining business gave young people visiting the shop a set of blocks made from various metals to help them understand the work of manufacturing, and the knowledge of materials that manufacturers put to use.
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Experiences with ERP
Job shops reach a point in their growth when they need to face the issue of information management. Here are links to 10 shops’ experiences with enterprise resource planning software.
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The Case for VTLs
The vertical lathe configuration offers advantages that go beyond large-part machining.
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Video: Wisconsin Governor Visits Cardinal Manufacturing
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently toured Cardinal Manufacturing, the Eleva-Strum High School manufacturing program that operates as a commercial manufacturing business.
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The Million-Dollar Job
A shop specializing in large parts describes the most expensive single order it ever shipped.
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New Users Are Adopting Simulation Software
Even though the market for NC simulation software is mature, that doesn’t mean that new users cannot adopt it. In fact, one CGTech representative lists four reasons why shops that had never considered simulation software before are now opting for it.
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