Author: various

Published: January 2007 1st Monday

Staying Sharp January 2007

Author: Alan Richter

Published: January 2006 1st Sunday

Blended Technology, screw machining, screw machine, milling, Montague Tool, Milan Screw Products

Author: various

Published: January 2006 1st Sunday

Staying Sharp January 2006

Author: various

Published: May 2006 1st Monday

Staying Sharp May 2006

Author: Alan Richter

Published: May 2006 1st Monday

A die shop that couldn't find cutting tools 'good enough' for its high-speed machining applications perfected its own design.

Author: various

Published: July 2006 1st Saturday

Staying Sharp July 2006

Author: Tony Kusnerik

Published: July 2006 1st Saturday

Effective problem solving is the key to boosting profits.

Author: various

Published: August 2006 1st Tuesday

Staying Sharp August 2006

Author: house

Published: August 2006 1st Tuesday

The fourth biennial CTE salary survey shows how much 'green' workers harvest.

Author: Bill Kennedy

Published: September 2006 1st Friday

With the Big Three automakers facing hard times, transplants offer U.S. suppliers opportunities, challenges and a new way of doing business.

Author: Daniel Margolis

Published: September 2006 1st Friday

Getting the most out of a modular drawer storage system.

Author: T. Green

Published: January 2005 1st Saturday

Environmental responsibility and operational profitability don't have to be mutually exclusive with a proactive environmental management program.

Author: various

Published: January 2005 1st Saturday

Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time, Get with the Program, Machinists' Corner

Author: Alan Richter

Published: February 2005 1st Tuesday

Considerations when deciding to run hard-balanced or balanceable toolholders.

Author: Dave Gehman

Published: February 2005 1st Tuesday

Metal injection molding is growing--and so is the need for tooling.

Author: Susan Woods

Published: February 2005 1st Tuesday

Vegetable oil-based metalworking fluids can provide better performance and environmental results than mineral oil-based fluids.

Author: various

Published: March 2005 1st Tuesday

Mike Principato's Manager's Desk, Back to Basics on Rotary Tables, Part Time, Get with the Program, Blueprint Puzzle, Michael Deren's Machinists' Corner

Author: Gregory Farnum

Published: March 2005 1st Tuesday

Forward-looking moldmaking shops are taking on tool repair as one way to survive the onslaught of foreign competition.

Author: various

Published: April 2005 1st Friday

Mike Principato's Manager's Desk, Back to Basics on Electrodes for EDMing, Talking Points, Ask The Grinding Doc

Author: David Gehman

Published: May 2005 1st Sunday

Some of the factors to consider when looking into machining medical parts.

Author: n/a

Author: Alan Richter, Editor

Published: June 2005 1st Wednesday

Pick-and-place robots boost productivity and, say experts, may save U.S. shops.

Author: n/a

Author: Bill Kennedy

Published: July 2005 1st Friday

A machine shop has stayed competitive by incorporating cellular manufacturing methods.

Author: Charles Russell

Published: July 2005 1st Friday

Using on-machine inspection to check part quality can reduce lead times.

Author: n/a

Author: n/a

Author: Bill Kennedy

Published: September 2005 1st Thursday

By diversifying its customer base, an automotive machine shop found new marketsfor its services.

Author: n/a

Author: Alan Richter & Amy Wallis McLain

Published: January 2004 1st Thursday

CTE's first cost-justification and planned-expenditures survey reveals what metalcutting companies intend to buy in 2004 and why.

Author: Susan Woods

Published: March 2004 1st Monday

A look inside an aerospace parts supplier that specializes in military parts.

Author: Bill Kennedy

Published: February 2004 1st Sunday

Proper edge preparation improves tool performance.

Author: Steve Pixley

Published: March 2004 1st Monday

Carousel-based, automated tool-dispensing machines can cut costs for midsize companies.

Author: Greg Landgraf

Published: May 2004 1st Saturday

In the past, tool resharpening got a bit of a bum rap: It was better, perhaps, than throwing the tools away, but the resharpened tools weren't likely to achieve the same longevity as new ones. Today, resharpened tools can often achieve the same lifespan as new ones, and resharpeners can improve their customers' tool usage in other ways as well.

Author: Robert A. Erickson

Published: May 2004 1st Saturday

Multistation, modular tooling for mill/turn machines speeds the cut-to-cut tool-change time while reducing tooling costs.

Author: David Novak

Published: June 2004 1st Tuesday

A comparison of two processes for brazing PCBN onto carbide.

Author: Michael Endres

Published: June 2004 1st Tuesday

Considerations when purchasing a parts-cleaning system.

Author: Gregory Farnum

Published: June 2004 1st Tuesday

Pros and cons of monoblock tooling.

Author: Amy Wallis McLain

Published: August 2004 1st Sunday

CTE's third biennial salary survey tracks workers' worth.

Author: Alan Richter

Published: July 2004 1st Thursday

Selecting and making the most of an angle head when other tooling can't get the job done.

Author: Susan Woods

Published: October 2004 1st Friday

There is more to recoating cutting tools than meets the eye.

Author: various

Published: October 2004 1st Friday

Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time and Ask The Grinding Doc from October 2004.

Author: various

Published: December 2004 1st Wednesday

Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time, Talking Points, Get With the Program, Machinists' Corner

Author: Dennis Myers

Published: February 2003 1st Saturday

It may be penny-wise to refurbish PCD cutting tools, but it also may be productivity-foolish.

Author: David J. Povich

Published: June 2003 1st Sunday

The pros and cons of purchasing standard, application-specific and custom cutters.

Author: Agnes Shanley

Published: June 2003 1st Sunday

Lower-cost, more-compact mist-collection systems target atomized pArticles from high-speed cutting operations.

Author: Alan Richter

Published: August 2003 1st Friday

Tool monitoring saves money by preventing tool breakage and reducing scrap.

Author: Bill Kennedy

Published: September 2003 1st Monday

Tool manufacturers respond to automakers' cost-reduction demands.

Author: Dave Moon

Published: September 2003 1st Monday

Manufacturer/supplier partnerships lead to improved metalworking processes.

Author: Bill Kennedy

Published: September 2003 1st Monday

Multitool holders reduce lathe cycle times.

Author: Charles M. Boyles, CPE

Published: January 2002 1st Tuesday

Managing the machining of medical parts includes tracking cutting fluids.

Author: Don Strubler

Published: January 2002 1st Tuesday

What you need to know about reconditioning carbide drills.

Author: Kip Hanson

Published: March 2002 1st Friday

Initiative aims to help smaller aerospace manufacturers.

Author: Ron VanGeison

Published: April 2002 1st Monday

Offsetting the effects of a downsized toolroom staff.

Author: Charles M. Boyles, CPE

Published: April 2002 1st Monday

Cryogenics: Sound science or snake oil?

Author: Steven A. Batzer, Ph.D.

Published: April 2002 1st Monday

Understanding the heat-treat process.

Author: Bill Kennedy

Published: July 2002 1st Monday

Distributor specializes in helping customers cut hard-to-machine materials.

Author: Alan Richter, Tim Krohn

Published: August 2002 1st Thursday

CTE's second biennial salary survey

Author: Alan Richter

Published: December 2002 1st Sunday

How to safely and effectively machine beryllium (Be).

Author: M. Chris Osment

Published: December 2002 1st Sunday

Metalcutting shops must focus primarily on four OSHA regulations to avoid penalties.

Author: Bill Bryson

Published: January 2001 1st Monday

An expert on heat treating write about the advantages and disadvantages of available approaches and systems: stainless steel foil, atmospherically controlled furnaces, pressure-quench vacuum furnaces and two-zone vacuum furnaces. There's also a sidebar on cryogenic treatment of metals.

Author: CTE staff

Published: February 2001 1st Thursday

A new drill point geometry developed by a tool and cutter grinder. The through-coolant drill is ground in such a way that a hollowed out chamber on the face of the tip retains coolant in the cutting zone while hydraulic forces that are created push fluid to the cutting edge.

Author: Alan Richter

Published: February 2001 1st Thursday

Meadville, Pa., and the area surrounding the city are home to approximately 150 precision tooling and machine shops. The article explains why this city of 14,000 is such a hotbed of precision machining and entrepreneurship.

Author: Clare Goldsberry

Published: March 2001 1st Thursday

Moldmakers represent a challenging niche market for the cutting tool industry.

Author: Mike Principato

Published: April 2001 1st Sunday

Former job shop finds success manufacturing custom gears with "impossible" lead times.

Author: Mike Principato

Published: September 2001 1st Saturday

Job shop owners offer advice on getting started in the business.

Author: Leo Goss

Published: December 2001 1st Saturday

Getting control of labor costs can increase a job shop's profits by 15 to 30 percent.

Author: Kip Hanson

Published: January 2000 1st Saturday

Article discusses the disadvantages of carrying too many grades of carbide inserts. Often, using a less-than-optimal grade can save a machine shop money.

Author: Derek Phillips

Published: February 2000 1st Tuesday

Dry milling and turning grow in popularity day by day, but dry drilling is another matter. Because of the nature of drilling, it's more difficult to perform this operation without coolant. Still, progress is being made, thanks to research and more sophisticated coatings.

Author: Dennis Esford

Published: February 2000 1st Tuesday

A detailed description of a combination drill that machines six different hole diameters. Used on a dedicated drilling machine that drills cast iron cylinder heads, it was developed over a number of years. The six-in-one tool is made of HSS and has carbide inserts.

Author: Peter Fretty

Published: February 2000 1st Tuesday

Most people know that using the right grade of insert can improve productivity dramatically. Few know that the proper grade is also important when utilizing round tools. The author examines the different types of carbide grades available for round tools.

Author: Don Graham

Published: March 2000 1st Wednesday

As the government publishes ever-stricter regulations for metalworking fluids, more shops try dry machining. The author examines the cost benefits of machining dry and looks at the various types of tool materials designed to enhance dry-machining applications.

Author: Lisa Mitoraj

Published: March 2000 1st Wednesday

Tool management software is designed to help users of cutting tools get more control of their toolcribs. The article describes the types of tool management software available, the savings possible by utilizing software and includes comments from shop owners who've installed these systems.

Author: Derek Phillips

Published: April 2000 1st Saturday

Switching from a brazed-tip trepanning tool to an indexable-insert tool reduced downtime for a manufacturer of cast iron cylinder heads by 45 minutes. And, incredibly, the price-per-piece dropped so much that the company could save $690,000 annually.

Author: n/a

Author: Mark Richardson

Published: April 2000 1st Saturday

People in the aerospace industry expect a lot from reamers. The author, an engineer who works for a manufacturer of aerospace components, discusses strategies for job shops interested in developing a precision reaming program.

Author: Michael Gugger

Published: April 2000 1st Saturday

Tool chatter is one of the biggest obstacles to effective machining that job shops face. The author discusses the sources of chatter and offers suggestions for minimizing it.

Author: Alan Richter

Published: May 2000 1st Monday

A conversation with Lee Iacocca, chief spokesman and a member of the board of directors of The Online Asset Exchange (onlineassetexchange.com), a service for buyers and sellers of machine tools. Iacocca also is involved with a company that produces electric bicycles. The former president of Ford Motor Co. and of Chrysler Corp. was at WESTEC 2000, where he met with CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING to discuss manufacturing’s role in the economy, his perceptions of the machine tool industry and business-to-business e-commerce.

Author: Timothy McKeever

Published: June 2000 1st Thursday

One company instituted a comprehensive plan for reducing setup times and saw its average setup time drop from 252 minutes to 39 minutes. The plan involves everything from standardizing tooling to consolidating raw materials to creating families of parts. The author outlines a step-by-step program that readers can apply to their metalworking setup operations.

Author: Dennis Esford

Published: December 1999 1st Wednesday

The manufacturer of the most widely used fire-hose nozzle has continually upgraded its processes and equipment to meet its customers’ needs. This article outlines the market forces and changes to its nozzle design that have driven the company to maintain a state-of-the-art shop.

Author: Derek Phillips

Published: December 1999 1st Wednesday

Advanced tool grinding machines are making it possible for even small shops to regrind complicated tool geometries in-house. This article explores the cost and time factors that must be considered before a shop decides whether it will regrind tools in-house or outsource the work.

Author: Aaron Alvarez

Published: December 1999 1st Wednesday

When facemilling with an indexable-insert tool, the axial and radial rake angles of the inserts can have a significant impact on performance. This article reviews the basics of rake angles and their effect on tool life, cutter effectiveness and metal-removal rates.

Author: Dennis Esford

Published: October 1999 1st Friday

This article relates how three shops used creative ideas to solve difficult boring problems. One shop built a custom tool to bore deep holes. Another used a combination of standard tools to bore an interrupted cut. And a third achieved tight tolerances with an assortment of plastic sleeves and plugs.

Author: Michael Gugger

Published: October 1999 1st Friday

A project engineer recounts his experiences planning for, installing and setting up a new CNC vertical milling center. Among the issues he explores are the questions that must be answered before the machine arrives, selecting or designing tools and fixtures for the new machine and preparing workers for the change.

Author: Brent Chandler

Published: September 1999 1st Wednesday

An organized toolcrib is necessary to ensure that tools will be available when needed. This article reviews the techniques and equipment different shops have used to keep track of their tools.

Author: Dennis Esford

Published: September 1999 1st Wednesday

Toolmakers are constantly introducing advancements to improve the metalcutting process. This article examines trends in five key areas where toolmakers are concentrating their research and development efforts.

Author: Michael Baczkowski

Published: August 1999 1st Sunday

This article describes how one aerospace manufacturer boosted production capacity by partnering with a supplier, which began machining parts formerly made in-house. The article tells how the manufacturer shared its processes and manufacturing expertise with the supplier in order to ensure that quality and productivity were maintained.

Author: Kip Hanson

Published: June 1999 1st Tuesday

This article reviews the basics of coordinate systems and machine programming as a basis for presetting tools. The process for setting tool offsets is described with an explanation of the G-codes involved. In an accompanying article, the author tells how his company built its own presetter.

Author: Tory Gallier

Published: June 1999 1st Tuesday

This article describes reconditioning tools through hand honing, a process that can help a tool produce 20 percent more parts. In explaining the art of hand honing, the author reviews the hone materials and honing techniques to be used.

Author: Brent Chandler

Published: June 1999 1st Tuesday

A tool design supervisor makes a case for cautious machining. This article explains how, by extending tool life, less aggressive speeds and feeds can lead to greater economy than a shortened cycle time will yield. Tips for monitoring and recording tool data are also given.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: April 1999 1st Thursday

Insert manufacturers have devised color-coding schemes to help users select the right tool for the job. This article explores the thinking behind these schemes and the toolmakers' efforts to design tools for the specific applications defined in their selection systems.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: March 1999 1st Monday

By changing the nose radius of their finish-turning inserts, toolmakers are producing wiper inserts that allow machinists to turn workpieces at increased feed rates. This article explains the theory behind this innovation and describes the specific wiper-style geometries employed by three manufacturers.

Author: Sumanth Kumar, Brian Hoffler

Published: March 1999 1st Monday

Computer simulations of the cutting process can help tool designers predict the effects of tool-geometry changes. This article describes how one manufacturer is using the most recent advances in computer modeling to reduce the need for producing and testing prototype inserts. An accompanying article describes a commercially available simulation program.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: December 1998 1st Tuesday

Using his students as researchers, an industrial-arts teacher sets up an experiment to test claims being made for tool resharpening using cubic boron nitride wheels. The experiment taught the students how to keep a log of tool conditions, use and sharpenings as they gathered data for their study.

Author: Paul Cohen, Dennis Kamody

Published: October 1998 1st Thursday

A new cryogenic tool treatment subjects tools to minus-320-degree temperatures by immersing them in a bath of liquid nitrogen. This article details the procedure and offers test results from the laboratory and the field that show how the treatment can extend tool life.

Author: Austin Weber

Published: August 1998 1st Saturday

This article reports the results of a survey of shop owners. The survey found the executives worried about finding and retaining help and customers and keeping up with technology. It’s not all gloom and doom, however. The survey also found respondents upbeat about their business and the economy in general.

Author: Austin Weber

Published: August 1998 1st Saturday

This report of a Cutting Tool Engineering survey charts the shift in the way shops are purchasing tools. As the survey’s findings indicate, an increasing number of tools are being bought directly from manufacturers and many shops are narrowing down the number of tool suppliers they do business with.

Author: Robert Eade

Published: August 1998 1st Saturday

Representatives of management, labor and the government are working together to arrive at a workable regulation to reduce shop-floor exposure to metalworking fluid mist. This article reviews the debate and looks at ways shops can reduce their own workers' exposure.

Author: Steve Batzer, John Sutherland

Published: June 1998 1st Monday

With safety and health precautions driving up the cost of using metalworking fluids, many shops are attempting to machine dry. This article looks at the reasons why a shop might want to eliminate coolants and the effects this decision will have on part quality and tool performance.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: June 1998 1st Monday

This article looks at the close partnership forged between a toolmaker and a machine tool manufacturer. The alliance requires the two to share detailed information about proposed products as well as the customers each is working with. Such cooperation has made it possible to develop several new products and processes.

Author: Austin Weber

Published: June 1998 1st Monday

Business insurance represents a costly but necessary investment for any shop. This article presents the findings of a Cutting Tool Engineering survey of the liability insurance purchasing habits of readers. The article also offers some guidelines for insurance shopping.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: April 1998 1st Wednesday

With the introduction of high-speed milling, tool balancing has become increasingly important. This article describes a system that can balance tools while they are mounted in the machine tool’s spindle and rotating.

Author: Christoph Zoller

Published: April 1998 1st Wednesday

This article explains how state-of-the-art tool presetting-and-measuring machines can reduce a shop’s tool setup time while increasing precision. The article also describes how the additional functions of these high-end units can turn them into sophisticated tool-management systems.

Author: Bernard North

Published: April 1998 1st Wednesday

Tantalum and Niobium are important components in the composition of carbide tools. They are also among the most expensive. This article explores how recent trends in metalcutting and tool usage will effect the supply of these two components.

Author: Christopher Wilkins

Published: April 1998 1st Wednesday

Centralized mineral filtration for wire-EDM dielectric fluid can remove contaminants down to the 1-micron level and dispose of them in an environmentally responsible way. This article describes the mineral filtration process and compares it to the other common filtration methods.

Author: Karl Katbi

Published: March 1998 1st Sunday

This article makes the argument that an insert is really a system made up of a combination of factors. The focus of the article is on one of these factors: the top-form geometry, which has evolved from the chipbreaker designs used primarily on turning inserts. The roles these geometries play and the selection process for choosing the right geometry are explained.

Author: Tim Malone

Published: March 1998 1st Sunday

The growing use of difficult-to-machine materials has driven the metalcutting industry to high-performance tools. This article reviews the trends that are behind most cutting tool research today, and it looks at the state-of-the art results of that research.

Author: Nancy Narbut, Tom Stafford, John Tartaglione

Published: December 1997 1st Monday

For applications that call for heavy stock removal and large areas of contact between the part and wheel, shops mount segmented grinding wheels in their vertical-spindle surface grinders. This article discusses the difference between grinding with segmented abrasives and grinding with standard wheels. Among the topics it covers are abrasive selection and performance testing.

Author: William Sluhan

Published: December 1997 1st Monday

This article reviews the causes of skin irritation suffered by some shop workers, with special attention paid to skin conditions that result from poorly maintained metalcutting fluids. The article also discusses the factors that can aggravate skin problems and suggests ways that workers can protect themselves from skin irritants.

Author: Dennis Myers

Published: December 1997 1st Monday

This article warns against the dangers in recent manufacturing supply trends. According to the author, both outsourcing and integrated-supply programs can have seriously detrimental effects on productivity and innovation. In this article, he explains the reasoning behind his views.

Author: William Cleveland

Published: October 1997 1st Wednesday

This article traces the changes in countersink design and materials that have been made to satisfy the demands of the aerospace industry. The advantages and disadvantages of different types of modern countersinks are discussed.

Author: Phillip Craig

Published: August 1997 1st Friday

Many end users would like to see carbide tool standards that would ensure consistent quality in tools from shipment to shipment or between manufacturers. Today's C and ISO designations do not provide this assurance, according to this article. The article looks at the problems that arise because of a lack of standards and the attempts being made to guarantee consistent quality in the shop.

Author: Michael Hitchiner

Published: June 1997 1st Sunday

CBN grinding wheels offer the promise of higher productivity and longer wheel life, but they must be carefully maintained with dressing routines that differ from routines for standard wheels. This article details the techniques and tools needed to perform CBN wheel dressing effectively and economically.

Author: Werner Morach, Peter Beyeler, Hartmut Ruhl

Published: June 1997 1st Sunday

A CNC tool grinder connected to an automated loading unit can be programmed to grind tools during a shop's off hours. This article discusses the planning and preparation that are necessary to set up an unattended run.

Author: Mike Castner

Published: March 1997 1st Saturday

Stainless steel is one of the more difficult materials to cut. This article discusses the problems that can occur when turning various types of stainless steels, the reasons for these problems and ways to avoid them. Advice is given on diagnosing problems based on tool-wear patterns. The article also suggests ways to correct problems once they are discovered.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: March 1997 1st Saturday

Machine tool builders and distributors are trying to distinguish themselves by selling customers complete turnkey packages that are ready to make good parts from the day they are installed. This article discribes the services being offered and the process that puts a turnkey system on a shop's floor.

Author: Christina Dunlap

Published: February 1997 1st Saturday

Cutting without metalworking fluid is looking increasingly attractive to U.S. shops hit with the high cost of fluid maintenance and disposal. This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of dry machining and outlines the tools and equipment needed to machine successfully without the benefits of a coolant or lubricant.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: August 1996 1st Thursday

Manufacturing customers have begun demanding that their suppliers institute quality-control processes. At the same time, they are expecting their suppliers to adopt more efficient processes so that suppliers can reduce their prices while maintaining profitability. This article discusses these pressures and how even subtier suppliers are being affected by them.

Author: Richard McCarthy

Published: August 1996 1st Thursday

There are a variety of presetters on the market. All reduce machine downtime by allowing shops to set up tools offline. This article discusses the different presetter types and the impact that these differences will have on the instrument's price and functionality.

Author: Thomas Service

Published: June 1996 1st Saturday

Standards governing grinding-wheel safety testing do not cover all superabrasive wheels. This article suggests that these standards should include them. The author explains why as he describes a typical superabrasive wheel and the dynamics of superabrasive wheel failure.

Author: Ron Biagiotti, Robert Macek

Published: March 1996 1st Friday

Cermet inserts have evolved into cutting tools capable of finish-turning steel reliably at high speeds. This article traces the developments that have led to modern cermets and describes the properties that enhance the performance of these tools. The development of coatings for cermets is also covered.

Author: Andrew Johnson

Published: February 1996 1st Thursday

The development of the CVD thick-film diamond process has made it possible to produce tools that can machine abrasive work materials without losing their cutting edge. In this article, the technology for producing the diamond film and the brazing of these thick-film chips onto inserts is described.

Author: Elliot Stern

Published: December 1995 1st Friday

Tunable tools can be adjusted to dampen vibration. However, shops must have the right equipment to tune them quickly and precisely. This article describes an instrument that can provide the necessary feedback. A system that uses a mill's vibration frequency to sense problems with the tool is also described.

Author: Michael Smith, Jerry Kowalsky

Published: December 1995 1st Friday

Software-based video tool inspection systems can read tool geometries much more precisely than other measurement systems. This article looks at the technology behind these systems and explains how this technology detects and measures tool edges and angles.

Author: Ken Booker

Published: September 1995 1st Friday

Changes in milling practices have placed new demands on the cutting tool. This article discusses the features toolmakers have added to their milling insert geometries to control chips and cutting forces. The article also reviews the milling process and the forces that act on the insert.

Author: Richard Thalmann

Published: June 1995 1st Thursday

This article reviews the nomenclature that toolmakers use to identify inserts. Both ANSI and ISO codes are described character by character. A chart lists all of the possible choices for each position in the code and what each code letter or number signifies.

Author: Roy Leverenz

Published: March 1995 1st Wednesday

This article discusses the trend among insert makers to consolidate chipbreaker designs and carbide grades. The result is the three-chipbreaker/three-grade matrix many insert makers have adopted in some form. The evolution of the chip-forming groove is also traced, and an ANSI proposal for a grade identification system is described.

Author: Martin Eastman

Published: February 1995 1st Wednesday

In 1995, the Big Three automakers dropped their individual quality programs and requirements for suppliers and adopted a common program based on ISO 9000. This article discusses how the automakers' standard, called QS-9000, was developed and how they plan to implement and enforce it. Some advice for suppliers planning to earn QS-9000 registration is also given.

Author: James Treglio, Anthony Perry, Albert Tian

Published: February 1995 1st Wednesday

Ion implantation bombards a tool's surface with accelerated metal ions. According to this article, the process increases tool life and the performance of tool coatings. Two theories explaining why the process works are also discussed.