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Highlights from the February issue of CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING Magazine: Building for
Micromachining Taming the
'Nastalloys' Automated
Savings Powder Power Three
Paths Forward
Working
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CTE Plus Interactive Reports
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Micro In addition to the February cover story about micromachines, CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING readers can delve deeper into the challenge presented by metrology in the microworld with this special online report. |
Taming
the 'Nastalloys' Here's a closer look at what to do when confronted with a common problem in aero-engine machining: interrupted turning. Just click here. |
Off
Shore Off-Course? Check out the latest editors' blogs. CTE Contributing Editor Bill Kennedy wonders aloud whether is a looming backlash against offshoring. |
Featured Products
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Onsrud Cutter LP offers roughing and finishing endmills for deep-pocket milling of titanium. Designed for high metal-removal rates, the roughers feature variable flute indexing that reduces chatter, according to Onsrud. Longer tool lengths have a large core diameter that prevents chatter caused by deflection. The finishers have a shallow flute design combined with a large core diameter to prevent deflection when applying long length tools. An eccentric relief creates a dampening effect to further reduce chatter when milling floors and thin walls. The finishers' corner radii range from square to 0.250". |
GF AgieCharmilles will debut its CUT 20 wire EDM at WESTEC 2008, which takes place March 31 to April 3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The EDM's new and intuitive human-machine interface is built on a Windows XP platform and was designed with "non-EDM experts" in mind. The IPG-V generator's electronics make fast metal-removal rates possible, even with economical brass wire, according to the company. In addition, the low energy consumption and long working life of the wear parts reduce operating costs. |
BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. announces the availability of integrated mechanical retention knob clamping for CAT and BT 40- or 50-taper tooling for all models of Speroni STP-34 benchtop tool presetters. The system applies a tool clamping force of more than 150 lbs. to seat steep-taper tooling into the tool presetter spindle similar to the way it is drawn into a machine's tool spindle. The integral spindle design can be specified for tools with MAS, JIS and ASME retention knobs. |
In The News
Demand for abrasives in U.S. to reach $5.3 billion in 2011
Demand for abrasives in the U.S. is forecast to increase 2.3% per annum through 2011 to $5.3 billion, with raw material demand reaching $1.4 billion. Gains will be aided by the upturn in production of electrical and electronic products and motor vehicles, which are expected to recover from the declines of the 2001-2006 period.
Chrysler invests $27 million in Toledo machining plant
"Chrysler's investments in the Toledo area are rooted in our faith
that
we can keep good-paying manufacturing jobs in America as long as
government, our unions and our companies all pull together for the common
good," said Tom LaSorda, Chrysler's vice chairman and president.
New program set to boost number of skilled manufacturing workers
Dayton, Ohio, will be one of six regions participating in Precision JOBS for American Manufacturing, a new program of the National Tooling and Manufacturing Association, aimed at filling gaps in the skilled manufacturing workforce.
Opinion: The coming rust-belt recovery
The Canadian Globe and Mail suggests that manufacturing will play a surprise lead role in the turnaround of the resilient U.S. economy.
U.S. companies, even small ones, flock to do business in China
Ohio-based American Micro Products, which produces precisely machined parts for original-equipment makers such as Caterpillar, Goodyear and Cummins Engine, is running a 60-employee plant in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen and has relationships with six smaller machining companies in China and nearby countries.
Coming
Next Month CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING's March cover story
gets down to the nuts and bolts of aerospace, specifically the metallurgy, product planning and
documentation that goes into the production of fasteners. Plus, look for feature reports on
through-tool MQL, the growing gap in the skilled manufacturing workforce, and a special focus on
protecting the spindle. |
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