Articles & Columns

This page features the supplemental digital content associated with the "Let Precision Be Your Guide" feature article in the June/July 2025 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Embedded below are brief videos about Swiss-style machining technology from INDEX Corp. and MAZAK Corp.

This page features the supplemental digital content associated with the "Smarter Setups" feature article in the June/July 2025 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Embedded below are brief videos focused on tool presetter technology from Lyndex-Nikken, Haimer USA and BIG DAISHOWA. Also included are links to the online presetter ROI calculators offered by Lyndex-Nikken and BIG DAISHOWA. The calculators are there to help shops estimate the time it will take a presetter to pay for itself in cost savings once it is implemented.

A collaborative robot integration slashed plasma cutting cycle times, boosting throughput and safety.

Thread milling offers an alternative to tapping, ideal for large diameters and tough materials, with advantages in control and flexibility.

Swiss-style machining guide: When to use guide bushings, alternatives, automation, and bushing selection tips.

High-speed spindles excel in micromachining. Learn how advanced RPMs enhance precision and reduce cycle times.

Tool presetters are helping small shops reduce setup time, minimize scrap, and improve consistency across machines.

Late invoice payments strain manufacturers. Learn how invoice financing and proactive strategies can improve cash flow.

Hardness impacts machining decisions. This guide compares Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, and the tools needed for hard materials.

Explore ball broaching, rotary broaching, honing, and other non-traditional hole finishing techniques.

Insights into the intense standards, exotic materials and rigid processes that define aerospace manufacturing.

With sensitive intellectual property, global supplier networks and connected technologies, the aerospace industry must make cybersecurity a priority.

Aluminum alloys are popular in many industries because they offer a high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent thermal conductivity and corrosion resistance.

Machine shops adopt intelligent, flexible systems to overcome labor gaps and streamline production.

Machinist's Corner columnist Brandt Taylor walks readers through the key steps involved in applying for a utility patent.

Keep these pointers in mind — or easily accessible — to help your shop tap into its potential for threading aluminum.

A shop asks the Grinding Doc to explain whether the option to vary the workpiece rpm on its cylindrical grinding machine is legit, and how it works.

The May cover story explores the need to change the public's perception of manufacturing and the role workforce development plays in reshoring efforts.

CTE Publisher works with industry leaders Harry Moser, Terry Iverson and Roy Sweatman to explore the critical need to change the public's perception of manufacturing and the role of workforce development in the manufacturing industry's health and future, particularly in addressing the skilled labor shortage and how it may impact the reshoring efforts.

Workforce Development & Perception-Shifting Initiatives — Links to learn about a variety of industry efforts aimed at the future health of U.S. manufacturing.