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Staying Sharp, Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time, Get with the Program, Machinist's Corner

Machining more effectively with a new, more focused ultraviolet laser.

Aspects of a job that determine which type of chuck is suitable.

Benefits of a sliding-headstock machine with no guide bushing.

Ways to control temperature effects to improve part quality.

Trend toward greener vehicles is changing materials, designs of parts.

Staying Sharp, Manager's Desk, Back to Basics, Part Time, Get with the Program, Machinist's Corner

Advantages of various new workholding products.

Machine accessories for lights-out production.

Tool material and other requirements for effective drilling of composites.

Big machine tools for making big parts.

Improvements to several parts marking systems.

Machine tool builder and its micromilling machine.

Special plant for building ultraprecise machine tools.

STEP-NC: A more advanced, data-rich language designed to overcome the current standard for defining the movement of machine tool axes.

Reviews of new turning centers from five machine tool builders.

New chlorine-free, magnesium-capable and other metalworking fluids.

Ways to best apply indexable-insert boring bars for small holes.

Companies discuss strategies for maximizing use of manufacturing cells.

Chemically assisted finishing for better part performance and durability. Microsurfacing is an alternative finishing process with benefits that extend beyond parts with supersmooth surfaces.