Articles & Columns

Applications, accuracy issues and infrastructure requirements for large-part machine tools.

END USER: D&G Precision Manufacturing Inc., (920) 477-3609, www.dgmfg.com. CHALLENGE: Decrease cycle times when milling aluminum forgings. SOLUTION: Two-flute solid-carbide endmills. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Gorilla Tools, (866) 888-9600, www.gorillamill.net

END USER: BH Tool, (801) 908-0707, www.bh-tool.com. CHALLENGE: Ensure gaging accuracy. SOLUTION: An edge-finding gage. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Haimer USA LLC, (866) 837-3265, www.haimer-usa.com

Machinist's Corner column for March 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Machine Technology column for March 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Should you outsource tool sharpening or do it in-house?

Manager's Desk column by Keith Jennings.

Integrated automation of turning centers can be the solution to meeting production schedules and profit goals.

END USER: Daman Products Co., (800) 959-7841, www.damanifolds.com. CHALLENGE: Speed the design process and reduce setup time for machining large hydraulic manifolds. SOLUTION: Accurate and flexible workholding system, conceived, designed and built in-house. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Daman Products' staff

Ask the Grinding Doc column by Dr. Jeffrey Badger.

END USER: Bill Miller Engineering Ltd., (775) 887-1299, www.bmeltd.com. CHALLENGE: Boost production with upgraded tooling. SOLUTION: A high-speed solid-carbide drill and a tool- holding system. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Sandvik Coromant Co., www.sandvik.coromant.com/us, (800) 726-3845

Machining components for solar power generation systems can be a renewable source of business.

END USER: MTU Aero Engines GmbH, +49 89 1489-0, www.mtu.de. CHALLENGE: Minimize cutting tool vibration and runout when circular stagger milling titanium blisks. SOLUTION: A hydraulic toolholding system that dampens vibration and minimizes runout. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Rego-Fix Tool Corp., (317) 870-5959, www.rego-fix.com

Machine Technology column by Dr. Scott Smith.

CAD/CAM strategies for increasing the efficiency of multiaxis machining.

Shop Operations column by Frank Marlow.

Ensuring optimal grinding of stainless steel medical instruments.

Using an independent laboratory to test different coolants can provide the impartial data needed to make the right choice for machining titanium.

Manager's Desk column from the January 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Youth skills training for machinists takes place in schools with metalworking programs and in connection with competitions, such as WorldSkills.