Articles & Columns

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.

Replacing milling and broaching with creep-feed grinding. Why more shops have replaced milling and broaching with creep-feed grinding.

A review of superabrasive tool technology and application tips to help shops beat the headaches of machining difficult-to-cut materials.

Milling and grinding with a single-layer, metal-bond diamond wheel.

Data on alloy steels and tool material grades to maximize turning efficiency. Guidelines for turning alloy steels.

Waterjet technology helps custom fabricator offer additional products. Innovative waterjet cutting drives growth for stainless steel fabricator.

CNC developments to satisfy specific requirements. CNC makers enhance and adapt their technologies to serve a range of shop needs.

Builders continue their march toward faster, more precise EDMs. EDM builders continue to advance their machine tools' capabilities and pay special attention to medical-parts manufacturers.

The role of microabrasive blasting when finishing implantable medical parts.

Low-cost presetters for entry level users. Shops that think tool presetters are too costly and too complicated should take another look.

Supporting NASCAR teams to promote the use of metalworking products. Learn why metalworking suppliers are teaming up with NASCAR—big time.