- Extending tool lifetimes
- Keeping the family together
- Cooling OD burn
- Shop seeks to maximize machine tool investment
- Technology tames gear trouble for machine shops
- Bet on waterjet
- Efficiently remove material
- Automated data capture slow to sell
- Machine tools tap AI
- STS takes tool coatings in-house
- High-performance tool coatings provide vital protection
Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine
Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, published 12 times a year by CTE Publications Inc., helps manufacturing professionals enhance the productivity of their companies' cutting and grinding operations. Browse through the issues below and select the digital format you prefer: via our CTEplus digital edition app, a PDF file, or a digital edition designed for desktop computers.
June 2019 | Vol. 71 | Issue 6
May 2019 | Vol. 71 | Issue 5
- Fluid recycling can aid profits
- Diffusion bonding is cool
- Machine monitoring done right
- Trade show time again
- Technology advances CNC broaching systems
- Reading still an important business practice
- Plant retools machining process
- Apprenticeships can provide effective training
- The difficulties of tapping
- Laser used for Exact cutting
- CT scanning changes the game in metrology
April 2019 | Vol. 71 | Issue 4
- Hot diamonds and barber pole
- Market your shop through the slow down
- Simulating on-machine probing
- Machining large parts takes specialized mindset
- Emag modernizes maintenance
- Automated inspection takes flight
- Specialized tools help deburr cross-holes
- Math matters
- Get the most out of tried-and-true machinist vises
- Cool cost cutting
March 2019 | Vol. 71 | Issue 3
- How your shop looks makes all the difference
- Managing from a distance
- Sizing up anodizing
- Technology has made hard milling more feasible
- KRC Machine Tool rebrands and rebuilds
- Microfinishing shifts gears
- 5G technology on the shop floor
- Surface roughness measurement can be challenging
- CMMs automate part measurement
- Moldmaker pioneers use of femtosecond laser technology
- Sculptor finds the art in machining
February 2019 | Vol. 71 | Issue 2
- A quality assurance audit has benefits
- Rotary Dressing: Stop Whining
- Interface enables machines to speak a common language
- ‘Basic’ endmill is anything but
- Quick-change act
- Carbide control from chaos
- With MQL, the advantages are clear
- Turning catching up in the use of chip thinning
- Automating a CNC lathe has become a lot easier
January 2019 | Vol. 71 | Issue 1
- Putting a damper on vibration
- What a drag it is getting old
- Leverage relationships outside the shop
- Our secret weapon
- The ins and outs of machine tool spindle maintenance
- Industry 4.0: Making grinding machines smarter
- Industry 4.0: Advantages of edge computing
- 5 stages of automation collaboration
- Industrial parts cleaning faces challenges
- Toolholder cures runout woes
- Machine Technology: Alexa and Siri, meet Athena for machining
- Tap passes the acid test
- A closer look at boring combustion parts
December 2018 | Vol. 70 | Issue 12
- Look Ahead: QC just got easier
- Grinding Doc: Benefits of dummy workpieces
- Swiss-style machining: Swap toolholders in 30 seconds or less
- New breed of facemills offer versatility
- Talking Shop: Global leader discusses the future and fate of metalworking
- Manager's Desk: Consider the costs of growth
- Lead Angle: Growth expectations for 2019
- Manufacturing industry growth projected to slow in 2019
- Machine Technology: The FOGS HD can rough and finish precisely
- Reduce time producing large parts
- Hole finishing improves with standard processes
- Lasers the key to productive, high-quality parts marking
November 2018 | Vol. 70 | Issue 11
Cutting Tool Engineering is proud to present its annual Buyers Guide issue.
October 2018 | Vol. 70 | Issue 10
- Consider the benefits of quick-change tooling systems
- Machinist's Corner: A market for good employees
- Mind the grind
- DFM for the Long Run
- Manager's Desk: Observant eyes and ears can keep problems in check
- Moving ahead with multitaskers
- Machine Technology: Robot arm reaches for milling goals
- Retrofits keep CNC machines in business
- Rego-Fix accepts bitcoin for payment
- Look-Ahead: Stabilizing gummy metal for more efficient cutting
- Get with the Program: Personalization vs. Customization
- Productive Times: Keep machining circle unbroken
September 2018 | Vol. 70 | Issue 9
- Automating chuck changeovers
- The challenges of sawing new alloys
- Machinist's Corner: What type of employee are you?
- Exploring mother machines
- Get with the Program: 5-axis machine provides prototype flexibility
- Machine Technology: Combo machine boosts accuracy
- Straight talk about drilling straight, deep holes
- Workholding: Innovative ways to grip the ungraspable
- Manager's Desk: Cheap versus experienced workers
- Get the spin on rotors
August 2018 | Vol. 70 | Issue 8
- Machining With a Shear
- Honing's low-cost alternative
- Talking Shop: Company gears up for growth
- New release makes the (small) cut
- Manager's Desk: You may have untapped talent
- IMTS: Hang 10 in Chicago
- Multi-spindle machines on rise
- CTE Salary Survey results analyzed
- CTE's Biennial Salary Survey: The results are in
- Shop operations: Machined parts shop's formula for success
- Machine Technology: Automate in less shop space
- The need for ta-C
- HSS tools in demand world-wide
- Gain loyalty with after-sales support
July 2018 | Vol. 70 | Issue 7
- Multitask lathes edge in on machining centers
- Shop tackles tall, large, unique parts
- 5G test bed reduces measurement lag time
- How to choose the right toolholder
- A little lean manufacturing goes a long way
- Future of automated QC
- Cutting benefits of ceramic and cermet tools
- Software add-on gives shop fast results
- Machinist's Corner: Let’s have a one-on-one about goals
- Get With the Program: Choosing the best in advance condition monitoring
- Shop Operations: For this shop, it's about more than making parts
- Machine Technology: Good machines can come in small packages
- Manager's Desk: Get the word out on your shop
- Leap of Faith
