Lori Beckman

Lori Beckman Executive Editor

Turning Machines

Inverted Vertical Turning Evolves

Like most classes of machine tools, inverted vertical turning has evolved since its original design, adding numerous machining capabilities for multitasking.

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Florida Covets Mastercam Certification

Last month, more than 400 students were certified in Mastercam CAD/CAM software in the Broward and Dade Counties in Florida.

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Turning Machines

Turning Art into High Precision Parts

Since collaborating with Methods Machine Tools Inc. and implementing its Nakamura-Tome multitasking turning centers, Honor Med Maskiner Corp. (Elgin, IL) has run more efficient processes.

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White Paper Describes Preventing Chatter on CNC Lathes

Okuma's VSST and HSSC allow users to cut threads without chatter.

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Lean

Putting your Shop on a Diet: How to Become Lean

There are strategies involved in achieving lean for a shop, but like going on a diet, lean doesn’t happen overnight and it takes some work on your part to get your shop in shape.

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Zone in on Single-Spindle Screw Machines

Whether you are in the market for a single-spindle screw machine or you simply want to learn more about them and their technology, visit our single-spindle screw machine zone.

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CAD/CAM

CNC Programming Software Increases Precision and Speed

Programming by hand was once a reality for IM Torneria (Bologna, Italy). However, when projects with complicated components became the norm for the shop, it was obvious to the company that CAM was needed. 

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Cutting Tools

Presetters Make Way to Swiss-Type Machines

Manufacturing developments in presetters are now available to Swiss-type machines to ultimately increase their productivity and quality control.

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Cutting Tools

Milling Hard-to-Machine Materials on a Micro Scale

The idea of a tool that effectively controls heat with a special grade of carbide, a new coating and internal channels that deliver cooling through ports in the shank where the milling flutes begin, is worth a look.

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Heat Treating Can Result in Distortion

Heat is a powerful energy that has positive and negative effects on metal.

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Measurement

Measuring System Speeds Up and Simplifies Inspections

Fralsen, Timex’s entity in Besançon, France, realizes that in order to run an efficient process to the end, the time it takes to do these things without error is especially important, even during part inspection.

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The Davenport Rebuild

The most difficult task for us was to overcome the reputation of the old Davenport for high prices, poor quality and bad attitude. In the last decade, we have done that, I think.

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