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Tooling
Tooling for Micromachining
Utilization of technological advancements and recognition of unique differences between micro and standard tooling are necessary to succeed in the highly competitive micro manufacturing industry.
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Groove Milling Cuts Down Cycle Time for Inconel Part
When a shop tries to outsource a part, but no vendors want to take on the job, it’s time for that shop to figure out how to machine the job on its own.
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Tool Monitoring for Complex Machining
One of the biggest challenges to tool monitoring on a multitasking machine is coping with simultaneous cutting operations. Caron Engineering (Wells, Maine) designed a system to meet this challenge.
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Quick-Change Vise Jaws System
Quick-change workholding systems can provide a great opportunity to increase production while allowing relatively quick recovery of the cost.
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Turning Exotic Materials
Heat-resistant superalloys and titanium alloys are difficult to machine. This overview looks at machining demands and some recent developments that have elevated performance and process security in turning these materials.
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Micro-Grooving Tools Provide Many Parts Solutions
This shop taps a range of advanced equipment to machine parts from materials such as aluminum, stainless steel and high-nickel-content alloys that often have application critical features. Micro-grooves fall into this category.
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Peak Performance in the Machining Lab
Matching the right equipment for the job and having quality employees to handle the work is paying big dividends for this precision shop.
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Productive Trade-Offs in Rough Turning
Maximizing productivity in rough turning operations requires a balance of trade-offs between the properties of the cutting tool substrate and the characteristics of its chipbreaker geometry.
Read MoreParting and Grooving with Five Edges
While five-edged grooving and parting inserts are not new, here’s an economical solution for parting diameters as large as 40 mm. This alternative to the standard circlip-type grooving system offers five cutting edges with fast indexing from either side.
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Collet Chuck Essentials
“Understanding CNC Collet Chucks” has been one of the most read articles in our archives during the past several years and continues to get substantial traffic today.
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