Articles

EDM

Spark Control Pushes Wire EDM Boundaries

Precisely controlling and monitoring each individual spark enables this wire EDM machine to cut hardened, high-temperature alloys with high precision.

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Cutting Tools

Road Report: Greenleaf Announcement on Eve of EASTEC Opening

Cutting tool manufacturer Greenleaf Corporation shared important news about its Global Productivity Initiative and a new whisker-reinforced ceramic insert grade for high-temp alloys the evening before EASTEC opened in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Micromachining

Micromachining and Flat-Screen TVs

A Pennsylvania shop has benefitted by developing an effective micromachining strategy for hard tooling components. Learn more about this as well as the interesting incentive program it’s implemented.

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Going Lean in Order to Grow

This shop has a plan for dramatically expanding its contract machining business in high-value markets.

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Grinding

Multi-Wheel Grinding of Big Gears

New profile grinding technology is said to significantly improve productivity for big gears by grinding four tooth flanks simultaneously.

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Cutting Tools

A New Approach to Tool Presetting

This non-contact presetter has a number of design elements that enable it to perform effectively on the shop floor. It looks and operates differently than other presetters currently available, too.

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Road Report: Wish You Were Here, Day 4

This year, the volcano in Iceland didn’t stop Chris Koepfer, editor-in-chief of Production Machining magazine, from visiting grooving tool maker P.H. Horn for its Technology Days open house and seminar in Tubingen, Germany.

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Turn/Mill

Multitasking is Multiple Choice

Different levels of multitasking machine tools address different types of parts.

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Road Report: Wish You Were Here, Day 3

Where in the world is Chris Koepfer, editor-in-chief of Production Machining? Today, he's learning about the latest manufacturing technology in southern Germany.

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Machine Tool Sales Highest Since Start of Recession

What is the difference between the last two machine tool recoveries?

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Road Report: Wish You Were Here—Day 2

Our editors travel the world searching out the latest manufacturing technology. Read what Chris Koepfer, editor-in-chief of Production Machining, is learning about in Germany.

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Road Report: Wish You Were Here

Our editors travel the world searching out the latest manufacturing technology. Read what Chris Koepfer, editor-in-chief of Production Machining, is learning about in Switzerland.

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