How Well do You Know Granite Surface Plates?
Edited by Derek Korn
Here are some tips for choosing, maintaining and customizing a granite solution that will best meet your shop’s particular inspection needs.
A Tale About an Automation Solution Discovered in Production Machining
By: Derek Korn
A CNC Swiss production supervisor took to LinkedIn to describe how he discovered a rotary parts collector in the pages of our publication and has since purchased and benefited from it.
Consider This Another CMMC Reminder
By: Derek Korn
Machine shops serving the military/defense industry that currently aren’t working toward achieving Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification could be caught flat-footed once it’s required.
When a “Boxy” Part is Machined on a Lathe
Edited by Derek Korn
South Morgan Technologies has long thrived on its ability to mill prismatic parts on a turning platform. Today, newer technology and techniques enable saying “yes” to that work than ever before.
The Value of RFID Machine Operator Authentication
Edited by Derek Korn
Can secure shopfloor employee authentication via radio frequency identification enable shops to optimize their data-driven manufacturing efforts?
Addressing Micro-Boring Challenges
By: Derek Korn
This boring bar/tool holding system for Swiss-type lathes is said to offer high rigidity and positioning repeatability. In addition, the boring bars can be changed out using no hand tools.
#micromachining
Robotic Automation Options for Vertical Turning Centers
Edited by Derek Korn
Custom robotic machine tending systems designed for specific high-volume machining applications can yield significant productivity and product flow benefits.
Parting Off: The Case for Standardizing on Sawing
By: Derek Korn
The value of rotary saw cutting for parting off operations could boil down to simple economics paired with process efficiency gains.
The Value of Aligning Efforts to Promote Manufacturing Careers
Edited by Derek Korn
Successfully building the next generation of manufacturers requires a team effort between employers, educators and parents. Each of these three groups has a tremendous impact on young people’s career decisions. Without the support of all three, we are unlikely to bridge the skilled labor shortage that threatens the future growth of our industry.
#workforcedevelopment
Bar Feeder Designed with Swiss-Types in Mind
By: Derek Korn
New technology enables this bar feeder to fully support the bar pusher and stock from inside the unit all the way to the spindle of a sliding headstock lathe.
German Project Yields Three New Medical Machining Processes
By: Derek Korn
Recent research has resulted in a new mix of high-speed turn whirl milling, polygon turning and rotational turning for manufacturing medical bone screws and out-of-round nails.
Addressing Machining’s Necessary Evil
By: Derek Korn
Many view quality control as such, but integrating new measurement technologies and approaches can ultimately minimize QC’s impact on throughput and a company’s bottom line.
