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January, 2006
Editorial
Features
Keeping choppers up & maneuvering
Helicopter company holds critical part tolerances with precision grinding.
Leaning toward multitasking
Shops find that cell-manufacturing rules don't apply to multitasking machines.
Taking the pain out of P25
Multicapable insert tackles one of the toughest ISO classified turning areas.
Winning at one-of-a-kind
Engineer-to-order manufacturers need strategies and technology solutions that address their special needs.
Tech Trends
High-performance polycrystalline diamond cutting grade and advanced spring-grinding
The CITCO and Gardner Abrasives operations of the Cinetic Landis Grinding Corp. will present several new cutting and grinding products
Machine improves secondary deburring of precision parts after grinding and honing
Otec Precision Finish, Inc. of North Kingston, R.I., has developed a new type of centrifugal disc
Moore Tool claims breakthrough in ultra-precision grinding
Moore Tool Company of Bridgeport, Conn., says it has developed a prototype jig grinder
Mori Seiki to introduce turret shaft lathe aimed at the automotive market
Mori Seiki, will introduce its NZ-S1500 two-turret shaft lathe at the Westec 2006 trade show at the Los Angeles Convention Center in late March.
Small parts deburring machine
Earth-Chain has developed a machine designed to eliminate hand deburring
Cutting Tool Digest
Drills for hard and nonferrous materials
Big Kaiser Precision Tooling has introduced a new line of solid carbide drills
Flat-shank drills
New Crownloc drills from Seco-Carboloy are available with ISO 9766 flat shanks and shoulders
Tool and component identification system
Part Numbers in Pocket (PNP) case inserts and tote liners from UFP Technologies Inc.
Government Matters
Machine of the Month
Instant waterjet cutting
M-Series retrofit kits transform practically any CNC machine, including milling and turning machines, lasers, routers, robotic arms and oxy-fuel or plasma cutters, into waterjet-cutting systems.
Law and Liability
Owner not liable for fall caused by contractor's work
Pearson Education Inc. bought a new conveyor and related equipment from Rapistan Systems, now known as Siemens Dematic.
Worker fails to prove toxic vapors cause symptoms
Alexander Hudjohn was working in La Grande, Ore. for S&G Machinery Co., an authorized dealer of Deere & Company.
Casebooks
Shop rolls video for tool measuring
Denny's Tool Mfg. Inc., produces and regrinds cutting tools, and meeting tolerances
Software improves company's design-to-manufacture processes
York International Corp., one of America's largest independent suppliers of heating, ventilation, AC and refrigeration equipment, sustains its premier supplier status by driving efficiencies...
Testing system leaks vital part information
Millennium Industries, a Michigan-based automotive fuelrail-manifold manufacturing company
Vacuum technology sucks cost out of material handling
DaimlerChrysler Summer Intern Professors Program
New Equipment
Better ceramic grains improve abrasive belt performance
Saint-Gobain Abrasives has introduced a new line of abrasive belts
Clamp-free cutting
The Wen Magnetics Division of WEN Technology Inc. has developed magnetic workholding modules
Drills designed to hold close tolerances
Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has designed a special point geometry
Laser-based broken tool detection system
Renishaw Inc. has developed a broken-tool detection system that the company says is based on affordable laser technology.
Live centers include interchangeable springs
Riten Industries Inc. has introduced heavy-duty, spring-loaded, carbide-tipped live centers
Small-part deburring machine
The sPINner small-part deburring machines by Earth-Chain USA are designed to eliminate hand deburring
Trimmable discs deliver more abrasive
Weiler Corp. has developed a trimmable backing for its abrasive flap discs
Practical Ideas
Idea plugs hole problem
Heat treating for hardening often changes the shapes and true locations of holes in workpieces.
Setup puts a detent in plastic job
I developed special tooling to install threaded inserts into plastic standoffs
Retrospective
What people did before television: A lengthy letter to the editors
100 years ago in American Machinist
