Milling, turning, grinding, drilling, boring — every process in every shop relies on exceptional material selection and consistently advanced designs for tool, holding devices, inserts, etc.
Today, manufacturers are practical, creative, open to opportunities, and ready to work with the technologies available now. This special report looks at advanced manufacturing technology as it is now, and where it is leading today's manufacturers.
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Suppliers of CNC machines, cutting tools, and toolholders increasingly emphasize the importance of retention knobs to minimize vibration and chatter issues on CNC machines
November new-order volume fell below the October level, but manufacturers continue to demand capital equipment at a pace that well exceeds the year-ago and year-to-date pace.
Machine tooling orders are on an uptick, indicating production is, too. The increase in parts means an increase in burrs, and we visited a manufacturer of automated deburring machines to see how they work.
Controlling different types and sizes of tools and magazines, at max. speed and max. feed rate — and tool life can be monitored over time, by wear amount or by the number of operations.
