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Drilling: Get the (replaceable) point
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Mar 11, 2014
- Automation and Software
- Blog Post
Replaceable point drills are quickly replacing solid carbide drills in production hole-making applications. Solid carbide drills quickly took over the majority of the market, replacing high speed steel (HSS) drills as the norm for hole-making applications. The reasons...
This week in metalworking: March 3 - March 7
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Mar 7, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Hello again. Here’s our round-up of all the stories making news this week in the world of metalworking. Also, if you want to keep up to date with all the other metalworking news we’ve got going on, you can follow us on Twitter @CdnMetalworking, like us on Facebook, or find us on...
What to do when you crash, bump, or goo
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Mar 6, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
With Okuma’s documented track record of 90 months (7.5 years) Mean Time Between Failure, you’d think our team at the Mechanical Exchange Division would be out of a job by now. But actually we manage to keep pretty busy. Yes, accidents sometimes happen, but there’s another scenario...
Business of welding: More power to you...
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Feb 26, 2014
- Welding
- Blog Post
With holidays firmly behind us, this time of year is the ideal opportunity to re-evaluate your business, or yourself if you are looking for work, and look for opportunities for improvement. That said, it’s human nature to put off tasks that can wait for another day. If things are running well...
Welding with the human touch
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Feb 20, 2014
- Welding
- Article
Welding automation is the hot ticket item these days with more and more robotic units being introduced by manufacturers and integrators. The benefits of automation and robotics is trumpeted loud and far. The truth of the matter is that traditional hand-held welding is still the primary method of...
The top 5 general machine tool maintenance tips
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Feb 20, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Machine tool maintenance is vital in order to ensure longevity and performance. Our experts discuss the importance of maintaining tools and equipment here.
By the numbers: Where’s the growth?
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Feb 19, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
In a recent research study for Industry Canada by Daniel L. Seens, CFA, an interesting phenomenon has emerged about growth rates in Canadian SME’s. Entitled “Small and Medium-Sized Entreprises Growth Study: Actual vs. Sustainable Growth”, the paper presents several surprising...
Saving seconds with quick change tooling
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Feb 18, 2014
- Cutting Tools
- Article
Quick-change tool systems can save valuable production time, are safe, and can lower machining tool investments. One of the critical measurements of machine shop productivity has always been equipment uptime, and in recent years that factor has been dependent on improvements that amount to a very...
Better safe than sorry
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Feb 11, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
With the purchase of a quality CNC machine tool, it’s expected that it will run and perform in the safest manner possible. There are books of regulations that specify design requirements for machine safety and these are meant to protect both the machine tool and the operator. There are many...
Three ways to make your mark
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Feb 3, 2014
- Fabricating
- Article
Marking metal parts is really about choosing between two concepts: add the mark onto the surface, or cut, emboss or burn the mark into the surface. Printing, pressure sensitive labels, silk screening and other add-on techniques are easy to understand, but like all processes that depend on adhesion...
Business of tooling: high-feed milling, tips and tricks
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Jan 29, 2014
- Cutting Tools
- Article
High-feed milling has revolutionized milling applications today. High-feed milling works from a chip thinning principle using the lead angle of the cutter. A 90 degree cutter will produce an average chip thickness of the programmed feed rate. When you program a feed rate of 0.010 inch per tooth the...
By the numbers: where’s the growth?
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Jan 22, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Canada’s small and medium sized enterprises are growing well below their potential. Why? In a recent research study for Industry Canada by Daniel L. Seens, CFA, an interesting phenomenon has emerged about growth rates in Canadian SME’s. Entitled “Small and...
See hand scraping in action [Video]
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Jan 16, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
Have you ever heard of hand scraping? In my experience, even if you’ve heard of it, most people have never seen it in action. Having performed hand scraping for many years now, I can tell you – it draws a crowd! That may be because it looks rather odd. But the importance of this step in...
Hobb it! [Video]
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Jan 7, 2014
- Metalworking
- Blog Post
If you’re involved in gear machining, check out this video , which includes a demonstration of how you can use a CNC lathe instead of a dedicated hobbing machine to complete gears all in one set-up. There’s a lot of cool multitasking shown here as well, but the hobbing demonstration at...
The business of welding: time to get social
- By Canadian Metalworking
- Dec 19, 2013
- Welding
- Blog Post
First off, I need to say that this is somewhat of a “Social Media” piece – not so much about social media, rather there are a lot of social media references. The goal is to get you all thinking about how such services can help improve our industry. The CWB and...
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