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Get a Handle on Your Chips
- By Nate Hendley
- Aug 25, 2016
- Cutting Tools
- Article
Multiple factors affect chip breaking, including chip thickness, chip curving, and the material’s properties. But why is it important to control chip formation and evacuation? What goes wrong if control is lost? “If chip breaking is not controlled, it really slows down the operation...
Pushing the Edge
- By Nate Hendley
- Jan 13, 2016
- Cutting Tools
- Article
So, you want to maximize cutting speeds and feeds to reduce cycle times? If this is your goal, there’s a series of cutting tool factors to be considered, including coatings, coolant, materials, applications, etc. We asked industry experts if any particular applications stand out in the quest...
Machine Tool Controls
- By Nate Hendley
- Jan 4, 2016
- Metalworking
- Article
A series of new or newly updated machine tool controls promise to make machining more productive and easier for operators in firms large and small. “Shops of all sizes are continuously looking for ways to monitor their shops more effectively…because, if you can’t measure it, you...
Boosting Productivity with Robots
- By Nate Hendley
- Dec 22, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Two years ago, Etalex faced a problem. The solution this Montreal-based manufacturer came up with underlines a once radical notion, that far from being destructive, robots actually create jobs and boost productivity. According to proponents, robots will make North American manufacturers more...
Big cuts for small spaces
- By Nate Hendley
- Dec 15, 2015
- Cutting Tools
- Article
As Swiss-type turning edges towards the mainstream, cutting tool companies continue to provide a steady stream of appropriate tools. Such tools have to be able to function in the confined work envelope characteristic of Swiss-type machines. “There are many tools that were designed with the...
Swiss Bliss
- By Nate Hendley
- Dec 7, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Swiss-type turning centers were originally created to serve Switzerland’s watch-making industry where tiny, complex, parts were the norm. Swiss-type turning was then taken up by manufacturers and machine shops supplying the medical and electronics sectors (where parts are also small and...
Business Profile: JessEm Tool Company
- By Nate Hendley
- Dec 1, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
This spring, the JessEm Tool Company of Orillia, Ontario, acquired its first Swiss-type machine tool. More specifically, the company bought an SR-32J CNC Swiss-Type Automatic Lathe from AMT Machine Tools of Toronto. The Automatic Lathe was manufactured by Star CNC Machine Tool Corp., a division of...
CMTS gets bigger and better in 2015
- By Nate Hendley
- Sep 28, 2015
- Cutting Tools
- Article
The latest Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS), set for September 28 to October 1 at The International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, will be “bigger and better” than its predecessor, says Julie Pike, event manager of SME Canada, the show...
Staying Sharp
- By Nate Hendley
- Aug 10, 2015
- Cutting Tools
- Article
We posed an open-ended question to cutting tool experts: what’s the best way to maximize tool life? Answers we received ranged from highly technical discourses about cutting edges and angles to simple common sense (don’t push your tool past its suggested parameters). One query that...
Built for Speed
- By Nate Hendley
- Jul 27, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Mass production machining requires machine tools capable of high speed, high volume, repeatability and lights-out operation. It helps if the machine tools are relatively compact (to fit as large a number of them as possible into one spot) and easy to link together to create a true mass...
Automotive Manufacturing Report
- By Nate Hendley
- Jul 20, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Automotive production is holding steady in Canada, rising in America and booming in Mexico, all of which spells opportunity for Canadian suppliers, say experts. The rise of high-tech “connected”, autonomous, electric/hybrid vehicles is also potentially advantageous for well-positioned...
The Precision of Machining Medical Parts
- By Nate Hendley
- Jun 29, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Micro Precision Parts Manufacturing (MPPM) is a small but busy Vancouver-based machine shop specializing in machining medical parts. Learn more here.
To tap or thread?
- By Nate Hendley
- Jun 8, 2015
- Cutting Tools
- Article
“Medical components span a wide range of applications from replacement hips to custom medical instruments and also a range of work materials, including stainless steels, 6Al4V titanium, and cobalt chromium,” notes Mark Ford, global product manager at Kennametal, in Latrobe,...
The black art of deep hole drilling
- By Nate Hendley
- May 25, 2015
- Cutting Tools
- Article
Deep hole drilling is “a black art. The more you do it, the more comfortable you feel. Like anything, you’re scared at first, then it becomes second nature after you do it for a while,” states David Vetrecin, holemaking product manager at Iscar Tools Inc. in Oakville, Ontario. To...
A look at milling machines
- By Nate Hendley
- Apr 27, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
What are customers telling machine tool companies they want in their mills? “Customers are looking for more functionality of the CNC controls, larger work envelopes, the ability to machine heavier parts and the ability to machine parts faster,” says Tom Sheehy, manager of applications...
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