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Manufacturing Engineering Magazine
June 2019
Manufacturing Engineering: June 2019
The June 2019 edition of Manufacturing Engineering is available as a digital magazine. Links to individual articles are below.
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VMC Technology Stretches Applications, Productivity
June 5, 2019
Vertical machining centers with advanced features and functions are earning their stripes as more productive members of machine shops’ CNC equipment arsenal.
By
Jim Lorincz
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Automation
Grinding Strategies Go from Good to Great
June 4, 2019
Maybe your company specializes in aerospace or medical components, and you need to produce complex geometries in metals too tough to cut via conventional machining methods.
By
Kip Hanson
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Automation
Grinding & Deburring
Keeping Machines Honest with Advanced Calibration, Optimization
June 3, 2019
There’s nothing mysterious about the need for calibration. As Michael Wilm, business manager for calibration products, Renishaw Inc., West Dundee, Illinois, put it: “When you get gas for your car, you count on the pump being calibrated. That’s why we calibrate machine tools. If you don’t calibrate a machine tool you have no idea it’s going to give you reliable service for manufacturing your product.”
By
Ed Sinkora
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Quality/Inspection/Test
Research & Development
Geometry, Parameters, and Strong Toolholders Vanquish Drilling Problems
June 3, 2019
Proper drill selection, the geometry built into the drills themselves, applying proper drilling parameters, and a few tips and tricks from the pros can address nagging drilling problems such as drill breakage, unbroken chips, tool runout, poor hole edges, and poor tool life.
By
Ilene Wolff
Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Materials
Shop Solutions
Kaba Ilco Corp.: Maximizing Operational Efficiency Through Data Collection
June 4, 2019
Manufacturers aren’t born with the omniscient vision required to keep a modern factory running profitably at peak performance.
By
Wintriss Controls Group
Moeller Precision Tool: Software Leads to Five-Axis Mill, High Performance
June 4, 2019
When Moeller Precision Tool, Wixom, Mich., decided to invest in a high-end five-axis mill, it became clear that software from Tebis America Inc., Troy, Mich., was to be an important part of the process, from selecting the machine to programming it.
By
Tebis America Inc.
Tooling & Workholding
Brother Industries Ltd.: High-Torque Knob Secures High-Speed Milling
June 6, 2019
High-speed, small footprint milling machines have challenged traditional spindle retention knob technology to achieve the design safety required in today’s advanced shops.
By
JM Performance Products Inc.
Tooling & Workholding
Up Front
Grinding & Deburring
The Wide World of Machining
June 12, 2019
I’m always amazed by the wide range of technologies that go into the process of machining. At EASTEC 2019, I saw the latest and greatest technology from machine tool builders, cutting tool manufacturers, measurement providers, software developers, and many more.
By
Alan Rooks
- Editor in Chief,
Manufacturing Engineering
Grinding & Deburring
Advanced Manufacturing Now
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Point-of-Care 3D Printing Veteran Shares Experience
June 7, 2019
3DMEDNET, publisher of the journal 3D Printing in Medicine, produced a webinar with useful information for anyone in the throes of setting up and running an in-hospital 3D printing service.
By
Ilene Wolff
- Contributing Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Medical
Grinding & Deburring
A Guide to Understanding Forces in Creepfeed Grinding
February 20, 2019
Efficient creepfeed grinding can remove material quickly and produce a precision ground surface on challenging materials. However, since creepfeed grinding applications typically draw more power and have higher forces, there are important considerations to pay attention to during application setup.
By
Andrew Biro
- Applications Engineer,
Norton Saint-Gobain
Grinding & Deburring
The Less-Traveled Path to Better Optimized Milling
June 7, 2019
Optimized roughing can extend tool life, help generate better workpiece surface finishes, and save time by minimizing secondary processing steps. Despite these advantages, many shops still forgo this productive strategy, either because they don’t know how to implement it or don’t understand how it works.
By
Jay Ball
- Product Manager,
Seco Tools LLC
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Providing 3D Printing Consistency, Security
June 7, 2019
LEO Lane, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based software company, is positioning itself as a resource for manufacturers to get more consistent results from 3D printing.
By
Bill Koenig
- Senior Editor,
SME Media
Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
SME Speaks
SME Speaks
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Industry
June 11, 2019
It is a great honor to serve our manufacturing community as the president of SME’s North American Manufacturing Research Institution in 2019-20. I will start this position after SME’s 47th North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 47) takes place June 10-14 in Erie, Pa.
By
Albert Shih, PhD, FSME
- 2019-20 President, NAMRI/SME,
SME Member Since 2002
SME Speaks
Workforce Development
Workforce Pipeline
Workforce Development
Community College of Denver Becomes First Authorized U.S. TNC Training Partner
June 11, 2019
Heidenhain, a global manufacturer of motion control feedback solutions, has established a new partnership with the Community College of Denver (CCD), making the Rocky Mountain region a focal point for CNC machining with Heidenhain’s Five-Axis Touch Numerical Control (TNC) technology.
By
Julian Renz
- TNC Product Specialist,
Heidenhain Corp.
Workforce Development
Viewpoints
Five Sure Ways To Kill Your Company’s Innovation
June 12, 2019
Innovation is difficult to come by. In fact, the odds of a new product idea being commercialized are less than 4 percent—and that is the best case scenario. If you don’t want to beat those odds, there are five sure-fire ways you can make certain innovation never sees the light of day at your company.
By
Steven J. Blue
- President & CEO,
Miller Ingenuity
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