A shop that cylindrical-grinds tungsten-carbide is running into trouble maintaining optimal parameters when switching to a larger diameter. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Ask the Grinding Doc columnist, offers some……
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, who writes our Ask the Grinding Doc column, fields a question from a shop hoping to find a faster way to find the sweet spot when cylindrical-plunge grinding tugsten-carbide……
A coolant supplier having trouble getting customers to try a new product turned to the Grinding Doc for some insight into how to convince shops to change their coolant. Visit The Grinding……
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's "Ask the Grinding Doc" columnist, offers a checklist for shops thinking about making the switch from aluminum-oxide to CBN. Visit The Grinding Doc website for……
A shop surface grinding 12" x 36" plates has to remove an eighth of an inch of material on both sides, but the cycle time is a killer. The shop turned to……
The Grinding Doc fields a question from a machinist who seemed unsure of advice from the "old-timers" in the shop who told him he must dress at the same wheel speed he……
For one shop, increasing wheel speed when cup-wheel grinding usually reduces wheel wear, but sometimes it increases wear. The shop turned to Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., for some insight. Visit The……
How close do you need to get the coolant nozzle to the grinding wheel? Dr. Jeffrey Badger, our Ask The Grinding Doc columnist, offers some direction. Visit The Grinding Doc website for……
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the Ask the Grinding Doc columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, examines the new Cubitron II grit. The research cited in this episode is described in detail in the……
A machine shop turned to the Grinding Doc seeking relief from the painfully long cycle times endured grinding cermets. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the author of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Ask the Grinding……
The Grinding Doc offers insight to a shop worried that it’s wasting abrasive on half-worn electroplated CBN wheels. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.…
Grinding hardened steel using a water-based coolant is fine for a few hours, then—wham!—really bad burn. The Grinding Doc offers some insight. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr.……
A shop asks Dr. Jeffrey Badger, Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's "Ask the Grinding Doc" columnist, whether it's better to take several small, fast passes versus one large, slow pass when pinch-peel grinding……
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, offers a shop some advice regarding plans to improve cutting tool quality by improving surface finish in the 67th episode.……
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering's Grinding Doc Video Series, helps a shop that appears to be grinding good pistons, but complaints about cracking from the customer suggest otherwise.……
When pushed to use a tri-grit wheel to cup-wheel grind tungsten carbide sawblade teeth, a shop turned to the Grinding Doc for some guidance. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice……
Dr. Jeffrey Badger offers his take on the effectiveness of scrubber nozzles in the 63rd episode of Cutting Tool Engineering's Ask the Grinding Doc video series. Visit The Grinding Doc website for……
A shop contacted the Grinding Doc to find out why it was getting a "horrible" surface finish when it first puts on an electroplated wheel. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, who writes the Ask The……
This is a CTE+ video supplement to a Productive Times feature in the February 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Source article: https://mfgaxis.com/videos/machining-the-alpha-bike/ Company: Cutting Tool Engineering
In the debut episode of The CNC Chef, Bob Warfield from CNCCookbook.com cautions against slowing down your feed rate to avoid tool rubbing. A new monthly video series from Cutting Tool Engineering,……
Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., addresses the difference between grinding ceramic material versus steel in the 76th episode of the Grinding Doc video series. Source article: https://mfgaxis.com/videos/episode-76-material-differences-between-grinding-ceramic-versus-steel/ Company: Cutting Tool Engineering
The machining operations and lean manufacturing initiatives of MTU America. Source article: https://mfgaxis.com/videos/machining-parts-for-large-engines/ Company: Cutting Tool Engineering
A South Carolina shop purchased extra pallets to cut down on changeover time and ensure that it keeps the spindle turning as much as possible. Source article: https://mfgaxis.com/videos/keep-the-spindle-turning/ Company: Cutting Tool Engineering
Well-intentioned conservatism can actually be very bad for tool life, according to the second episode of The CNC Chef, a new monthly video series from Cutting Tool Engineering and Bob Warfield from……
As an independent grinding consultant to companies around the globe, Dr. Jeffrey Badger occasionally is asked if he sees differences in grinding from one country to another. Source article: https://mfgaxis.com/videos/episode-77-grinding-around-the-world/ Company: Cutting…
