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[3] Micromachining tool life challenges
Bob Warfield of the CNCCookbook.com addresses tool life issues when micromachining in the third episode of The CNC Chef, a new video series from Cutting Tool Engineering. In this episode, Warfield takes…
UDCB cutting chips high-speed camera
U.S. Union Tool captures slow motion video of its UDCB tool at work. Action filmed with a high-speed camera.
Episode 77: Grinding Around the World
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.
[2] The CNC Chef: Chip Thinning
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…
Keep the Spindle Turning
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.
Machining Parts for Large Engines
The machining operations and lean manufacturing initiatives of MTU America.
Episode 76: Material differences between grinding ceramic versus steel
Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., addresses the difference between grinding ceramic material versus steel in the 76th episode of the Grinding Doc video series.
[1] The CNC Chef tackles tool rubbing in series debut
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,…
Machining the Alpha bike
This is a CTE+ video supplement to a Productive Times feature in the February 2017 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.
Episode 75: Rough start with electroplated wheel
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…
Episode 64: Tri-grit wheel to the rescue?
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…
Episode 68: A Shop Seeks Crack Advice
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.…
Episode 67: Tool Quality & Surface Finish
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.…
Episode 65: Keep burnout at bay
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.…
Episode 62: Weary of the wheel wear
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.
Episode 61: Holy trinity of grinding cermets
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…
Episode 56: Cup-wheel Grinding
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…
Episode 55: Dressing vs. grinding speed
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…
Episode 54: Reducing cycle time
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…
Episode 52: Evaluating coolants
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…
Episode 49: A creeping burn
A shop seeks relief from the burn experienced during its creep-feed grinding operations. Given that slowing down the feed rate only helped a little, and only for a short time, the shop…
Episode 48: What pressure?
Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop grinding hardened steel with a CBN wheel. Though the shop is using a high-pressure cleaning nozzle, it doesn't seem to help much. The…
Episode 47: Reducing wheel consumption
The Grinding Doc suggests a shop look at its dressing policy if it hopes to reduce its wheel consumption. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at…