Episode 11: Too much chatter?
A grinding shop trying to grind a 0.006" radius into a hardened steel part with a 60-grit, vitrified-bond, aluminum-oxide wheel was having trouble with burn and huge chatter. Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger…
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Episode 10: Overloaded wheel?
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger looks at improving coolant velocity for shops running into loading problems with superabrasive wheels. Such wheels, he says, are more problematic than aluminum oxide wheels that wear away…
Episode 9: Wheel sticking
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger says don't be timid when you stick your wheel. By doing so, he says, you can do more parts between wheel sticks—just be careful of the surface finish…
Episode 8: Deep dress, deep cuts
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger urges shops to dress quickly and take deep cuts to reduce cycle times. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.
Episode 7: Cylindrical OD plunge grinding offers options
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger offers an overview of cylindrical OD plunge grinding in the seventh installment of our Grinding Doc video series. One of the great things about cylindrical grinding is that…
Episode 6: Cylindrical OD grinding
What's a good speed when cylindrical OD traverse grinding? Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger worries less about the speed, more about the percentage of the wheel being used to do the roughing. Visit…
Episode 5: Cluster diamonds
Thinking about using cluster diamonds? Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger suggests going at least 4x faster than with a single-point diamond. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger…
Episode 3: The right grit
In the third episode of the Grinding Doc video series, Jeffrey Badger, Ph.D., takes a look at a common problem shops have with getting the surface finish that they want. Visit The…
Episode 2: Ceramic abrasive luck?
In the second episode of our Grinding Doc video series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop that hasn't had any luck with ceramic abrasive. Visit The Grinding Doc website…
Episode 1: Coolant velocity versus flow rate?
The debut episode of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc video series fields a question from a shop wondering about the relationship between coolant velocity versus the flowrate. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, who…
Episode 32: Grit size
Dr. Jeffrey Badger helps a shop struggling to maintain a 16 µin Ra surface finish using a 60-mesh grit size. On the advice of the wheel supplier, the shop tried 100- and…
Episode 12: Burn noticed
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, a grinding consultant and author of The Grinding Doc column in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, helps a grinding shop distinguish between true thermal damage and surface burn. Visit The…
Episode 22: High-porosity wheel to the rescue?
A shop with burn issues wants to know if a high-porosity wheel would reduce temperatures as suggested by the company's wheel supplier. Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the columnist for Cutting Tool Engineering's Ask…
Episode 18: Feeling the burn
In episode 18 of the Grinding Doc video series, a shop experiencing more wheel wear and burn after switching from one high-speed steel grade to another with lower grindability—requiring slower feedrates—seeks a…
Episode 4: Rotary diamond dressing
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger offers insight into rotary diamond dressing for a shop whose parts turn to toast. Visit The Grinding Doc website for more advice from Dr. Jeffrey Badger at http://www.thegrindingdoc.com.
G.W. Schultz demonstrates Alumigator roughing and ramping endmill
Cutting Tool Engineering visited with G.W. Schultz Tool during IMTS 2016. Tomas Roman, inside sales manager for G.W. Schultz Tool, provides the play-by-play for a demonstration of the company's Alumigator roughing and…
Methods Machine Tools demos automated deburring cell
John Lucier, National Automation Manager for Methods Machine Tools, offers a guided tour of the company's post-machining process deburring cell, which was on display during IMTS 2016 held at McCormick Place in…
Mazak features ‘Done in One’ on Variaxis i-600 & MPP 500
Mazak Corp. Applications Engineer Dan Dasilva offers an overview of the company's "Done in One" approach as he provides a guided tour of the Variaxis i-600 and Multi Pallet Pool (MPP) 500.
Methods 3D Part-Picking Cell featured at IMTS
Methods Machine Tools showed off its 3D part-picking cell during IMTS 2016 held at McCormick Place in Chicago last week. Methods' Zachary Hallowell, Mechanical Engineer, Automation Team, provides a guided tour of…
Takumi USA makes North American debut at IMTS 2016
Takumi USA makes its North American debut at IMTS 2016. Sebastian Bertoncini, Takumi's manager of operational planning, interviews Daniel Ornelas, Takumi's vice president of product development and manufacturing operations.
ATS Systems features Cellro’s Xcelerate at IMTS
CTEPLUS visits the ATS Systems booth at IMTS 2016 for a demonstration of the Xcelerate robot from Cellro, a robotic automation company located in Veenendaal, The Netherlands.
CTEplus visits with Widia at IMTS
Chris Merlin, director of portfolio commercialization for the WIDIA Products Group, visited with Cutting Tool Engineering Publisher Don Nelson during IMTS 2016 to discuss the company's 90-year milestone and latest technology, including…
Kennametal features KM4X spindle and tooling connection system
Cutting Tool Engineering visited with Kennametal Inc. during IMTS 2016 at Chicago's McCormick Place. Bill Redman, global product manager of tooling systems for Kennametal Inc., outlines the key features of the company's…
Seco Tools debuts Niagara Cutter Stabilizer 2.0
Seco Tools covers the new aspects of its Niagara Cutter Stabilizer 2.0 in this brief video shot at the company's booth during IMTS 2016.