Articles from Modern Applications News (June 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Words
A Swiss turning center turns problems into profits: minimizing turning operations between centers was the goal and a new Swiss turning center met it.		1248
AMT gets new president.		124
Blasting cabinet has a 36" diameter turntable.		198
Boring heads come in five range sizes.		160
Carbide to the rescue: a carbide end mill that finished the job in two hours, instead of three-and-a-half days, ended a backlog for an oil industry manufacturer.		1331
Combustible deburring dust caught by wet system.		159
Counting down to IMTS--Part I: this begins a three-part preview of the international manufacturing technology show, 2008. In this, and the next two issues--July and August--man will highlight the products and events taking place in Chicago from September 8 to 13.		1152
Deburr, polish, clean, and relieve stress in one process.		217
DMG steps into entry-level market.		236
Eggs and chickens, something must come first: while it may not be art to rival DaVinci's, Leonardo's skills with a CAD/CAM package let him program a job that looked like it would bring in long-term work to his start-up job shop.	Mund, Ben	751
February manufacturing technology consumption up 4.4 percent from 2007.		489
Finish pass anxiety-part 2: a "twist" of fate, and a tool, creates and solves a mystery and helps alleviate finish pass anxiety.	Sterling, Dave	790
Haas opens factory outlets in India.		171
Heidenhain controllers guide a big eye.		177
Higher productivity in short-hole drilling.		36
I want my SME.		75
It's just like free money: cutting the "fat" from business--shedding the unproductive processes that can be embedded and overlooked in a company--can mean freeing money for investment or new business mining.	Keller, Ralph L.	714
Let's make machining a Girlie profession: isn't it about time to drop our gender blinders about which sex belongs in the shop?	Nofel, Pete	719
Material self-lubricating at high temperatures.		90
Micro brushes for tiny deburring.		117
Micro-abrasive system for blasting small parts.		140
NexTECH what's on the cutting edge of technology.		449
No sparks here.		55
Safe delivery of welding wire to robotic cells.		112
Sensor has 28mm beam spread.		117
Siemens expands retrofit effort.		267
Simulation software and new technologies: machine and control simulation, and technologies like Wi-Fi, have moved from emerging technologies into useful tools on the shop floor.	Pearson Randy	592
Stringing along energy development: pipe strings down oil well bores have to be stabilized with collars cut from huge forgings. A manufacturer of the stabilizers incorporated new machines to do the job.		1313
The bull of the woods.		92
The proof is in the plastic: three-dimensional printing technology translated scans of the space shuttle tiles for safety evaluation. The same technology allows proof of concept before metal is machined.		1082
The right software led to shop success: after striking out on his own, a shop enterpreneur found a CAD/CAM package that saved him time and money, as well as solving "impossible" problems.		1006
The rule of ones: Implementing Lea Manufacturing concepts and standardizing welding process let a shop decrease downtime and quality variance.		1509
Totes add up to 15 percent more storage capacity.		97
Trumpf is first German machine tool company to open a production plant in Japan.		236
Two deburring tools at 1,600 ipm.		157
Wet Deburring.		142
Wisconsin firm completes $4 million expansion, adds 100 jobs.		69
Woman machinist is the first female to compete in NTMA apprentice competition.		340