Tuesday November 18th, 2014
Article from FAB Shop Magazine. In the wake of an economic downturn and recovery, plasma – like the manufacturing industry as a whole – needs to change and adapt. To find out what particular challenges the industry’s facing as it seeks to do so, we talked to Hypertherm’s president, Evan Smith. FAB Shop: What’s the…
Friday November 7th, 2014
Article by Nicholas J. Korfas, found in Shop Metal Tech Magazine 8 Tips to maintain toolholder-machine spindle interface accuracy A minute chip floating in coolant swarf left to dry on a toolholder taper can become a serous interference at the machine tool spindle-toolholder interface. It can go undetected, causing slightly increased cutter runout(TIR) and diminished…