How Industry 4.0 improves preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance systems Industry 4.0 can dramatically improve efficiency of your maintenance systems, reduce machine downtime and cut
The ABCs of hard part turning on CNC lathes Hard part turning is the turning of steel with a hardness over 45 HRc (typically in
CNC machining cost – how to reduce it by maximizing spindle power usage You can reduce your CNC machining cost and increase profits by just
CNC machining cost – how to reduce it by maximizing spindle power usage You can reduce your CNC machining cost and increase profits by just
Maximizing CNC spindle power usage in turning Your CNC machine’s spindle is a gold mine, and you’re probably getting just 50 % of the gold
Insert selection – based on insert geometry at cutting edge and chip breaker Insert selection on a lot of shop floors is often done without
Maximum depth of cut in rough turning, based on turning insert shapes We decide the depth of cut on the basis of an arbitrary thumb
Reducing machine downtime – tackle the low hanging fruit first You have two types of machine downtime on the shop floor – the low hanging
CNC: Heat removal during CNC machining In machining, almost all of the energy spent in cutting is transformed into heat. Heat is produced: 1. During
CNC – Modifying cutting speed for required tool life Recommended cutting speeds in tool catalogs are for a tool life of 15 minutes. This means