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Video Reports
Welcome to the CTE Plus Video Reports. Please choose from one of the links below to begin!

Thermal drilling
Flowdrill Inc. provides a video demonstration of its thermal drilling process. The company produces tungsten-carbide bits and roll-form taps to thermal drill and then thread holes in malleable materials. View Thermal drilling

Grinding Doc: 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 of the first few parts after sticking the wheel. View Grinding Doc: Wheel Sticking

Deep dress, deep cuts
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger urges shops to dress quickly and take deep cuts to reduce cycle times. View Deep dress, deep cuts

Micro lab tour
Take a tour of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory. As part of the 5th International Conference on MicroManufacturing (ICOMM/4M 2010) held at the university in April, attendees were offered an opportunity to visit the lab and get a first-hand look at current research efforts. View Micro lab tour

3-D optical metrology
Focus Variation, the technique behind Alicona's Infinite Focus 3-D optical metrology system, has enabled EDM Department, Bartlett, Ill., to measure and see what it is making down to 1.7µm tolerances. Watch this breif report to see the system in action and learn about how EDM Department implemented the system. View 3-D optical metrology

Hard turning steel
Video shows Becker CBN inserts being used to hard turn 62Rc d2 steel. The inserts are sold in the U.S. by Rani Tool Corp. View Hard turning steel

Cylindrical OD plunge grinding

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 you can really play around with your parameters, Badger observes in the report. There are two main factors with cylindrical OD plunge grinding: how fast the wheel plunges into the workpiece and the speed (rpm) of the workpiece.

View Cylindrical OD plunge grinding

Competitive technology

Machining molds typically involves creating complex contours and fine surface finishes. Molds are high-value items usually produced in single-digit volumes, making gradual process development and scrapping parts a costly exercise. Moldmakers’ customers generally want to get their products to market as fast as possible, so lead times can be short and inflexible. Finally, overseas competition puts added pressure on U.S. shops. Moldmakers are facing the challenges with a combination of technology and teamwork, and CAD/CAM software is a key competitive tool.

View Competitive technology

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. View Cylindrical OD grinding

New Seco HQ
Machining components for solar power generation systems can be a renewable source of business. This online report includes a video detailing some solar power facts. View New Seco HQ

Here comes the sun
Machining components for solar power generation systems can be a renewable source of business. Included online is a video report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. View Here comes the sun

Chipbreaker
Video of Becker PCD Chipbreaker inserts sold by Rani Tool Corp. eliminate bird nest chips when turning aluminum. ï¿½ View Chipbreaker

Small diameter, deep-hole drilling
Iscar designed drills for small-diameter, deep holes in automotive crankshafts, camshafts, connecting rods and more—all with minimum quantity lubrication. View Small diameter, deep-hole drilling

'One Hit' deep-hole drill
Precision Dormer filmed its R571 CDX-DH “One-hit" Deep-Hole Drill making holes 102mm deep at a speed of 157mm/min. and feed rate of 0.14mm/rev. View 'One Hit' deep-hole drill

Cluster diamonds
Thinking about using cluster diamonds? Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger suggests going at least 4x faster than with a single-point diamond. View Cluster diamonds

Multitasking video

A Studer brand S242 machine, which combines hard milling and grinding, is shown hard milling a toolholder without coolant, then grinding the holder’s taper with coolant to achieve the required surface finish.

View Multitasking video

Rotary diamond dressing
Grinding Doc Jeffrey Badger offers insight into rotary diamond dressing for a shop whose parts turn to toast. View Rotary diamond dressing

Thread milling
Rather than using taps to thread steel prior to hardening, a growing number of shops are opting to thread mill heat-treated steel. View Thread milling

Tech swap
Part of CTE's October cover story, this video sidebar follows tool grinder Jim Clark as he employs the ANCA CNC tool grinding machine at Hamill Manufacturing to create custom geometry on an endmill for a military application. View Tech swap

The right grit
Dr. Jeffrey Badger takes a look at a common problem shops have with getting the surface finish that they want. View The right grit

Ceramic abrasive luck?
As part of our Grinding Doc video series, Dr. Jeffrey Badger fields a question from a shop that hasn't had any luck with ceramic abrasive. View Ceramic abrasive luck?

True upgrade
Produced as an online complement to the October 2009 Productive Times article in Cutting Tool Engineering, this brief video looks at Myles Tool's decision to use a wheel truing machine from Rush Machinery. View True upgrade

Product focus
As part of its occasional product focus video series, Cutting Tool Engineering Plus presents a closer look at the GrindSmart Nano6 from Rollomatic SA. View Product focus

Velocity vs. flowrate
Dr. Jeffrey Badger responds to a question he often gets in his role as a grinding consultant: What coolant flowrate does he recommend? View Velocity vs. flowrate

On tap
Check out this brief video from Kennamental Inc. showing a side-by-side comparison of an HSS tap vs. a solid-carbide tap. The video accompanies CTE's August cover story on selecting the right tap for different workpiece materials. View On tap

Driving diesel
Watch Sandvik Coromant Co.'s CoroMill 365 cutter mill an engine block made of compacted graphite iron in this online complement to our September CTE cover story. View Driving diesel

Tip-Top Productivity
CTE's July cover story examines drills with interchangeable carbide tips, while the accompanying video shows how interchangeable-tip drills permit quick inspection and replacement. View Tip-Top Productivity

Star Gazers
Follow along as the European Space Agency documents the progress of its Herschel Space Observatory in this slide show produced in conjunction with the Summer 2009 cover story in our sister publication MICROmanufacturing. View Star Gazers

2009 business outlook
The members of the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) predict a tough year ahead for the industry, according to a spring survey conducted by the organization. View this exclusive slideshow and report. View 2009 business outlook

Minimal medical
Along with the May CTE cover story detailing innovative technologies and techniques for manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, CTEPlus offers a glimpse into how one medical device is used to clear a clogged artery. View Minimal medical

Landing Gear
Not all landing gear tests require facilities the size of small towns or the ability to land the 787 Dreamliner. Check out the system Carter Aviation Technologies has been testing. View Landing Gear

Wind Power Parts
Presented here—as a complement to our February cover story in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine—is a video of a SideLok long-edge milling cutter from Valenite LLC, Madison Heights, Mich., machining Ti6Al4V at a cutting speed of 150 sfm. View Wind Power Parts

Tool Story
One of the largest cutting tool companies in the world began as a kitchen-table operation in a remote part of Israel. Learn more about Iscar's past and present in this special report. View Tool Story

Multitask Machines
Presented as a supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering's January cover story, "Down-hole, High-tech," this two-minute animation from Phillips Engineering Technologies clearly depicts the operation of a twin-ram vertical turning lathe. View Multitask Machines

Turn Right
Frank Battaglia, staff engineer for Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, Pa., provides a couple of pointers regarding the use of shims with laydown threading inserts to achieve optimal results. View Turn Right

Focus: Kennametal
Cutting Tool Engineering Editor Alan Richter interviews Carlos Cardoso, Kennametal's Chairman, President and CEO while attending IMTS 2008. View Focus: Kennametal

Making the glass mold
Watch as Quality Mould Inc. and others offer a brief glimpse into their glass moldmaking process as part of our Web-based supplement to the April cover story in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. View Making the glass mold

Double Duty
Data Flute CNC's Cliff Flynn, director of research and new product development, gets rough with the company's AFDH finishing tool. View Double Duty

Military Strategies
Cutting Tool Engineering Contributing Editor Bill Kennedy offers a video supplement to the October cover story. View Military Strategies

Smart Weighting
As automakers 'lightweight' vehicles by incorporating more aluminum and microalloy steel components, CTE Plus offers a brief slideshow on the subject to supplement our September cover story. View Smart Weighting

MicroEDM milling
Graham Ruck, sales/applications manager for Leer Technologies Inc., reviews the newest features of the SARIX-200 3-D Multi-Axis MicroEDM Milling machine. View MicroEDM milling

Focus: Sandvik Coromant
Learn more about Sandvik Coromant's outlook for the aerospace market and the reason the company emphasizes training and productivity in this 11-minute video report. View Focus: Sandvik Coromant

Laser marks the spot
Adam J. Wayne, a sales/engineering representative with Laser Marking Technologies, takes a few minutes to chat with the CTE Plus video crew during the EASTEC show this spring. View Laser marks the spot

High-speed wire act
The CTE Plus video crew captured a brief demonstration of the FI 240 CC high-speed wire EDM machine at the GF AgieCharmilles booth during the EASTEC show this spring. View High-speed wire act

Drilling Ductile
Pick up some advice for drilling ductile cast iron and view a brief demonstration of the Ingersoll Qwik-Twist drill with a chamfer ring attachment. View Drilling Ductile

A Cutting Moment
The CTE Plus video crew dropped by the Greenleaf Corp. booth at EASTEC 2008 for a brief cutting tool demonstration. View A Cutting Moment

Short Cycle Time
Daniel Dean, national sales manager for Tsugami USA, explains the features of Tsugami's newest Swiss-turn machine, the SS 32, during a brief demonstration captured on video during EASTEC 2008 by the CTE Plus video crew. View Short Cycle Time

Seeing Double
Captured on video at EASTEC 2008, the Milltronics TT24 uses an integrated twin table machining center that Sales Engineer Craig Foster says will keep CNC operators busy. View Seeing Double

Grinding Away
Brian McKahan, a Rollomatic sales and applications representative, provides the CTE Plus video crew a brief tour and demo of the GrindSmart®620XS precision tool grinder while at EASTEC 2008. View Grinding Away

Virtual Company Showcase
Check out our Virtual Company Showcase featuring video, company profiles, contact information and a wide variety of product highlights from 22 companies throughout the industry. Just scroll down to click on the company of your choice. View Virtual Company Showcase

Now hear this
To learn a little more about acoustic emission monitoring systems, view this 10-minute video featuring one such system from Dittel GmbH, represented in the U.S. by GTI Spindle Technology Inc. Randy Masters of GTI explains. View Now hear this

Hard Turn for the Better
With so much of the news focused on manufacturing jobs lost to China, India and elsewhere, one Illinois shop is making it big in the plastic injection mold industry. View Hard Turn for the Better

Youth Must Be Served
Watch how some companies are fighting the negative image of manufacturing with a clean, high-tech message aimed at youth. View Youth Must Be Served

Tool Spray Redux
CTE Plus offers a look at minimum-quantity lubrication in action thanks to video provided by the Horkos Corp. View Tool Spray Redux

Farm Aid
Western Oklahoma job shop Kos Machine LLC makes it a point to help out local farmers. Follow along as Kos repairs an old Case tractor in this video slide show. View Farm Aid

Aerospace Fasteners
This brief video report features United Titanium employees who demonstrate the production of proprietary threaded titanium fasteners. View Aerospace Fasteners

Taming the 'Nastalloys'
Here's a closer look at what to do when confronted with a common problem in aero-engine machining: interrupted turning. Just click here. View Taming the 'Nastalloys'

Validating Micro
In addition to the February cover story about micromachines, CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING readers can delve deeper into the challenge presented by metrology in the microworld with this special online report. View Validating Micro

Facing Hard Facing
Milling materials rated 45 HRC and above call for new tooling technology and application expertise. Check out this brief online report. View Facing Hard Facing

Big Parts, One Setup
CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING provides a montage of various multitasking large part operations as well as a closer look into cutting muda with multitasking. View Big Parts, One Setup

Changing Quick-Change
New quick-change technologies are enabling faster, more accurate tool changes, and ITI Tooling's Varia are among the products leading the charge. See the Varia in action and check out CUTTING TOOLENGINEERING's January 2008 report. View Changing Quick-Change

Micro awareness
Microlution President Andy Phillip would like to spread the word about the capabilities of micromanufacturing companies like his own. Watch this 3-part video report. View Micro awareness

Micro expansion
SmalTec International General Manager Jerry Mraz discusses the expansion of the Lisle, Ill., company and the benefits and features of its new micromachine, the GM703. View Micro expansion

Sawsmithing
Tru-Cut Saw President and owner David Otter discussed the sawsmithing trade with CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING Editorial Director Alan Rooks. Read the December 2007 article and listen to a portion of the interview as Otter explains the smithing process. View Sawsmithing

Ask The Grinding Doc
CTE Plus recently sat down with Dr. Jeffrey Badger to discuss his background, how he came to be known as The Grinding Doc and a little about his philosophy of grinding. View Ask The Grinding Doc

5-axis micromachining
The new 5-axis micromachining center from Atometric Inc. generated some welcome excitement at shows like the recent Medical Design & Manufacturing event in Minneapolis, Minn. Learn more about the company and its new machine in this special MICROmanufacturing report. View 5-axis micromachining

Micro Marketing Anyone?
Meet George V. Jariabek, a microEDM manufacturer who is convinced he needs some marketing expertise to get his company on track. And micromanufacturing consultant Donna Bibber agrees. Read more about George and view video of his microEDM solutions. View Micro Marketing Anyone?

The Waterjet Set
Go beyond the cover story of the October 2007 issue of CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING to listen and watch how waterjet technology from OMAX Corp. is helping a variety of shops. View The Waterjet Set

Curious for a quote?
Check out how easy it is to design a custom tool and request a quote online these days, thanks to companies like Allied Machine & Engineering Corp. (online system pictured at right) and Riten Industries Inc. View Curious for a quote?

Beyond bushings
Watch the Eurotech Elite WL25 8-axis, dual-slide headstock machine demonstrate how it works without a guide bushing in this CTE Plus report. View Beyond bushings

Greenleaf Corporation
Watch as a Greenleaf Corporation representative Dale Hill talks us through a demonstration of the company's newest cutting tool at the EASTEC show in May. View Greenleaf Corporation

Bison/TMX
Bison/TMX featured a few new products at this year's EASTEC show, including a new collet system and a few indexable carbide tools. View Bison/TMX

O-D Tool & Cutter Inc.
John O'Donnell, the president of O-D Tool & Cutter Inc., talked to CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING at the recent EASTEC show. In this brief video, O'Donnell provides an overview of the company's line of tools. View O-D Tool & Cutter Inc.

Racing to market
You're in the driver's seat as you navigate through our multimedia report about the metalworking suppliers that team up with NASCAR racing teams. View Racing to market

Milling in the fast lane
Iscar Metals Inc. brings our December 2006 cover story to life with four video vignettes demonstrating high-speed milling. View Milling in the fast lane

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