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May, 2008
Features
The right tooling medicine   

Plastics for Medical   

Small-tool Savvy   
Here's how micro-tool manufacturers are designing their tiny tools to be more productive and last longer

Tactics for Plastics   
More plastics and polymers replace aluminim and stainless for medical parts.

Ultrahigh-speed machining plastics   

Tooling & Fixturing Department
Vacuum Cleaner for Fluids   

High-Pressure Coolant Pumps   

Compact Rotary Tables   

Innovations   
To Reduce Setup Time

Inserts for Face Milling Steels   

Inserts for Low-Stress Machining   

Inserts for Profile Machining   

Low-Foam Coolants   

Screwdrivers With Digital Display   

Synthetic Coolant for Machining Titanium and Aluminum   

Tapping Fluid   

The Right Tools Conquer Forging-Scale Nightmare   
Kennametal milling cutters bust through forging scale to reduce tooling costs by half and triple productivity.

Tool Data Management and Communications Software   

Software & Controls Department
Personal 3D Parametric CAD/CAM Available   

Internet Connections   

5-axis CAM Software with Optimized Graphics   

A Software Preview is Offered   

Automation Drives Durable Desktop Sales   

Making Sure NASCAR Engines are What They’re Supposed to be   

Olympic Bobsled Gets High Tech Machining   

Software With a Learning Module   

The True Story of Boris   

Web Portals are Gateway to Increased Productivity   
Use the Internet to tie customers, partners and employees together.

Automation Department
Standard robot interface   

Automation Under Control   

Human- Like robot motion   

Maximize Machine Throughput   

Pallet pool productivity   

Pallets in the job shop   

Part finishing under CNC   

Pick and place more throughout   

Robot Loads in productivity   

Round-the-clock production accessories   

Stages take center stage   

Touchpanels for automation   

Machine Tools Department
Increasing waterjet cutting’s profitability, Part 2   
Reducing fixed costs

Workforce Training   

Positive Outlook for 2008   

Boring in the Round   

Builder Claims More Efficient Machine   

EDM Redesign   

Fast, Yet Powerful, Spindles   

Increasing Waterjet Cutting’s Profitability, Part 1   
Reducing abrasive consumption

Keep Pedestal Grinders Safe   

Machine Boxes up Speed and Precision   

Machine Builder Goes Full Speed   

Machining Double   

Manufacturer Builds on Spindle Success   

Medical Shop Ups Production With Five-Axis   

Medical Waterjet Cutting   

Oil-Free Punching   

Productivity in the Air   

Smallest EDMed Hole   

Shop Operations Department
100,000 RPM Pencil Grinder for Precision Deburring   

Cordless Impact Driver and Impact Wrench   

Crane Beam Tractor Drive   

Expanding Vision   
Non-contact Inspection Keeps Pace With Production.

Guage for Large Crankshafts   

Invensys Develops a Unique Partnership   

Lifting Magnets for Steel Handling   

Low-Cost Product Marker   

New and Retrofitted CMs Combine to Produce Efficiency   

Quality Insulated Tools   

Surface Probe Calibrator   

Tool Position System for Threaded Fastener Assembly   

Winch Boom   

Wireless Tool Control System Designed to Eliminate Fastening Risks   

Workstation With Expandable Work Surface   

Web Exclusive
Increasing waterjet cutting’s profitability, Part 2   
Reducing fixed costs

Viewpoints
IMTS Expanding to New and Old Roles   

Practical Ideas   

Where is the Dollar Headed?   
Vice President-Government Relations, AMT—The Association For Manufacturing Technology

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