CRIBSHEET – #1 3 Factors to Understand Machinability in Steel
September 2012 | Craftsman’s Cribsheet #1
The machinability of steel bars is determined by three primary factors: Cold work, Thermal treatment, and Chemical composition.
Similar Posts
PODCAST – The Role of Nitrogen in Free Machining Carbon Steels
Released October 3, 2022 Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss the unexpected role of nitrogen in our shop performance and in our customers subsequent processing.
- 2014 PM | Articles | Content - Business/Continuous Improvement | Content-Engineering - Materials | Content-Shop Operations | Topic Pages
ARTICLE – Difficulty Machining: Shop or Office Problem?
Published May 2014 By Miles Free III Machining difficult materials is a challenge that shops are increasingly facing these days as traditional free machining materials are not being selected for the higher performance, higher-engineered applications in technology today. VIEW ARTICLE
The Climate Change Debate
“What we are seeing really is just another interglacial phase within our big icehouse climate.” Dismissing political calls for a global effort to reverse climate change, she said, “It’s really farcical because the climate has been changing constantly… What we should do is be more aware of the fact that it is changing and that we should be ready to adapt to the change.”
Wolverine Machine, Solar Cars and Leading Technology
PMPA member Wolverine Machine had an important role in the manufacture of the university of Michigan’s Winning Solar Car this year.
ARTICLE – Economics of Production Machining: Are You in the Speed or Feed Tribe?
Economics of Production Machining: Are You in the Speed or Feed Tribe? Optimizing for multiple factors, not just minimizing cost for a single factor, will lead to profitable production machining. by Miles Free Director of Industry Research and Technology, PMPA Published July 1, 2022 Production machining is a manufacturing domain where economics are the controlling…
Do We Need Ground Barstock For Swiss? (NTC 2023)
Recorded: April 18, 2023 at National Technical Conference in Cleveland, OH. Speakers: Bill Cox, Cox Manufacturing Robin Rutschilling, Clippard Instrument Laboratory Who would benefit: Upper and Middle Management, Foremen, Leadmen Experience track: Management Description Gone are the days of needing laborers or ‘warm bodies’ in our precision machining shops. In this session, Bill Cox and…