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Dry Goods: Factors To Consider When
Dry Or Near-Dry Machining,
(Cutting Tool Engineering, January
2004)
Metalworking fluids are a double-edged sword. They can be effective for lubricating and cooling the tool/workpiece interface and flushing chips, but maintenance, safety, fluid disposal and air quality can create pricey headaches.
Remanufacturing Machine Tools: A
Value Approach To Improved Performance,
(Tooling & Production, May 2004)
Re-manufacturing has commonly been thought of as a last-ditch effort to extend the useful life of equipment already on the floor while conserving capital for other purposes. At best a necessary evil, especially in hard times, but it certainly is not a first choice solution to the need for enhanced quality and productivity.
Recently, there has been a shift in the realization that, in many cases, the equipment you already own is quite capable of being upgraded or returned to the same levels of precision and performance you expect from a brand new machine—and for significantly less money.
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