Author: Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz
Date: 5/1/2013
Honing was invented more than 70 years ago to de-glaze cylinder bores in early automobiles. Since then, conventional honing has been routinely used to create crosshatch surface finish in bores to enhance oil retention to lubricate and seal sliding/mating parts like pistons, plungers and shafts.
Full Article Author: Jim Lorincz
Senior Editor
Manufacturing Engineering Magazine
Date: 4/1/2013
"When most people talk about the question of tool life, they're referencing extending the time of use of a particular tool. It can be more helpful to take a look at the big picture and examine the question of tool life from a technologilla perspective," said Jeff Dei, presdient, Carmex Precision Tools LLC (Richfield, WI).
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Jim Lorincz
Senior Editor
Manufacturing Engineering
Date: 3/1/2013
Demand for oil field equipment technology for oil and gas industry applications like pipe and casing threaidng grew by 33% in the US in 2012 according to estimates cited by EMAG LLC Farmington Hills, MI and Leipzig, Germany).
Full Article Author: Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz
Date: 2/1/2013
Remotely operated vehicles (ROV) rose to the top of public consciousness with the Gulf oil spill disaster in April 2010. Streaming video from ROVs working to staunch the flow of oil from the Macondo well was seen on television screens around the world in real time after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, burned and sank.
Full Article Author: Edited by Senior Editor Jim Lorincz
Date: 1/1/2013
Laser cutting has emerged as the best way to cut and trim hot-stamped steel, the light-weight, high-strength materials increasingly used in the automotive industry to reduce the overall cost and weight of cars while improving both passenger safety and fuel economy.
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