Design for Manufacturing: Shaft Keyways
Keyways are cut into shafts in order to connect them to another object. Typically, this…
Design for Manufacturing: Spot Facing
This article considers restrictions in place for effective and economical spot facing in milling. Spot facing…
Design for Manufacturing: Special Clearances
This article discusses cutter clearance in milling operations with a particular focus on shoulders, flanges,…
Design for Manufacturing: Gang Milling
This article looks at the time and tooling considerations behind gang milling. Gang milling is the…
Design for Manufacturing: Hole Machining
This article considers cost avoidance techniques in blind hole drilling. Drilling makes use of cutters…
Design for Manufacturing: Oversizing Clearances for Large Cutters
This articles examines why you should preferentially design parts for large cutter use. Cutter size…
Design for Manufacturing: Milling
Milling is the act of subtractive manufacturing performed on a workpiece using rotary cutters to…
Design for Manufacturing: Boring
This article looks at the recommended design practices for boring machined parts. Boring is the…
Design for Manufacturing: Reaming
This article looks at the drilling operation known as “reaming.” We consider good design principles…
Design for Manufacturing: Drilling
This article discusses the economics of drilling operations in terms of what to use and when.…