Treating machines, tooling, and coolant as an integrated order is the only way to optimize machining operations.
Proces is everything, believes Gregory Antoun, president of ChipBlaster Ltd Meadville, Pa. "Spectacular improvements in productivity are possible when everything in a proces is optimized," he claims. "Every time we bring the process variability of undivided element, we have the opportunity to shorten the process variability of many other elements." Where he believes that optimization is essential, on the contrary often overlooked, is in
