b'I can rotate an object in its own envelope.He said moving a machine neces- Air casters also fit where forkliftsMassenburg said.sitates as few as two people. cannot go. Large material-handlingBecauseaircastersfitneatly None of these are fast moves,systems require a lot of space andwithin the footprint of a load to be Massenburg said, so you just takeopen clearances for maneuvering.moved, they can move omnidirec-your time and be careful. In a closely packed layout, this intro- tionally.He said a machine can be pre- duces the risk of damage to equip- I can rotate an object in its own pared for moving in about 15 min- ment or people if a forklift acciden- envelope, Massenburg said. You utes. A machine generally sits on atally backs into anything, Massen- cant do that with a forklift or some set of legs, and areas are availableburg said. other device that sticks out beyond underneath to insert the air casters,He said air casters are well suitedwhere the load is. Even on regular which are about 76 mm (3") tall. Iffor turning tightly and squeezingconcrete, the move is easier, faster called for, users can place plywoodinto snug areas. and safer with air casters than it cribbing on a caster to fill any gapIts not uncommon for these ma- would be using rollers or any other between the caster and the machine. chines to barely fit inside the door,method.CTEAd IndexADVERTISER NAME PAGE # ADVERTISER NAME PAGE # ADVERTISER NAME PAGE #Abrasive Technology Inc.7 H.B. Carbide42 OMG North America LLC21Allied Machine and Engineering19 Iscar Metals Inc.Cover 2 OSG USA Inc.15AMAMCO Tool25 J.W. Done Co.40 Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc.46Beckett Packaging, a div. of MOCAP46 Kyocera Precision ToolsCover 4 Rollomatic Inc.41Bluco Corporation43 Lang Technovation17 Royal Products57Cemecon Inc.32 Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Inc.5 Schwanog LLC53Clausing Industrial Inc.45 Mastercut Tool Corp.49 Scientific Cutting Tools51Dormer Pramet24 MERSEN28 Star SU LLC31Eriez Manufacturing Co.18 The Mill-Rose Co.30 Strausak Inc.33Erowa Technology Inc.36 Mitee-Bite Products LLC37 SwiftCarb20Fairlane Products37 Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc.Cover 3 Tapmatic Corporation44GMSi Group Inc.23 Nachi America (Cutting Tools)9 Tool-Flo Manufacturing Inc.1Graymills52 Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives54 Tungaloy America Inc.2Greenleaf Corporation11 NSK America Corporation47 Vollmer of America Corporation16Guhring Inc.35 NT USA Corporation50 YG-1 Tool Co. Ltd.13GWS Tool Group29 oelheld U.S. Inc.53 YMW Taps USA52Haimer USA LLC34 The Advertisers Index is provided as a courtesy to advertisers. Every effort is made to avoid errors, but should one occur, CTE is not responsible.Reviewed by the Engineering Index.Cutting Tool Engineering (ISSN:0011-4189) is published monthly. Copyright 2020 by CTE Publications Inc., 1 Northfield Plaza, Suite 240, Northfield, IL 60093-1213. All rights re served. Periodicals postage paid at Winnetka, IL 60093 and additional mailing offices. Circulated in the U.S.A. to qualified individuals concerned with the material-cutting function in industry. For others, subscriptions are $75 per year in the U.S.A.; $125 in Canada. Other foreign subscriptions are $125 per year; overseas delivery via airmail, $195. EditorialProduced in the U.S.A.and advertising offices: 1 Northfield Plaza, Suite 240, Northfield, IL 60093-1213. Phone (847) 498-9100; Fax (847) 559-4444. This magazine is protected under U.S. and international copyright laws. Before reproducing anything from this publication, call the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. at (978) 750-8400. CTE Publ ications makes every effort to ensure that the processes described in Cutting Tool Engineeringconform to sound machining practices. Neither the authors nor the publisher can be held responsible for injuries sustained while following procedures described herein. Postmaster: Send address changes to Cutting Tool Engineering, PO Box 1487, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-1487. Canada Post: Publications Mail Agreement #40065725. Canada returns to be sent to 2835 Kew Dr., Windsor, ON N8T 3B7. ctemag.com/cteguide.com59ProTimes.indd 59 6/16/20 9:28 PM'