Industry standards for surface finish help define the specifications of the instruments, how they are used, the results they provide and how they can be tested for performance.

The work is mounted on the table and fed into the rotating cutter or endmill to accomplish the milling steps; vertical milling machines also feed endmills into the work by means of a spindle-mounted ...

About nine months ago company officials wanted to arrange a special event where they were going to turn on the paper mill machines for the first time in about six years, he said. “That’s where ...