Research consortium will watch the chips fly. (Ohio State University Engineering Research Center...

The Ohio State University Engineering Research Center for Net Shape Manufacturing will focus its efforts on the study of the chip-formation process in high speed machining for two years beginning in 1st qtr. 1997. The center will attempt to shed light on various topics which include the high performance milling of surface parts, high speed milling of hardened diecasting dies and hard turning of mold cores.

Ohio center handles real-world machining.

Forget that old line about the "ivory tower" of academia. Real-world research into high speed machining (HSM) over the next tw