table of contents EDITOR’S LETTER 64
The Good News and Bad News about Oil Prices
James D. Sawyer Yearbook Editor
ON THE WEB
Workholding Innovations Proliferate for the Oil Patch
Large threaded pipes and other oil-fi eld components can often require taking a different workholding approach.
http://tinyurl.com/NRGYBK1
Advanced Technologies for Machining Oil-Field Parts
New technologies offer heavy-duty metal removal, reduced setup steps and fl exibility
http://tinyurl.com/NRGYBKz
Oil Patch Risks and Rewards
Strong, reliable gears keep the equipment turning and the oil fl owing.
http://tinyurl.com/NRGYBK3
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Cover 4 5ME LLC 12 Chevalier Machinery Inc 20 Greenleaf Corp
Cover 2 Iscar Metals Inc 2 Methods Machine Tools Inc
16 Promess Inc 18 Renishaw Inc 8 Schunk Inc
Cover 3 SME Corporate 7 SME Foundation
22 SME Membership 5 YCM Industries
The cover: Statoil’s Gudrun Platform sits in the North Sea off Norway, subject to freezing temperatures, high seas and strong gales. Guardrails also must withstand occasional pummeling from cago containers weighing as much as 8000 kg.
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6 — Energy Manufacturing 2016
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