Machine Tools
RBS Fourth-Axis Rotary Table Series is for Single-Axis VMCs
Koma Precision Inc.’s RBS fourth-axis rotary table series is suitable for single-axis VMCs and was built using a ball drive system featuring zero backlash, improved cycle times, energy conservation and a lifetime adjustment-free transmission system.
Read MoreMoving Vertical Turning Up
There is always room for improvement, and transitioning from vertical turning to inverted vertical turning can be one way to improve your shop’s efficiency. The benefits of inverted vertical turning include a smaller machine footprint relative to horizontal turning centers of similar capacity; multitasking capabilities; and maybe the biggest benefit—chips fall away from the spindle into a conveyor in the machine base and out of the workzone.
Read More
VMC's Dual Spindle Design Doubles Productivity
Doosan Machine Tools America’s DMP 500/2SP vertical machining center is equipped with two spindles and two automatic-tool-change (ATC) systems and is designed for production job shops and high volume parts manufacturers.
Read More
Two New Twists on Thread Whirling
Thread whirling as a metalworking process dates to the 1940s. Recently, developments in production speeds, based on this increasingly popular process, are impacting thread manufacturers.
Read More
VIDEOS: Tips for Screw Making on Swiss-Type Machines
Here’s a three-part video series focused on Swiss screw making to help explain the benefits of thread whirling, back turning and broaching while taking into consideration CAM programming, tooling and machine specifications.
Watch
KNe3G is the Latest Generation of Grinding Machine
Kapp Niles’s KNe3G has an integrated measuring system that allows various alignments, analysis, and correction possibilities.
Read More
Double-Spindle Machining Center Offers High Rigidity
GMTA’s Rasoma DSP 450-2 double-spindle machining center’s thermal stability is enhanced by cooled motor spindles and the rapid traverse on these centers ranges up to 60 m/min. at high acceleration.
Read More
SS207-5AX Swiss-Type CNC Lathe Combines Welding and Cutting
Tsugami’s SS207-5AX Swiss-type CNC lathe with two fully integrated SPI lasers, one for laser cutting and one for welding, is the first LaserSwiss to incorporate laser welding.
Read More
TX7 Linear Production Tool Handles Heavy Grinding Operations
Anca’s TX7 Linear production tool grinding machine with a 37-kW (49HP) peak power direct-drive spindle and BigPlus arbor handles 3-mm diameter end mills to 400-mm-long drills or a 300-mm diameter face cutter.
Read More
EHC125300 CNC Horizontal Lathe Handles Large Parts
SMTCL’s EHC125300 is a high precision CNC horizontal lathe featuring swing over the bed of 1250 mm or 49” that can handle parts up to 3 m in length or 118 inches.
Read More
