Machine Tools

Basics 14 Jun 2013

Hard Turning with Inverted Vertical Turning Centers

When it comes to the machining of hardened surfaces, hard turning is a particularly efficient solution that, compared with grinding, offers a radical reduction of machining times and investment costs.

Basics 12 Jun 2013

Repeatability with Heavy-Duty Vertical Turning

Developments in vertical turning technology, such as multitasking functionality, have further increased these machines' relevance.

Grinding 12 Jun 2013

Tool Grind Workholding System Limits Runout

Precision manufacturing requires minimal tool runout, but the amount of runout that is acceptable can be dependent on part tolerances and is often related to the size of the tool.

Turn-Mills 11 Jun 2013

Consolidating CAM Software Cuts Programming Time

At Trillium Machine Inc., there’s no room for thinking within the comfy confines of “the box,” working in the “comfort zone,” or refusing to try the untried.

Turn-Mills 5 Jun 2013

Mazak Event Targets Aerospace, Medical

While in the area for EASTEC last month, I attended Mazak Corporation’s “Discover More with Mazak” event at its Northeast Technology Center in Windsor Locks, Conn. The 3-day event highlighted a lineup of the company’s manufacturing systems.

Turning Machines 17 May 2013

Shop Grows its Multitasking Operations

Here's a look at what this shop's expanded multitasking capabilities have meant to its success and how it plans to continue building momentum.

Grinding 17 May 2013

Small Grinding Center Offers Big Productivity Boost

This vertical grinding center for small chucked components with a maximum diameter of 100 mm was developed specifically to meet increasingly higher output levels and shorter cycle times.

Toolholders 15 May 2013

Taking the Heat Off Live Tooling

As live tooling becomes more popular in many CNC turning centers, the use of tooling with sealed bearing performance is becoming a challenge for shops that produce components in high volumes or with lengthy cycle times.

Grinding 1 May 2013

Studer Wins Innovation Prize

The Intec Prize, recognizing outstanding results in product development, innovation, continuity in market development and other extraordinary achievements, was recently awarded to Fritz Studer AG.

Turn-Mills 22 Apr 2013

Multitasking Benefits a Process in Many Ways

Multitask machining is the ability to perform various manufacturing operations unattended, without moving the part to other machines.

SPC Innovations, In-machine gaging and attachments