Machine Tools

Manufacturer Stays True to 106-Year-Old Niche

Finding a niche and sticking to it sounds like common sense. Sometimes, however, companies get distracted, even bored, with a niche. That’s never been a problem for the Fischer family.

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Grinding

Beating the Competition by Not Making Products

An emphasis on process rather than creating products is the goal for some metalworking companies these days.

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Turn-Mills

Swiss and More

The parts that are produced on Swiss machines these days amaze me.

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Beefed-Up Backworking on New CNC Multi-Spindle

This CNC multi-spindle automatic lathe includes a quillstock with six tool carriers and one counter spindle opposite the main six-spindle drum, allowing machining of complex workpieces in a single process.

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Turn-Mills

The Evolution of the Y Axis on Turn-Mill Machines

Introduced to the turn-mill machine tool design in about 1996, the Y axis was first used on a single-spindle, mill-turn lathe with a subspindle. The idea of a Y axis on a CNC originated from the quality limitation of polar interpolation and the difficulty in programming, not from electronic advances in controls or servomotor technology as one might commonly think.

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Turning Machines

Turn-Mill Classics

Here are trailers for some of the classic articles on turn-mill multitasking. This is a broad showing of turn-mill technology in the form of machines, processes, programming and applications.

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Turn-Mills

Why a Y Axis?

As machine tool capabilities have advanced, many builders are offering Y-axis capabilities to turning centers and multitasking machines.

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Swiss-Types

The Pursuit of Perfection

The “Pursuit of Perfection” is how Acero Precision defines its mission and while such lofty words make nice copy, all one needs to do is visit this contract manufacturer to experience how serious the company is about the technology, personnel and processes necessary to make it more than an abstract goal.

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Grinding

Diamond Lapping and Lapping Plate Control

The word “diamond” brings the word “expensive” to mind. But when it comes to lapping with diamond superabrasives, start thinking “low”—as in lower slurry consumption, lower slurry cost per hour, lower sludge generation, lower cycle time, lower reject rates and fewer process steps.

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Automation

Take the Highland Road

From programming to setup to production, this Ohio job shop plans everything it does around untended machining. The company has been refining the process for more than a decade and has become very good at it.

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Horn USA
manufacturer of machine tools
Kyocera
Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives
SPC Innovations, In-machine gaging and attachments
Marubeni Citizen CNC
Star swiss-type automatic lathes
SolidCAM
Efficient, Durability, Advanced CBN Abrasives