Machine Tools

Swiss-Types

Combining Old and New Technologies Pays Off

By pursuing a pragmatic growth policy that coupled advanced CNC Swiss technology with the speed and cost effectiveness of existing cam machines, Precision Plus (Elkhorn, Wis.) has thrived.

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Making Locks Since Lincoln

For 150 years, padlock manufacturer Wilson Bohanan has done one thing and done it well. Spanning much of the Industrial Revolution, this company has survived and prospered by adapting to change both in product and process as evidenced by the company’s recent installation of a CNC multi-spindle.

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Automotive

Single Pass Honing System with Automatic Tool Wear Compensation

Single pass honing, also referred to as diamond bore sizing, is a good way to produce parts economically when the bore is small or has thin-walled members that need to be honed.

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Turning Machines

Are Bar Fed Machining Centers the Next Big Thing?

Advanced mill-turn machines with bar fed material handling can overcome several inherent weaknesses of production machining on vertical machining centers.

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CNC Lathes, Machining Centers and More

The company’s Mori Seiki NT1000SZM, as well as the DMG CTX gamma 2000 TC are available.

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Turn-Mills

Milling and Turning with Automatic Tool Changing

The Integrex j-Series performs four-axis simultaneous machining with five-axis tool tip positioning.

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Turning Machines

Turning/Boring/Milling Centers

The M120 mill-turn/6,500-mm machine is equipped with machining lengths ranging from 78" to 315" and a swing ranging to 48". Along with power ranges (ranging to 168 hp) and torque values (ranging to 8,680 foot-pounds) of the main spindle, feed rates on all axes make for dynamics and productivity.

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'Ferris Wheel' Machining

Trunnion machining is a type of rotary transfer machining whose plane of motion resembles that of a Ferris wheel.

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Turning Machines

Reducing Cycle Times with Vertical Turning

Here's a look at Emag's 250 platform, the company's latest lineup of inverted vertical turning lathes.

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Turning Machines

Connecting the Technologies

This Missouri shop uses new advances in machine to machine communications to achieve its goals of lights out manufacturing and quick changeover.

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