Machine Tools
A New Breed Of Turn-Mill Center
The turn-mill center continues to evolve its capabilities. This new machine from Index is an example.
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Adding 5-Axis Capability to a 3-Axis CNC Mill
This attachment provides shops using thee-axis machining centers the option of on-demand four- and five-axis machining.
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Turn-Mill Machines Turn a Shop's Situation Around
It often takes seeing a machine in action to conjure up a solution to a shop’s problem. This was the case for Steve Walters, an engineer at TriContinent Scientific Inc.
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Keeping Pace with CAM
The latest version of this CAM pacakge features 5-axis simultaneous machining for multi-axis lathes, improved milling functionality and enhanced thread whirling support.
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Upgrading Rotary Transfer Machines on the Shop Floor
Smart manufacturers are using slower production demand to upgrade efficiency of their rotary transfer machines. This story looks at a Cleveland area integrator that can do the job in weeks and without removing machines from the shop.
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Czech Out This New CNC Multi-Spindle
A new CNC multi-spindle is available in the U.S. for the first time. Manufactured in the Czech Republic, it has a long pedigree in Europe, but has been reletively unknown here--until now.
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One-Part Solution With Huge Payoff
Machine shops prioritize different challenges daily, but some challenges are more critical than others. Precise Products Corporation (Minneapolis) was faced with a challenge when one of its original customers asked the company to reduce the cost of a family of parts or risk losing the job.
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Selecting A VMC: Factors To Consider
A three-, four- or five-axis vertical machining center can run the gamut of capability and cost. Assessing your application requirements now and in the future can make for a much wiser machining center purchase.
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Machining In Paradise
One medical parts job shop is taking its business to the next level in Puerto Rico with the right CAM system.
Read MorePM 101: Learn More with Lori--Inverted Vertical Turning
Vertical turning technology has been around for over a century, but the idea to flip the position of the spindle and the toolholder is still relatively new. What’s great about vertical turning technology is that, by setting up a vertical turning station, a shop can automate more of a particular production activity, freeing up operators and increasing output at the same time.
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