Machine Tools

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 A move is afoot to get lead out of plumbing pipes and fixtures that carry potable water. It's the law in California and could be to your state.

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Turn-Mills

Multitasking Technology for Turn/Mill Lathes Evolves

 From a few live tools on a turing center turret, turn-mill has developed into true multitasking machining.

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Swiss-Types

Technical Member Profile: Tsugami-Rem Sales LLC

Tsugami-Rem Sales LLC is the exclusive North American importer of Tsugami equipment, including Swiss-type automatic and gang-tooled lathes, bar-fed multifunction machines and machining centers.  

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Swiss-Types

Bushless Swiss-Type Machines

In recent years, bushless Swiss-types have been available on the market, and as it “turns” out, there are many advantages to these machines, including the fact that they can often operate even more accurately than the Swiss-type machines with guide bushings. 

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Swiss-Types

Seven-Axis CNC Screw Machine

The UltraTurn XL seven-axis CNC screw machine with tool slides is designed for heavy forming operations for maximum metal-removal rates, the company says. The company also offers a variable-speed servodrive for live turret tooling that is only compatible with the UltraTurn. This drive will also power a live subspindle, providing two-axis ID and OD backworking capabilities.

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High Production Turn-Mill Centers

The C100 series of production turn-mill centers are versatile, high production machines linked in real-time to the company’s Virtual Machine programming and simulation suite. Virtual Machine includes user software that is a mirror of the real machine configuration. The data allow users to program, set up and operate the “virtual machine” in exactly the same way as the real machine.

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Swiss-Types

Swiss-Type with Removable Guide Bushing

The MLK-32 hybrid offers a seven-axis sliding headstock with a removable guide bushing. The hybrid model has a 7. 5-hp main spindle and a 7.

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Multi-Spindle Production Center

The eight-spindle Mori-Say TMZ 867 CNC multi-spindle multifunction production center can accommodate barstock as large as 72 mm in diameter and can operate as an open-front chucker. The multi-spindle offers high precision CNC production capability to a range of part sizes that, until now, required other types of machines, such as rotary transfer machines, the company says. Provided with a double Siemens 840 D CNC, the machine offers as many as 72 CNC axes and can perform almost any metalcutting operation on precision parts including drilling, tapping, milling and hobbing.

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Turn-Mill Center Features Three Y-Axis Turrets

The company’s B765Y3 has more than 4" of Y-axis travel on all three turrets. Combined with the company’s standard tooling, customers can load as many as 144 cutting tools, allowing them to either machine several different parts without any change-over time or load several redundant cutting tools (using the company’s tool load software to detect tool wear and run “lights out”). The machine has 2.

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Swiss-Types

12-Axis Swiss-Type Machine For Complex Parts

The 12-axis Swiss-type machine features an independent three-turret design to allow three tools to be used at any time, working simultaneously in the cut. Fully independent front/back machining capability enables a variety of tools to make complicated parts in a single operation. Providing fast rapids and a quick tool change with great accuracies, the ECAS-20T is suitable for traditionally difficult and complex parts, the company says.

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