Machine Tools
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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A One Stop Shop
Combining flexible manufacturing with volume production capability helps this shop cover all the bases.
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Hard Turning and Grinding on a Single Machine
Combining multiple technologies on a single machine makes the machining process more complex, but the advantages of consistent integration of such functionality can be worth the effort.
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Adjusting to Unleaded
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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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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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.
Read MoreBushless 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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