Machine Tools

Turning Machines

Fighting Pressure With Pressure

High-pressure coolant systems are providing improved part quality, increased tool life and other benefits for this precision turning shop.

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Filling The Gap Between Single- And Multi-Spindle Machines

What do multi-spindle screw machine users need/want in their next machines? Five features are mentioned most frequently by customers: flexibility; easy changeover from one job to the next; ability to use readily available off-the-shelf tooling; greater accuracy and consistency; and ease of operation and maintenance.

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A Diet Of High Volumes, Long Runs

Suggest a strategy of high volumes and very long runs, and many screw machine houses grow anxious. Add that the high volumes are for automotive customers, and the anxious soon become squeamish—except in the case of this supplier. It thrives on the volumes and chases the long runs.

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Style And Substance

At the Simodec show in France, Wirth & Gruffat (Argonay, France) introduced a new machine called Transturn TT-312. It is designed to combine the advantages of multi-spindle screw machines and rotary transfer technology. The company calls it a manufacturing cell.

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Grinding

Grinding: Send It Out Or Keep It In-House?

CNC tool grinding can improve the output quality of any screw machine operation. But there are a number of factors to consider when deciding whether to send tools out or grind them in-house.

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Turning Machines

Load More Tools On Your CNC Lathe's Turret

Most shops accept the tooling limitations of their CNC lathes as a fact of life-something that cannot be changed and something to get around. However, one shop took a fresh look at the problem and came up with a way to increase the number of rotary tools that a turret can accommodate.

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Swiss-Types

Moving Up To CNC Swiss Screw Machines

Three new CNC Swiss machines in 18 months have provided real growth for this Illinois shop.

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Turning Machines

Secondary Machining--Without The Tears

This automated machining cell is reaping the advantages of balanced operations—and avoiding most of the problems that usually go with it.

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Swiss-Types

No Guide Bushing On A Swiss-type?

Like much of the metalworking lexicon, often our words fail to adequately describe, or keep up with, our technological innovations. The truth is, in the business of making precision parts it really doesn't matter much if a lathe is a turning center or a mill is a machining center.

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Vertical Indexing Machine Produces Fittings With Greater Accuracy

This high production indexing machine is said to be able to produce a family of tees and elbows from a variety of materials with holes ranging in size up to ¾ inch NPT in mild steel.

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