Single & Multi-Spindles
Military Supplier Delivers On Spec, On Time
When your only product is socket set screws and your primary customers are the demanding aerospace and military markets, quality and uptime are paramount. Your multi-spindle machines need to be reliable and easily reconfigured to produce a new part at a moment’s notice.
Read MoreCNC Upgrades Breathe New Life Into Brownies
Used in lean manufacturing processes, multis can suffer from long setup times. Upgraded Brownies often compete very favorably with multis on medium-length runs.
Read MoreMonitoring Perishable Tools On Automatics
Monitoring tool wear is an essential component to getting greater productivity and lower costs from a machine tool.
Read MoreLooking For Solutions In New Places
When this shop needed a new turning center to produce small parts quickly, it looked to the Haas Mini Lathe for the solution.
Read MoreThink You Can’t Afford New CNC Multi Technology?
At first glance, one might not think that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on new CNC multi-spindle technology could actually improve a shop’s financial statement within several months, but it can and has at 64-year-old Kaddis Manufacturing in Rochester, New York.
Read MoreMeeting China's Challenge, British Style
This British shop is writing off simple, low-margin jobs, concentrating instead on tough-to-make parts in medium to high volumes for its new CNC multi-spindle machines.
Read MoreCNC Multi-Spindle Offers New Feature Combos For Lower Cost Per Part
Not too long ago, if cycle time was the primary consideration when buying a new multi- spindle machine, the choice was automatic—cam automatic, that is. Today, CNC multi-spindle machines offer cycle times comparable to those for cam automatics and a great deal more. Builders of CNC multi-spindles have discovered more ways to computerize their machines, providing packages of features that raise their productivity to a new level.
Read MoreSelecting The Right Shaft Coupling
When designing machinery, how do you begin to select the right coupling for a drivetrain application? How do you find one that will not only compensate for misalignments in the joined shafts but will also provide the flexibility, torque capacity, corrosion-resistance and other performance capabilities that the application requires? Here’s a case in point that provides some of the answers.
Read MoreUsing CNC On Cam Multis
Much buzz around the industry is focused on how best to apply CNC in multispindle screw machine shops. Some advocate total commitment to the technology, while others believe a mixture of mechanical and electronic actuation is the ticket. We visited multispindle builder Euroturn to see how it decides what an appropriate level of CNC and mechanical actuation is.
Read MoreScratching Surface Flaws With Automation
Machining parts complete on CNC multi-spindles, with automatic load and unload, is proving the key to nick- and scratch-free parts for this tier-two auto parts maker.
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