Single & Multi-Spindles
Hybrid Multi-Spindle: Look Ma, No Cams
As the volume production market migrates from mechanical multi-spindle machines, builders are creating machine tool technology tiers that apply the correct level of cost and capability to the application.
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Racing to High Tech Turning
A manufacturer of race car components gets higher RPM, quicker rapids and a sophisticated control with a new lineup of turning machines.
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Climbing the Ladder of Success
A shop takes advantage of CNC multi-spindle technology to reduce cost per part while meeting customer's quality production needs.
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Making Small Parts
It still amazes me how small some of the parts can be in our industry. Although it looks like it might be just a chip, this medical component has an 8-thousandths hole through it with four mills along the sides.
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Automatic Lathes Provide Zero Defects, Three-Shift Production
Being competitive these days is essential, yet becoming more difficult.
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Sliding Headstock on Six Spindles
On my most recent trip to Europe, I visited the headquarters of Tornos in Moutier, Switzerland.
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Probing for Quality
Committed employee owners are the foundation of this company’s achievements in high precision manufacturing.
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New CNC Multi-Spindle Designed for Form Tools
Advances in technology can be disruptive. However, some advances can provide new possibilities for existing methods and tools leading to leaps forward in efficiency and effectiveness.
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Here, Multi-Spindles are Alive and Well
While the nature of multi-spindle work has changed over time, the demand for parts produced using this technology remains strong for this Midwest contract manufacturer, which successfully blends older cam and new CNC multi-spindle machine technologies.
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Metamorphosis of a Brown & Sharpe Department
This plant needed to maximize machine utilization and decrease labor costs. It began by upgrading its Department 417 Brown & Sharpe single-spindle screw machines.
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