Swiss-Types
SwissNano Manufactures Small Pieces with High Precision
The SwissNano machine’s kinematics enable turning, drilling, cutting, deburring, roughing and finishing operations.
Read MoreSwiss-Type Lathe Helps Medical Shop Achieve Higher Precision
After the investment was made in a new Swiss-type lathe, not only was this company management’s expectations exceeded by the machine’s performance and efficiency, but the lathe is now included in plans for future applications.
Read MoreSee Chip Control and Chipless Cutting at Marubeni Citizen-Cincom
Visit Marubeni Citizen Cincom’s booth to see how the new Low Frequency Vibration (LFV) cutting technology deals with the problem of chip accumulation.
Read MoreLaserSwiss Combines Styles
The compact, 12-mm, five-axis Swiss-type CNC lathe is the smallest LaserSwiss the company offers.
Read MoreMedical Grows as Its End Market Slows
While the baby-boom generation inexorably falls apart, bone screws, plates, rods, artificial joints and less-invasive surgical fixes indicate a bright future for manufacturers of the parts needed to help keep “Humpty” together. The trick for medical-part makers is keeping up with the evolving technology needed to meet industry demands.
Read MoreNew Citizen Tool Program Offers Quality and Service
Heimatec’s new line of live and static tools for Swiss-type CNC automatic lathes are designed for most Citizen lathes.
Read MoreContinuous Production Doubles Shop's Output
GLT was spending $35,000 a year to have bars cut to length by an outside saw operation. The purchase of a Swistek RB20Y CNC lathe that parts the bars (fed by an Edge Technologies Scout 320 bar feeder) has allowed the shop to save that money and more through doubled production.
Read MoreWhizHold Workholding Line Sets Up Swiss-Type Lathes
WhizCut’s WhizHold line is a range of toolholding and workholding products developed for Swiss-type lathes that can set up a Swiss lathe with precision tools as collet holders, collets and revolving ends.
Read MoreMaking Parts on a Swiss/Laser Machine
Adding laser cutting to Swiss-type machining is helping this shop do more work for its customers in the medical industry.
Read MoreKeeping Current with the Medical Machining Market
The medical machining industry being supplied by the precision machined parts industry is changing. This Northeast Ohio shop is working to keep up with the need to serve changing requirements of its medical customers by increasing the shop’s operational capabilities.
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