Turning Machines

Data-Driven Manufacturing 20 Mar 2008

Automation In A Production Shop

Production turning automation is the beneficiary of increasingly powerful design and application tools. This makes it much easier to create automation that fits the application.

Cutting Tools 1 Mar 2008

Shop Sticks With Stick Tooling

Who says we can’t be competitive on simple parts? The secret for making it happen at one Connecticut shop is the combination of modern CNC Swiss-type machines and good old-fashioned “stick” tooling.

Turning Machines 1 Mar 2008

Vertical Turning Upside Down

Using the main spindle for double-duty machining and workpiece load/unload makes sense. It’s a simple idea that has grown in sophistication from turning to multitasking. This article looks at the state of the art using inverted vertical turning for precision volume production.

Swiss-Types 27 Feb 2008

Swiss-Type Machines: More Than Just a Lathe

CNC Swiss-Type machines have more capability built in than ever before. Many of these capabilites can be accessed using attachments that increase the throughput of the machine tool, improve the quality of the work coming off the machine and reduce or eliminate the need for secondary operations even for very complex workpieces.

Turning Machines 19 Feb 2008

Options On A Subspindle

Subspindles can do much more than backworking. This article looks a various options currently available.

Swiss-Types 18 Feb 2008

Research Zone For Swiss-Types

ProductionMachining.com now offers special-emphasis Zones that directly relate to technologies that are of the highest interest to our readers. The Swiss-Type Screw Machine Zone provides an assortment of tools that allow thorough research of Swiss turning.

Medical 1 Jan 2008

Swiss Shop Serves Medical And More

For more than 20 years this Chicagoland shop has been a supplier to one of the world’s largest manufacturers of medical devices. It’s a relationship that is built on mutual trust, consistent performance and a long-term view of the business of manufacturing. It’s also about properly applied technology.