Turning Machines
VIDEO: Swiss Shop’s Choice of Collets Facilitates Backworking
This Swiss shop discovered workholding collets that satisfy the needs of its very small, delicate and complex medical parts production on the subspindle, making once impossible processes not only doable but more efficient and esthetically pleasing.
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Index MS32-6 Multi-Spindle Automatic Lathe Features Flexible Tool Slide
Six-spindle machine with a flexible tool slide platform is said to easily handle a wide variety of complex parts.
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CAD/CAM’s Role in How Machine Shop Benefits from its First Swiss-Type
This manufacturer of high-end RC cars leverages the capabilities of its CAD/CAM software to get the most out of its first Swiss-type lathe even when job batch sizes are relatively low.
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VIDEO: A Unique Innovation Keeps the Wheels Turning
A problem with a bicycle’s two-piece bottom bracket design spurred action from two friends that led to not only a simple solution but to a business venture with in-house machining capability that has become an international supplier to high-end bike manufacturers.
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Tornos’ MultiSwiss Is Compact, Accessible Multi-Spindle Solution
IMTS 2022: The platform is based on an “all-in-one” concept and its productivity can be further boosted by the addition of one Y axis.
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How Fast Can You Change Over a Multi-Spindle?
Today’s CNC multi-spindles feature design elements that enable these high-production machine tools to be effective for lower-volume jobs that require more frequent setups.
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Customizable CNC Machine, Automation Solutions
IMTS 2022: BA W08-12 is designed for machining large workpieces made of aluminum and other nonferrous materials.
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Swiss-Type Lathe Runs 2-Inch Parts Complete
This Swiss-type multitasking machine does all the crosswork and endwork milling, drilling and tapping complete, and even engraving and deburring, on one machine.
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Swiss-Type Offers 33 Tool Positions
IMTS 2022: Expand Machinery says its Genturn-52CS Y2 enables multiple operations in a single handling.
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3D Printing Creates a Window of Automation Opportunity
For this Omaha shop, periodic part inspection required an automated turning cell to pause production. Printing a plastic parts collection chute for delivery outside the cell solved this problem, and it turns out the shop has found 3D printing to be valuable in many other ways.
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