Workholding

Turning Machines

Successful Untended Operation

Machine tool accessories can make or break untended operation.

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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.

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Bar Feeders

Reestablishing A Name In Bar Feeders

To keep its well known line at the forefront of the minds of those in the market for a bar feeder, this company completely redesigned its product. Features such as a see-through cover and Direct Connect programming through the machine tool's CNC demonstrate the results of this focused effort.

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Workholding

Bar Feeders And Workpiece Surface Finish

Quality surface finish of a part is not only dependent on the turning machine itself, but also on the barstock loading and support system. The bar feed system becomes critical to the surface finish outcome by enabling the turning machine to create the desired finish and/or by protecting the existing finish.

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Workholding

The Change To Quick-Change Collets

Quick-change collets can improve production times and accuracy while alleviating any change-over issues typically associated with standard collets.

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Workholding

Selecting The Right Workholding Solution

These tips help solve turning, grinding and milling workholding problems, particularly for thin wall parts.

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Bar Feeders

Line Your Spindles, Line Your Pockets

Urethane spindle liners present a viable option to steel to fill the gap between spindle ID and bar OD. They protect both the spindle and bar stock and increase machine performance.

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Workholding

Hold On With Vacuum Clamping

Because of the possibility of workpiece deformation, clamping using three-jaw chucks is not always suitable for final machining. In cases where tight machining tolerances must be upheld, this Danish cutting specialist relies on vacuum clamping technology to hold its parts.

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Swiss-Types

Drafting New Players For Swiss Precision

Consistent operations play a big part in attaining high productivity. That’s why, as a shop grows (as this Swiss shop has), it should look to add machines—and employees—that complement each other.

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Workholding

Complete In One Chucking

Compared to barstock, castings, forgings and sawn blanks present a different set of workhandling challenges for production machining. This article looks at how Hydromat Inc. is meeting these challenges on its rotary transfer machines with engineered indexing workholders.

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