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Turning Machines

Turning The Long And Difficult

This shop has made large turning work its specialty. In proving to its customers that it can perform this difficult work, it has started to win more "standard" machining jobs.

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Holemaking

A Few Tricks With Turning Center Canned Cycles

Most turning centers are equipped with some helpful canned cycles. Fanuc, for example, has three simple, one-pass canned cycles (G90 for turning and boring; G92 for threading; and G94 for facing).

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Near-Dry Machining Tackles Large-Diameter Work

Tru-Cut Manufacturing's foray into near-dry cutting began approximately 5 years ago. At that time, the masonry drill bit producer based in Cary, Illinois implemented the Accu-Lube line of lubricants and equipment from ITW Rocol (Glenview, Illinois) to achieve safer, more profitable metalworking operations.

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