Machines

Grinding

February 2016 Product Spotlight Slideshow: Grinding

This month鈥檚 Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on grinding machines of various capacities.

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Turn/Mill

Machining Center Turns, Mills, Drills on 5 ½ Sides of Workpiece

The Mikron Multistep XT-200 machines challenging workpieces in a single clamping operation and with a chip-to-chip time of less than 1 sec.

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Large-Part HMC Offers Quick Positioning at High Feed Rates

The Mazak HCN-6800 heavy-duty HMC is designed to deliver the power and versatility needed for productive and precise large-part machining.

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Heavy-Duty VMC Provides High-Accuracy Positioning

The Johnford SV-60H vertical machining center, available from Absolute Machine Tools, is designed for durability, rigidity and capacity combined with speed.

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Turn/Mill

Multifunction Milling Center Performs Four-Axis Turning

GF Machining Solutions introduces the Mikron Mill P 800 U Simultaneous Turning (ST) which provides milling and turning in a single machine.

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Five-Axis

Smaller Machining Center Maintains High Volumetric Accuracy

DMG MORI has extended the high-precision machining centers in its Dixi series to include the smaller Dixi 125 for workpieces with diameters ranging to 1,250 mm.

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Drilling Machine Changes from BTA to Gundrill Tooling without Dismantling

Unisig has added the high-precision UNI-50BTA to its UNI series of deep-hole drilling machines.

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Shorter Lead Times for Custom Metal Blanks

With the help of newly-acquired duplex milling technology, TCI Precision Metals offers shorter lead times for its custom machine-ready blanks.

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Five-Axis

Taking It Slow Pays Off for Learning Five-Axis Machining

A deliberately incremental approach helped this shop flatten a significant learning curve for collaborating on the postprocessor, easing setups and using cutting tools effectively.

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Automation

“Smart” Generator Technology Makes EDM Operation Intuitive

GF Machining Solutions offers four generator features that enable users to input desired burning results into the CNC, and let the system do the rest.

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