Machines

Heavy-Duty HMCs Machine Large Parts

Mag’s modular HMC 1250/1600 series is designed for high-precision, high-productivity machining for the aerospace, power generationand off-road industries.

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Laser & Waterjet

Laser Marking System Offers Reliability, Cost Savings

Telesis Technologies’ EVC diode-pumped laser marking system offers an average diode life of more than 25,000 working hours.

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EDM

Improved Break-Out Detection for Small-Hole EDM

The Current EDM RT6050 features software and hardware upgrades that improve the ability to detect when the electrode breaks out of the bottom of a hole.

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Laser & Waterjet

Waterjet System Can Expand to Meet Business Growth

Flow International's Mach 4c waterjet is designed to optimize the production environment and the Mach 2b is designed to provide value.

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EDM

A Big-Picture View of Micromachining

 Matrix Tooling makes injection molds for components that have features you cannot see.

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Workholding

Automated VMC Fills Capacity Gap

A new Feeler VMC from Methods Machine Tools has not only met this manufacturer’s need for additional capacity, but also taken on more work than initially expected.

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CAD/CAM

Targeted Five-Axis Machining

Focusing on a particular part size range allows this shop to use a versatile type of five-axis machine tool. Five-axis machining now makes up 40 percent of the shop’s business.

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Uniformity Paves the Way for Flexibility

Standardizing on one brand of machines provides the flexibility this firearm component manufacturer needs to accommodate a variety of custom component designs.

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Five-Axis

Video: Five-Axis Machining at Padgett Machine

A job shop owner talks about five-axis machining and feature-based programming.

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Laser & Waterjet

Waterjets Incorporate Electric Servo Pump

Techni Waterjet’s Quantum ESP66 electric servo pump features a servo motor that directly envelopes a high-load, precision ballscrew.

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