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Machines
In-Machine Robot Provides Gantry System Alternative
Fortune International offers its VT series lathes with an integrated robot in place of a tailstock, a configuration that is said to significantly reduce part-changeover time compared with an external gantry robot.
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A Role For Rotary Erosion
A cutting tool manufacturer uses multitasking equipment that combines electrical-discharge grinding and conventional grinding to speed the production of diamond tools.
Read MoreIntegrated Pallet Changer Enables Continuous Operation
GF Agie Charmilles鈥 Mikron HSM 300 MoldMaster now includes the features and benefits of the company鈥檚 GraphiteMaster line. According to the company, the product consolidation enables users to choose between MoldMaster and GraphiteMaster configurations, increasing flexibility in the job shop. The mill features fast linear axes and a 30,000-rpm, high-frequency spindle.
Read MoreSinker EDM Features Compact Size
Sodick introduces the C32 CNC sinker EDM, featuring a compact design that fits into a 3. 5 ft. 脳 5.
Read MoreAutomated Turning For Small And Large Batches
The VL-Y from Emag is fully equipped with a Y axis (50-mm travel); a chip conveyor; a machining area extraction unit; a fluid-cooling system for spindle motor and turret; and automation equipment for loading and unloading workpieces. The machine features a recirculating workpiece storage conveyor on which 鈥渃arrier prisms鈥 deliver raw parts and collect the finish-machined components from the pick-up spindle. The pick-up station is located behind the machining area, so the operator can continue removing finish-machined components and inserting new raw parts into the carrier prisms at the front.
Read MoreRotary Indexing Spindle For EDM
Hirschmann Engineering has combined the H80R. MNCM high speed rotary indexing spindle with the H1625. AC3 fully programmable, variable speed AC control to produce miniature, round parts with small diameters and fine finishes.
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Video: 56-Percent Productivity Increase By Reducing Chatter
The video compares a milling pass that chatters to one that is stable. Because the stable speed permits greater depth of cut, productivity increases.
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Grinding Turbine Rotors Has Advantages
For many aerospace components, grinding systems achieve greater productivity than milling and broaching on today鈥檚 lighter, tougher, harder materials. Tests performed at Saint-Gobain Abrasives鈥 Higgins Grinding Technology Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, showed that along with the latest abrasive and bonding technologies, the systems approach produced remarkable results when applied to grinding turbine rotor root-form slots.
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Side Turn-Milling Of A Massive Crankshaft
This video footage showing the machining of a massive crankshaft suggests some of the possibilities of turn-milling. Not all shops realize possibilities such as this even on their own smaller-scale turn-mill equipment.
WatchRobotic Cell Locks In Time, Cost Savings
Having implemented robotic systems in the sheet metal side of its business, this Nevada-based shop wanted to obtain similar automation systems for its CNC machining operations. The Fanuc JobShop Cell from Methods Machine Tools has reduced both costs and cycle times on one of the shop鈥檚 most important jobs.
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