Turning Machines

Turning Machines

CNC Lathe Turns Long-Shaft Workpieces

Mazak’s heavy-duty Slant Turn Nexus 550 turning center is capable of turning large workpieces such as oilfield pipes, pipeline control valves and power-generating components for the aerospace, oil and gas, coal, and nuclear industries.

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Turning Machines

Turning Centers for Oil Field Applications

Hwacheon Machinery America offers its Hi-Tech Big Bore line of horizontal turning centers designed for machining large oilfield components.

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Turning Machines

The Case for VTLs

The vertical lathe configuration offers advantages that go beyond large-part machining.

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Turning Machines

Vertical Turning Centers Form Modular System

Emco Maier offers right- and left-hand versions of its VT 160 and VT 250 Duo vertical pick-up machines to enable complete machining solutions when they are paired with oval, meander or crossover-meander conveyor options.

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Automation

Vertical Turning Machine Integrates Automation Features

Emag’s VL 8 pick-up turning center is capable of turning larger workpieces ranging to 400 mm in diameter, such as components for powertrains of semi-trucks, excavators and buses.

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Turning Center Enables Off-Center Machining

Okuma’s Genos L300-MY turning center features a Y axis for off-center milling, drilling and tapping capability.

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Compact Turning Center Features Collet-Ready Spindle

The Hardinge GS 51 lathe features a compact design and collet-ready main spindle that are said to provide increased durability and workpiece accuracy.

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Turning Machines

Get Ready for Growth

Making good parts is one thing, but making good parts in a process that is scalable is something different. Here is how one manufacturer rethought its production to prepare for opportunity.

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Vertical Lathes Feature Heavy-Duty Construction

Knuth Machine Tools offers its VDM VTL range of conventional vertical lathes in seven different sizes with swing ranging from 31.5" to 102".

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Human Capital

This shop’s attention to process improvement led it to recognize and appreciate the largest source of unrealized potential in the company: the employees. Now, employee improvement is a priority in the plant manager’s role, and training has become a systemized part of the process.

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