Vertical Machining Centers

Heavy-Cutting VMC Increases Productivity
Vertical Machining Centers

Heavy-Cutting VMC Increases Productivity

Hyundai WIA Machine America will display its F500 Plus VMC featuring a high-precision, high-torque Big Plus spindle in a construction that is said to eliminate thermal growth during heavy cutting.

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Milling Center Produces Mold Cores, EDM Electrodes
Vertical Machining Centers

Milling Center Produces Mold Cores, EDM Electrodes

Available from GF Machining Solutions, the Mikron HSM 500 MoldMaster high-speed milling machine was designed with die/mold makers in mind.

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Gantry-Type Machining Center Handles Large Parts Efficiently
Five-Axis

Gantry-Type Machining Center Handles Large Parts Efficiently

Mighty USA’s gantry-type PG5 five-axis VMC for large, heavy workpiecesuses a compact, rigid Kessler swiveling spindle head and offers a variety of control options for high-efficiency applications.

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Gantry Milling Center for Multi-Axis Operation
Vertical Machining Centers

Gantry Milling Center for Multi-Axis Operation

The Ever 7 mobile overhead gantry-type milling center from Jobs features a mobile crossbeam for three-, 3+2, four- and five-axis machining of large components in the die/mold and aerospace fields.

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Vertical Milling Machine Handles Large Parts in Fewer Setups
Vertical Machining Centers

Vertical Milling Machine Handles Large Parts in Fewer Setups

Waldrich Coburg introduces its Taurus portal-type vertical milling machine for large workpieces as an alternative to large horizontal boring machines.

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Easing the Entry into Additive Manufacturing
Vertical Machining Centers

Easing the Entry into Additive Manufacturing

With funding from America Makes, Optomec and MachMotion worked together to develop a retrofit additive manufacturing system for machining centers.

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The Art and Science of Hand-Scraping Ways on CNC Machine Tools
Vertical Machining Centers

The Art and Science of Hand-Scraping Ways on CNC Machine Tools

Hand-scraping the mating surfaces of a CNC machine tool’s motion system offers myriad advantages.

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VMC Structure Supports High-Speed, Conventional Milling
Vertical Machining Centers

VMC Structure Supports High-Speed, Conventional Milling

Romi’s D 1000AP DD is a 40" × 24" vertical milling center designed to combine conventional and high-speed milling applications for die/mold, aerospace, agricultural, energy and other industries.

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Five-Axis Machine Line Delivers High-Accuracy Features for Aerospace Work
Vertical Machining Centers

Five-Axis Machine Line Delivers High-Accuracy Features for Aerospace Work

Mitsui Seiki’s Vertex 55X II line of machines expands on the Vertex 550-5X line.

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2 Minute Video: Advantage of Twin-Pallets/Dual-Station Vises
Workholding

2 Minute Video: Advantage of Twin-Pallets/Dual-Station Vises

This short, simple video demonstrates one way to maximize spindle up-time using a pallet-changing VMC.

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