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Product Published on 1/18/2010
Software Offers New Functionality, Enhanced Capability

PartMaker, a division of Delcam, offers Partmaker version 2010 software for programming CNC mills, lathes, wire EDMs, turn-mill centers and Swiss-type lathes.

Product Published on 2/19/2013
Updated Software for Swiss-Type Lathes

Delcam’s PartMaker 2013 software release features a restyled user interface with added controls and updated diagrams, as well as a new Job Explorer tree for faster navigation of machining-function windows and parts features.

Media Review Published on 8/11/2008
CNC Swiss-Type Automatic Lathe

Model SA 12A/18A from Nexturn features a Fanuc, built-in AC spindle motor; ultra precision ball screw; 1/1,000-degree positioning for the main spindle; rapid traverse speed of 32 m/min.; and more. The standard machine features five fixed front-end tools and five fixed back-end tools. An optional, three driven tool

Article Published on 3/24/2006
Turning Without Rotating The Part

For large or unbalanced parts, this machining center can perform turning or boring operations using its programmable U axis.

Case Study Published on 6/11/2012
Inverted VTLs Facilitate Single-Piece Flow

Four inverted vertical turning lathes from EMAG spurred this gear manufacturer’s move from batch-and-queue production to automated, single-piece flow.

Article Published on 1/4/2013
Vertical Turning Adds a Horizontal Ram

For American Vulkan, having both a vertical and a horizontal ram on a large VTL is a critical advantage. The added flexibility enables the company to finish some of its biggest coupling components in one setup to a level of precision and surface quality not attainable otherwise.

Article Published on 9/20/2006
Turning The Long And Difficult

This shop has made large turning work its specialty. In proving to its customers that it can perform this difficult work, it has started to win more "standard" machining jobs.

Article Published on 8/11/2008
Turning The Tough Stuff

One of this aerospace shop’s many specialties is producing ring-shaped parts that are thin-walled, complex, tightly toleranced and made of difficult-to-machine materials such as Inconel, titanium or high-temperature alloys. Turning jet engine parts doesn’t get much tougher than this.

Case Study Published on 7/23/2007
Large Lathe Succeeds Through Effectiveness At Machining Smaller Parts, Too

This maker of power transmission components wanted to replace its 1920s-era big lathe, but there was not enough large-part work to justify the new machine on this basis alone.

Article Published on 7/31/2023
The Link Between CNC Process Control and Powertrain Warranties

Ever since inventing the touch-trigger probe in 1972, Sir David McMurtry and his company Renishaw have been focused on achieving process control over its own manufacturing operations. That journey has had sweeping consequences for manufacturing at large.

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