Five-Axis
Compact Five-Axis Machine Handles Steel, Cast Iron, Titanium
Built on the company’s FZ33 Compact, Zimmerman’s FZ40 Compact offers the same rigid monoblock structure for rapid, easy setup while enabling heavy-duty cutting with an emphasis on toolmaking.
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Workholding System Suits Five-Axis Machining by Clamping Underneath
The clearance is an added benefit of the quick-change system, potentially facilitating five-axis as an automation tool.
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Linear Drives Double Productivity of Single-, Twin-Spindle Machining Centers
Chiron’s single and twin-spindle models FZ08 FX and DZ08 FX compact milling centers are now equipped with Chiron’s dynamic precision package.
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Improvement Versus Reinvention: Impressions from Virginia
A three-day journey through Virginia shows advanced manufacturing’s concern with pursuing lean principles when facing challenges rooted in the past and arriving on the horizon.
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Kitamura, CAMplete Solutions Announce Software Partnership
The partnership revolves around the latter’s TruePath postprocessing, verification and optimization software for five-axis machines.
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Machining Centers Suitable for Various Complex Parts
Amerimold 2017: Promac produces a range of five-axis equipment designed for machining medium and large parts with complex shapes.
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Making Connections at Innovation Days
Among other highlights, this year’s iteration of DMG MORI’s annual open house event showcased the company’s latest efforts to connect traditionally disparate machining operations, both in the physical sense and the virtual sense.
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Machines Combine Deep-Hole Drilling, Milling for Moldmaking
Amerimold 2017: Unisig USC and USC-M deep-hole drilling and milling machines are designed to allow moldmakers to combine operations, reduce setup time, increase accuracy and eliminate mold design restrictions associated with traditional machining centers.
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Turret Added to Five-Axis Bar-Fed Milling Machine
This bar-fed mill features a nine-station turret in addition to a five-axis milling spindle. That way, turning can be performed on the bar while the milling spindle performs backworking on a parted-off workpiece.
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Entry-Level Option for Machine Automation
This new modular handling system for Hermle machine tools is designed for shops that don’t necessarily need a complex and expensive robotic system, and it converts stand-alone machines into flexible manufacturing cells.
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