Holemaking
Vertical Jig, Boring, Drilling Machine Machines Five Sides of Workpiece
Methods Machine Tools offers the Yasda YBM Vi40 five-axis vertical CNC jig, boring and drilling machine designed for hard milling applications and complex dies, molds and components in the aerospace, defense, automotive, medical and electronics industries.
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Hydraulic Expansion Toolholder Transfers 520 Nm of Torque
Schunk’s Tendo E Compact toolholder eliminates the need for different holder technologies for milling, drilling and reaming.
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Clearing Weldment Machining Challenges
Rather than replacing an old horizontal boring mill with a similar model, this manufacturer of stone-cutting equipment now uses a dual-pallet HMC with a quill spindle to provide W-axis extension to reach past weldment obstructions and more effectively machine critical weldment features.
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Drilling “Invisible” Holes
UV laser micromachining makes it possible to drill holes that are not visible to the human eye—until they are meant to be seen, that is.
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Replaceable Drill Head Supports Deep Hole Making at Lower Cost
Sumitomo Electric Carbide expands its SMD replaceable drill head line to include 12×D drills.
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Precision Hole-Making Experts Come Together
Allied Machine & Engineering Corp, a manufacturer of hole-making and finishing tooling systems, has purchased a majority of the shares of Wohlhaupter GmbH of Frickenhausen, Germany, Wohlhaupter USA and Wohlhaupter India. The company is best known for its innovative boring tools.
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Drilling Machine for Aerospace Handles Irregular Workpieces
Unisig has extended its B-series machines for on-center drilling of cylindrical workpieces with the B700 Drop Bed machine designed to generate critical features on large and irregularly-shaped aerospace components such as landing gear struts.
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Multitasking Machine’s Dual Five-Axis Heads Have Dedicated ATCs
The Niles-Simmons-Hegenscheidt (NSH) Group introduces it N30MC multitasking machine for aerospace parts manufacturing, with a rigid five-axis design capable of turning, milling, drilling, grinding and measuring.
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Three-Flute Drill Extends Tool Life at Higher Feed Rates
Mapal’s three-flute Tritan-Drill is said to achieve more bores, a longer tool life and lower machining costs compared with two-flute drills.
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Multitasking Gantry Center Performs Five-Sided Milling, Turning, Laser Hardening
Fermat introduces a five-axis, multitasking gantry center with a fixed table and a movable column combining drilling, milling, turning, grinding and laser hardening operations.
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