Horizontal Machining Centers

Horizontal Machining Centers 6 Mar 2017

HMC for Large Aerospace Parts

Okuma’s MA-12500HW horizontal machining center is designed to provide a balance of speed and cutting power in difficult materials like cast iron and aluminum alloys.

Horizontal Machining Centers 2 Mar 2017

Massive Machining Center Features Fast Rapids

Makino’s a120nx is designed to machine oversized structural components for industrial equipment, diesel engines and semiconductor manufacturing.

Horizontal Machining Centers 1 Mar 2017

Honing System Eliminates a Gun Barrel Lapping Operation

Pac-Nor Barreling Inc.'s manual lapping of gun barrels was tedious and time-consuming. Sunnen's HTE honing machine eliminated manual pre-lapping and improved barrel consistency.

Horizontal Machining Centers 24 Feb 2017

Gundrilling Machine Features Two Independent Spindles

PMTS 2017: The Eldorado M30-30T from Kays Engineering is a twin-spindle gundrilling machine with independent spindle control enabling the machine to perform two independent drilling cycles at the same time.

Horizontal Machining Centers 1 Feb 2017

Why the Surge in HMCs?

Spending on horizontal machining centers is forecast to reach its highest level in more than a decade. Small shops in particular are buying these machines. A shop I recently visited illustrates the reason.

Horizontal Machining Centers 31 Jan 2017

Twin Milling Heads Enable Two-, Four-, Six-Sided Machining

The You Ji DSM series of heavy-duty duplex milling machines, available from Absolute Machine tools, is engineered specifically for two-, four- or six-sided production squaring and chamfering of square and rectangular workpieces.

Horizontal Machining Centers 25 Jan 2017

Five-Axis HMC’s Thermal Stability Maintains Precision

Heller’s FP 4000 five-axis HMC provides twin drives in the Z axis for flexibility and high precision, particularly in tool and die or contract manufacturing.

Large Part Machining 24 Jan 2017

What’s Behind Door Number Three?

While most shops are producing shorter aerospace parts on five-axis machines or larger parts on gantry-type equipment, this shop found its niche somewhere in the middle thanks to an advanced profiling machining system from Mazak.