Machines

Waterjet Systems Available in Kit Form

WardJet offers its WardKit series of waterjets, a kit form of its WardJet Emerald series waterjets that offers as much as 40 percent cost savings.

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Fiber Laser Reduces Cost during Standby

MC Machinery Systems will display its lines of fiber lasers and press brakes, including the NXF-4000 fiber laser offering 4 kW of power, which the company says is nearly double the wattage of its 2012 predecessor.

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Laser Machine Enables Five-Axis Tube Cutting

BLM Group offers its LT8 tube cutting machine designed for flexible, easy and precise laser cutting.

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OD Turning on a Machining Center

A tool like the one seen here can make it possible to machine precise cylindrical features of an otherwise odd-shaped part to a fine finish without resorting to a lathe.

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Through-Coolant Capability Reduces Cycle Time

Aided by Walter Titex tooling and a new higher-rpm machine tool from Fryer, Toolmasters Inc. was able to cut cycle time on a complex die set.

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Multi-Pallet HMCs Reduce Setup Time

Incorporating Kiwa horizontal machining centers from Methods Machine Tools helped Baum Precision Machining Inc. reduce setup time and improve productivity.

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Laser & Waterjet

Video: From 2D to Five-Axis

While waterjets are adept at cutting large, flat sheets of material, they aren’t limited to strictly vertical cuts. A video of a demo in Jet Edge’s IMTS booth demonstrates five-axis waterjet cutting.

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Tool Monitoring for Multitasking Machines

Continuously checking the condition of cutting tools and responding appropriately to wear or other changes is especially critical on machines designed to complete parts in a single setup or run several operation simultaneously.

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Adopting a 24/7 Mindset

This shop considered a number of factors before establishing an effective process to run an HMC cell around the clock for applications in aerospace, oilfield and other industries.

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Grinding

Video: The HardFinisher from Praewema

New technology from Praewema enables a host of processes to be performed on one machine, using two spindles to cut teeth on internal or external gears.

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