Machines
Electric Servo Pump Features High-Load Ballscrew
Techni Waterjet’s Quantum NXT ESP66 Dual electric servopump incorporates a servomotor that directly envelops a high-load precision ballscrew.
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Fiber Laser Cutting Head Improves System’s Productivity
The Optiplex 3015 fiber laser cutting system from Mazak Optonics features the company’s Zeta-7 cutting head and PreView 3 control.
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Traveling-Column VMC Machines Five Sides Simultaneously
The Doosan VCF850LSR vertical machining center features a versatile traveling-column design with a tilting B-axis spindle head and a 500-mm (19.685") rotary table for machining multiple sides of a workpiece at once.
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A Production Line Takes Shape
Although Pointe Precision built its reputation on low-volume, high-complexity aerospace and medical parts, its expansive high-volume production line may be its biggest success to date. Sound decision-making and attention to details at every step are the keys to this success.
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Fiber Laser Produces High Contrasts
Gravotech’s Technifor TF450 fiber laser is capable of producing deep marks with high contrasts.
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Applying “Dengeling” to Finish Turbine Blades
This alternative to grinding, polishing and shot peening enables turbine blades to be machined and finished on one five-axis machine in one setup.
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Laser Tube Cutter Based on Short-Pulse Disc Platform
Miyachi America’s Sigma Femtosecond laser tube-cutting system is designed to produce high-quality edges in metals and plastics, making it suitable for cutting medical devices such as tubes and stents in a range of diameters.
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Swiss-Type Lathe Adds Laser Cutting Capability
Rem Sales offers the Tsugami S206-II Swiss-type lathe with IMG 400LS laser cutting system.
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System Combines Waterjet, Plasma Cutting
Esab Cutting Systems’ Hydrocut LX combination waterjet and plasma cutting system uses thermal and non-thermal processes on the same gantry.
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Software Eases 3D Waterjet Cutting
FlowXpert 2015, Flow International Corp.’s upgrade to its FlowXpert software suite, offers new capabilities for 3D pathing and cutting to enable waterjet users to work more effectively in 3D with less complexity.
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