Machines

Turning Machines

Heavy-Duty Lathe Offers Production Versatility

Chevalier Machinery’s FBL-460 vertical turning center features a 45-degree slant bed, rigid boxways and programmable tailstock.

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Grinding

Abrasive Flap Discs Designed for Edge Grinding

Weiler’s Tiger Paw abrasive flap discs are designed for aggressive performance on tough edge-grinding applications.

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Grinding

Cylindrical Grinder Shortens Cycle Times

The Studer CT550 from United Grinding is a compact machine designed for medium-sized workpieces composed of hard materials such as tool steel, carbide, ceramics and glass.

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Grinding

Thin, High-Performance Cut-Off Wheel

The Zip One from Walter Surface Technologies is a high-performance cut-off wheel measuring 1-mm thick.

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UV Laser Marks Plastics and Glass

The TruMark 6350 laser from Trumpf works at a wavelength of 355 nm in the UV range and provides a marking field size of 80 × 80 mm.

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Milling Tools

Replacing Broaching with Milling

Trochoidal milling is a toolpath technique generally applied to increase tool life or material removal rate in hard metals. Manufacturing solutions provider Iruba also relies on this approach to make a shaped milling tool effective.

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EDM

Wire EDMs Offer Expanded Z Height

Sodick’s AQ750LH and AQ1200LH model AQ series wire EDM machines feature an expanded Z height and linear motor drive technology.

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EDM

Straight Talk about Cutting Steep Tapers with Wire EDM

The RoboCut C400iA and two sizes of the larger C600iA wire EDM machines from Methods Machine Tools enable unusually steep tapers to be cut with the wire EDM process by positioning the workpiece with a rotary-tilt table.

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Milling Tools

Video: Blisk Milling

The process seen here uses trochoidal tool paths and cryogenic cooling

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Laser System Provides Two Source Options

Bystronic’s BySprint Pro 3015 offers a highly efficient ByLaser CO2 laser source and high machine dynamics for high-speed laser cutting.

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