Machines

Five-Axis

Transforming Industrial Robots into Precision Machine Tools

Robots fitted with an adaptive control system get real-time course corrections throughout the machining cycle.

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Automation

Cycle Efficiency

Automated machining processes enable this maker of high-performance mountain bike parts to manufacture efficiently with minimal staff.

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Gearing Up to Make Big Gears

Over the years, this Indiana job shop/contract manufacturer developed a specialty in gear making. Now it is taking this specialty to a grander scale. Two large machines for high-precision internal gear grinding are the main anchors of the company’s new precision grinding room.

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Grinding

Automated Production on HMCs Requires Automated Gaging

An innovative approach to automated gaging helps deal with a fundamental challenge inherent to a flexible, multi-machine environment: Many machines with many operations multiply the chances for error.

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Laser & Waterjet

Waterjet Taper Control, Pump Speed Part Production

Equipped with a high-pressure pump and articulating cutting head, a waterjet from Flow International has enabled this job shop to produce parts faster and more cost-effectively.

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Automation

Lights-Out Lasers Lend Production Speed, Capacity

An automated laser cell with the flexibility to run a variety of different jobs helped this shop increase its lights-out capacity and cope with shortening lead times.

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Grinding

Large-Capacity Diamond/CBN Wheel Truing, Dressing Machine

Rush Machinery offers the large-capacity FC-700 series diamond and CBN wheel truing and dressing machine.

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EDM

EDM Solution Accommodates Tall Workpieces

The FA30V Advance wire EDM from MC Machinery Systems accommodates tall workpieces for large-part manufacturers.

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Laser & Waterjet

Waterjet Cuts Virtually Any Material Without HAZ

Jet Edge’s Mid Rail Gantry model MR513 waterjet cutting machine can process material as large as 5 ×13 ft. and is well-suited for fabricators, machine shops, and stone and tile shops.

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Vertical Turning Machine Offers Pendulum, Tailstock Options

The VT 2 vertical pickup turning machine can be equipped with pendulum technology for machining chucked components with 100-mm maximum workpiece diameters or with a tailstock for machining shaft-type components with 400-mm maximum lengths.

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