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CAM Features Facilitate Five-Axis “Hog-Outs”
A point of pride for this shop is its ability to take on projects others wouldn’t touch. Recently, capabilities within Mastercam CAM software enabled the company to overcome challenges with a difficult aerospace component and, more significantly, to bring in new, similar work.
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Advanced Grinding, Plain and Simple
Advanced grinding equipment gives this shop the flexibility and automation it needs to serve customers with either rapid-response or high-volume jobs.
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Vertical Turning Center for Large Part Processing
Chevalier’s vertical turning centers combine hard turning, milling, drilling, tapping and grinding capabilities in a single setup.
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Compact, Twin-Spindle Lathe
Fuji’s CSD-300 parallel-spindle lathe is designed to maximize material handling from a compact footprint.
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Video: In-Process Scanning of a Turned Profile—via Robot
A robot reaching into a lathe measures along the entire part length in seconds, determining whether additional machining is needed.
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Five-Axis Machining Center for Dental Applications, Operated by Apple iPad
Datron Dynamics Inc. says the company’s D5 Dental Mill is a 5-axis, high-speed machining center designed for dental milling applications including crowns, bridges, abutments, inlays, onlays, telescopes, implants, bar work and even models. A rigid cast iron construction houses a fully-integrated 5-axis automation system built to hold up to eight material blanks or “pucks” frequently used by dental labs. This integrated eight-piece handling system loads and unloads blanks for unattended operation.
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Tips for Controlling Oxidation and Pitting on a Wire EDM
Additives, machine settings, workpiece materials and current technology are factors in avoiding common problems with unwanted rust and surface defects.
Read MoreQuill-Spindle HMC Delivers Large Work Envelope
Toyoda offers the FH1250SW, a quill-spindle version of the FH1250SX, which combines the original HMC’s speed with the capabilities of a boring mill.
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Subspindle Turning Center
Absolute Machine Tools offers the Tongtai TNL-100TLSB subspindle, live-tool, bar-package turning center.
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