Machines

High-Performance Abrasive Waterjets

Omax’s Maxiem 1530 waterjet is equipped with a 30-hp, direct-drive, 50,000-psi pump. The machine features an X- and Y-axis traction drive system that is designed to handle an abrasive environment.

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High-Volume Alternative To Machining Centers

Transfer machines that are flexible rather than dedicated can run large quantities without dedicating labor or floorspace. (Includes video.)

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VMCs For Speed, Economy

Doosan’s DNM VMCs are available in three sizes: the DNM 400 with a 36. 2" × 17.

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Tool Certainty

For GKN Aerospace to overcome tool-related variations on its largest milling machines, it had to confront error sources that go unnoticed in many shops.

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Honing On A Horizontal Machining Center

A specially designed tooling package for honing operations, along with live, on-board gaging, allows critical honing operations to move to HMCs, thereby eliminating several separate steps on multiple dedicated machines. 

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Turning Center Designed For Rigidity

The Haas ST-30 turning center is designed for rigidity, accuracy and thermal stability. All castings are optimized using finite element analysis (FEA) to produce rigid designs, improve chip and coolant flow and simplify maintenance and service, the company says.

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Ultra High Pressure Pump

KMT Waterjet’s Streamline Pro 125hp high-pressure pump operates at 125 hp and provides waterjet pressure ranging to 90,000 psi/6. 200 bar.

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Twin ATC, B-Axis Multitasking System

Methods Machine Tools’ Nakamura-Tome Super NTMX multitasking turn-mill offers dual 24-tool ATC magazines. Full five-axis milling capability via a Fanuc 31iA5 control is said to provide high precision and accuracy for manufacturing complex contoured components in large or small volumes for the medical, aerospace and similar industries.

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Multitasking Machine Features 150-Degree-Tilt Spindle

Mazak’s Integrex e-1060V/8 II multitasking center provides full turning and milling capabilities. The milling spindle tilts to 150 degrees for both horizontal and vertical machining operations, including angle boring and milling on multiple faces.

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The Responsiveness Robot

For this lean shop dedicated to low-inventory kanban relationships with customers, the most critical measure of efficiency revealed the value of robotic loading.

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