Machines
Integrated Pallet Changer
Designed for high-precision applications in the tool and mold industry, GF AgieCharmilles says its Mikron HSM 300 MoldMaster offers quality surface finishes and high accuracy while also ensuring time-optimized high-speed cutting conditions. The machine includes features and benefits of the company’s GraphiteMaster line, a product consolidation that enables users to choose between MoldMaster (MM) and GraphiteMaster (GM) configurations, increasing flexibility in the job shop.
Read MoreEntry-Level Abrasive Waterjet Line
The Maxiem brand of basic abrasive waterjets from Omax is intended to meet international performance standards while offering differing specifications from other Omax products in order to broaden the market for abrasive waterjets. This entry-level line of waterjets is geared toward fabrication shops, metal service centers, trade schools and job shops, as well as architectural, sign, stone and gasket shops.
Read MoreHigh-Performance Universal CNC Lathe
Ganesh says its KSL-7612T heavy-duty boxway CNC turning center with Fanuc control is suited for manufacturers looking to reduce cost. It features full bar, chuck and shaft machining capability; 3" bar capacity; a 10" chuck; a 15.
Read MoreAutomation Cell Maximizes Job Shop Flexibility
Methods Machine Tools’ JobShop Cell is designed for job shops with small to medium lot sizes. The fully integrated production cell combines the drilling, tapping and milling capability of a RoboDrill VMC with a fully interfaced Fanuc six-axis robot for automated loading and unloading.
Read MoreTool Production Center Runs “Lights-Out”
The RoboGrind CNC tool production center from Excalibur Tool has six CNC machine axes and an integrated Fanuc five-axis industrial robot. The center is designed to produce high-quality cutting tools from solid carbide or HSS, minimizing labor through the use of unattended, “lights out” manufacturing.
Read MoreAutomated Cell Combines Wire EDM, Waterjet Technologies
Mitsubishi’s MD+CELL combines the MD+PROII wire EDM with a Suprema DX44 waterjet for high speed and precision in one automated unit, minimizing operator intervention and maximizing unattended run time. The MD+CELL employs a Mitsubishi MELFA six-axis robot to transfer rough-cut pieces from the waterjet to EDM machine for finishing.
Read MoreIf You Want to Improve Something, Measure It
This shop involves all of its employees in the daily exercise of analyzing just where time is being spent.
Read MoreTwin-Spindle, Twin-Turret Turning Center Boosts Pump Manufacturer’s Productivity
Precision Downhole Pumps, a division of Cameron International, in Iola, Kansas. is using two twin-spindle, twin-turret turning centers with Y-axis milling capability to finish complex jobs in one setup instead of the six formerly required. The new machines, from Doosan Infracore, have reduced manufacturing time by more than 30 percent.
Read MoreTurn With Or Without A Guide Bushing
The MLK 32/38 hybrid Swiss-type lathe from Maier USA is a seven-axis, sliding headstock machine that has a removable guide bushing. The machine offers bar capacity of 32 mm when a guide bushing is used and 38 mm without a guide bushing.
Read MoreCompact, Five-Axis VMC
Sugino’s Xion II-5-AX is a compact, high speed, five-axis machining center that only requires approximately 21 square feet of floor space. The company says this is half of the room taken up by traditional five-axis machining centers.
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