Machines

A Tool Turret Tailored For The Task (Of Multitasking)

When Hardinge Inc. (Elmira, New York) designed its new "flagship" line of multitasking CNC turning centers, it paid particular attention to the turret tooling top plate.

Successfully Feeding The Medical Market

This medical shop has adopted five-axis, bar-fed machining technology to adapt to compressed delivery schedules and increasingly complex part geometries.

High Speed Laser Marker Provides Pulse-To-Pulse Stability

Making Chips Vs. Making Value

In a cycle that is 90 percent grinding and 10 percent more basic metal cutting, letting the grinder perform the last 10 percent may make sense.

Waterjet Control System Includes Database Of Cutting Parameters

From Out Of The Lab

Disruptive technology's  purpose is to disrupt the way machining is done. This article includes some of the developments to come out of the Machining Technology Laboratory (MTL), an R&D initiative dedicated to finding innovations in metalworking processes.

Laser Maintains Consistent Beam Quality

Lathe Features High Feed Rate For Heavy Cutting

Machining Center For Heavy Workpieces

One Machine For Punching And Laser Cutting