Machines

Waterjet Cuts Large, Complex Parts

VMCs For Non-Stop Production

Program Prove-Out Via Machine Simulation

Before new machining jobs are run at this aerospace composites facility, they are first proven out using 3D machine tool simulation software. Such preventive measures have proven valuable in eliminating damage to tools, machines and parts.

A Machine Designed With Contract Shops In Mind

This five-axis, moving-column machine features a table configuration allows C-axis rotation of small- to medium-sized parts as well as fixturing of very long workpieces.

Lathes And VMCs Built For High-Performance Machining

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