Machines

Die/Mold 15 Jul 2002

VMC Machines Large Cavity Molds For Small Machines

Semco Plastic Company Incorporated (St. Louis, Missouri) manufactures an extensive line of custom injection and blow-molded thermoplastic and thermoset products from molds that are designed, machined and built at its in-house moldmaking facility.

CAD/CAM 15 Jul 2002

Software And Five-Axis Machining Center Provide Speed And Efficiency

Mold maker A.F. Gaskin (Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) has customers who operate in fiercely competitive international markets, including Formula 1, and measure performance on the ability to deliver quality products in the shortest possible time.

Turning Machines 15 Jul 2002

Korea Shows It Can

Machine tool builders in Korea have been playing a catch-up game for the past decade. A review of current developments in machine tool technology indicates that Korea is rapidly pulling up with manufacturers in Japan, Europe and the United States. The products from Korea closely match their counterparts from other global suppliers in terms of capability and quality.

Basics 15 Jun 2002

Yet Another VMC—Why Not?

With so many vertical machining centers on the market, why would a major machine tool builder introduce yet another entry into this highly competitive environment? The only logical answer can be that this builder believes no one else is producing a machine that compellingly fills an existing need.

EDM 15 Jun 2002

Non-Traditional Methods For Making Small Holes

Consider these alternatives when conventional drilling can't do the job.

Aerospace 15 Jun 2002

New Contours Of Competition

Toronto aerospace shops improve productivity with faster five-axis machining centers.

Turning Machines 15 May 2002

Machine Shop Hikes Productivity By 'Turning Lathe On End'

Midwest Screw Products is a contract manufacturing operation for the aerospace, computer, medical, electronics, energy, telecommunications and fluid process industries.

Turning Machines 15 May 2002

Vertical Turning Debut Boosts Productivity In Aerospace Application

Thomson Machine & Tool (Somerset, England) required a large-capacity turning center for machining aerospace components with diameters of up to 2,000 mm, in a range of materials including titanium and nimonic alloys.

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Apr 2002

Company Invests In HMC To Keep Pace With Growth

Since its installation, this HMC has dramatically reduced floor-to-floor times on the manufacture of precision reamers, which are used for expanding oil well bore holes during directional drilling operations.

15 Apr 2002

When Does Hard Turn/Grind Make Sense?

Combining different operations on a single machine tool platform is an attractive and increasingly popular idea. It is in practice, however, not always a plug and play substitution. Optimizing distinct metalcutting operations into a single cycle takes planning and a good understanding of the pluses and minuses of each.

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