Machines

This Die And Mold Shop's World Is Round

  Making die sets and mold components calls on most metalworking disciplines. Milling, EDM and grinding all come into play. Hard turning is the specialty at this Midwest shop. Here's how they successfully apply this sometimes elusive technology.

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Steel Rod Mill Uses Flexible Programming For Grinding Of Carbide Forming Rolls

Two grinding operations are typically performed on these carbide rolls. The first is a topping operation (an OD operation) using a straight-faced 14-inch diamond OD grinding wheel. The second operation is form grinding the pass configuration.

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A Shop's One-Setup Secret--It's In The Swivel

This young shop relies on its ability to complete difficult grinding jobs in a minimum of setups so that it can offer its customers an economical and efficient grinding solution. Grinders that can swivel the wheelhead under fully programmable control are the enabling technology.

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Z Axis Opens New Doors For Jig Grinding

With the addition of full three-axis contouring capabilities, jig grinding is poised to take on new 3D applications.

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Double-Disc Grinder Helps Manufacturer Of Hand Tools Strengthen Quality Control

A newly designed vertical double-disc grinding machine is allowing a leading manufacturer of multi-purpose hand tools to maintain control of tight dimensional tolerances, and excellent surface finish quality, in finish-grinding tool components.

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Close Tolerance Manufacturer Finds The Right Cam System

When Ray and John Connelly's father, Leroy, founded Connelly Machine Works fifty years ago, he probably never envisioned using water to machine parts. Today, the Connellys have discovered how to reduce the time and cost of traditional machining using an abrasive waterjet.

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Vertical Machining Center Reduces Cycle Time By 84 Percent

A certified subcontractor to Xerox, Space Labs, Barry Controls, ITT, Pacific Scientific, and Air Bus Industries, this shop's parts aren't required to be inspected. Parts are shipped directly from the job shop to the customer's production line.

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Wired For Productivity

This shop successfully mixes high volume production jobs with prototype work by concentrating on high performance wire EDM.

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Near-Net-Shape Turning Leads The Way To Simpler Automation

With cutting times measured in seconds, near-net-shape applications are the proving ground for automation efficiency, repeatability and accuracy in production turning.

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Job Shop Doubles Production With Wire EDM

  MIE rests its reputation on its ability to machine large parts quickly using GFAGIECHilles Technologies' ROBOFIL 300 and its newest wire EDM machine with a Fanuc control, the ROBOFIL 510F, Mr. McGrail said.

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