Machining Centers

Compact VMC Features Gantry-Style Design

The M8 Cube high speed vertical machining center from Datron Dynamics features a gantry-style design in a small footprint.

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Replacing Broaching with Milling

Trochoidal milling is a toolpath technique generally applied to increase tool life or material removal rate in hard metals. Manufacturing solutions provider Iruba also relies on this approach to make a shaped milling tool effective.

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Aerospace

Video: Blisk Milling

The process seen here uses trochoidal tool paths and cryogenic cooling

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Compact HMC Offers Accuracy for Small Parts

Kitamura Machinery’s Mycenter-HX250G horizontal machining center (HMC) is designed for medium- and long-run small parts that require high accuracy and productivity.

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High-Efficiency VMCs Maximize Spindle Life

The NTV158 series of vertical machining centers from YCM Americas is designed for moldmakers and job shops.

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Five-Axis

Machining Center Provides High Precision

The Hermle C 400 offers high-precision, five-axis machining in a compact package.

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Five-Axis

High Speed Milling Machine for Small, Complex Parts

The Mikron HSM 200U LP milling machine from GF AgieCharmilles is available in three- and five-axis versions.

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Worth Three Machines

A shop that closely tracks machining performance says its new horizontal machining center delivers productivity comparable to three verticals.

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Milling Tools

The Big Step Up

A small shop added two new machines, each of which is more advanced than any of the previous machine tools the company has used. One of the co-owners committed to the work of bringing both of these machines fully into service. Here is the shop’s experience so far.

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CAD/CAM

Consistent Tool Engagement in Five Axes

This tool path applies the consistent-tool-engagement-angle strategy that previously has been only available for two- and three-axis operations to four- and five-axis simultaneous movements.

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