Machining Centers

Five-Axis 2 Aug 2010

Find Your Speed Outside of Machining

This short-lead-time mold shop achieves its most significant time savings by looking outside the machining cycle. However, one of those elements outside the cycle—palletized setup—ultimately led to cycle time savings via five-axis machining.

Machining Centers 21 Jul 2010

Startup Leverages Machine Tool Builder Expertise

To improve competitiveness, Sakana, a gray and ductile iron casting firm, decided to take responsibility for more steps in the wind turbine manufacturing process. With no experience in machining, partnering with machine tool builder Soraluce was key to the success of a new facility dedicated to machining frames and hubs.

Five-Axis 19 Jul 2010

Video: Two-Spindle Machine Turns and Mills Turbo Housings

This five-axis, two-spindle machining center shows how multitasking machines can be used for production applications.

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Basics 18 Jun 2010

Advanced CNC Milling and Drilling Quiz

A provider of machine shop training offers these questions for benchmarking metalworking knowledge.

Vertical Machining Centers 15 Jun 2010

Hard Milling Reduces Lead Time, Manual Labor

Investing in a hard milling machine from Makino has enabled this fineblanking manufacturer to reduce lead time by 55 percent, reduce manual labor and improve part quality.

Aerospace 11 Jun 2010

Taking on Titanium

The challenge for the aerospace machine shop is to produce titanium parts productively and profitably. The challenge for the machine tool builder is to help such shops meet this challenge.

Die/Mold 1 Jun 2010

Milling with Air

... not to mention grinding with air. Thanks to high speed spindles powered by shop air, this job shop expands the work its VMCs can do.

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Vertical Machining Centers 26 May 2010

Mini VMC Line Available in Three Models

Sharp’s Mini Mill series of VMCs features a 6 sq. ft. footprint and is fully enclosed.

Vertical Machining Centers 26 May 2010

VMC for Die/Mold and Medical Markets

Makino’s F series VMCs are designed to provide stiffness and rigidity for chatter-free cutting; agility for high-speed/hard-milling; and accuracy for tight tolerance blends and matches typical of complex, 3D contoured geometry associated with die/mold and medical production.