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Machining Centers
Three-Meter Machining Center
Hurco says its largest machining center, the 3-m DCX32, has the capacity to handle large parts and molds for the aerospace and energy sectors. Featuring X-, Y- and Z-axis travels of 126" × 82.
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Tool Certainty
For GKN Aerospace to overcome tool-related variations on its largest milling machines, it had to confront error sources that go unnoticed in many shops.
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Honing On A Horizontal Machining Center
A specially designed tooling package for honing operations, along with live, on-board gaging, allows critical honing operations to move to HMCs, thereby eliminating several separate steps on multiple dedicated machines.
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Shifting Gears To Integral Drive Adds Productivity
Machines with geared-head spindles are typically employed for machining titanium and other tough materials that require high torque. However, replacing such models with integral-drive HMCs from Makino has enabled this contract manufacturer to significantly improve productivity on time-sensitive aerospace jobs.
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Aluminum Molds In Three Weeks Or Less
While aluminum molds are commonly used to create prototypes or to serve as stopgap bridge tooling, they are starting to receive greater attention for production work. This shop’s approach to creating aluminum molds in one day to three weeks is the same for each of these situations.
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Five-Axis Jig Borer For Die, Mold Manufacturing
Designed for high-precision die and mold machining, Yasda’s YBM-Vi40 five-axis jig borer is said to reduce machining time of complicated shapes in extremely hard materials. The jig borer can tilt the workpiece to reduce cutter length requirements, which enables feed rates of 2,000 mm/min.
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HMC Designed For Big Parts
Doosan’s HM1250 HMC machines parts measuring 78. 8" in diameter and 67.
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Five-Axis Machines Feature Multi-Process Capability
Designed for small-lot production of complex parts, Methods Machine Tools’ Matsuura five-axis VMCs feature Cublex technology. This technology integrates turning and grinding functions into a single, high-performance milling platform to deliver speed, power, accuracy, increased tool capacity and multi-process machining capabilities, the company says.
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Through direct CNC machining of molds and cores, this supplier of cast and machined parts skips the pattern-making step that would otherwise be fundamental to casting. The result is weeks of lead-time savings for complex parts that are needed in a hurry.
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CNC Machining As A Prototyping Technology
Designcraft has many more machining centers than additive devices. Here is why.
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