Machining Centers

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Jan 2003

A New Orientation

How a previously vertical-only shop made the transition to horizontal milling.

Vertical Machining Centers 15 Jan 2003

Vertical Machining Center Helps Job Shop Stay Competitive

This shop has applied this vertical machining center to help with its core business of prototype and small runs.

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Dec 2002

High Speed Machining, Italian Style

One of the highlights of BI-MU, Italy's recent biennial machine tool show, was the number of innovative machine tools (and related technology) focusing on high speed machining.

Holemaking 15 Dec 2002

A Boring System For Non-Round Holes

Machining an out-of-round bore is easy if you're not particular about the location or magnitude of the roundness error. But accurately machining a hole that has a precisely defined non-round profile is a capability that would seem to be well beyond what a standard boring bar can accomplish.

Five-Axis 15 Oct 2002

Manufacturer Slices Cycle Time 80 Percent

Most of this company's work is machined to tight tolerances and super-high finishes. It builds, assembles, tests and then ships a complete product. The many multi-faceted parts being machined typically required several setups on different machines, often with cumbersome pallet and indexing devices.

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Oct 2002

Getting To Know Grob

With some familiar names in the machine tool building business fading away recently through mergers, acquisitions, or shutdowns, it may be interesting to learn of an unfamiliar or little known machine tool builder.

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Oct 2002

Weighing The HMC's Pluses

A horizontal machining center enabled this scale manufacturer to get its machining department back into shape.

Horizontal Machining Centers 15 Oct 2002

New Fixture Multiplies Productivity Of Horizontal Machining Center

The setup for batch processing of each stem version and time expended in load/unload for the second operation created a production bottleneck that became more critical as market demand for the part took off.

CNC & Machine Controls 15 Oct 2002

System Simplifies Probing Operations On VMCs

Few machinists will dispute the merits of probing for speeding part setup, setting tool offsets and performing in-process inspection . . . at least in theory. In practice, however, probe systems often have been viewed as difficult to use and expensive to buy.

Vertical Machining Centers 15 Sep 2002

High Speed Spindle Helps Mold Maker Stay Ahead

In the competitive arena of moldmaking, shops must produce molds quickly and within tolerance to remain profitable and attract new business. Technological advances in high speed spindles, sophisticated programming methods and high-performance cutting tools allow shops to save time and improve accuracy.

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