Machining Centers

Vertical Machining Centers 1 Jun 2016

GMN USA Opens Sales, Service Center in Connecticut

The opening by the Germany-based company is intended to represent its commitment to the North American market.

Workholding 1 Jun 2016

Shop Favors Different Flavor of Five-Axis Technology

Campbell Engineering benefits from a new twist on the tombstone workholding concept, which enables one of its HMCs to perform 3+2 machining to reduce scrap while supporting the higher-volume needs of its medical customers.

CAD/CAM 1 Jun 2016

Constant-Chip-Load Machining Yields a Better Tool Path

With its in-house R&D program, this aerospace shop seeks to be a leader, not a follower, on the path to innovation in advanced manufacturing. Finding and embracing a better way to generate tool paths for highly efficient and economical metal removal is a prime example of the value of this program.

Vertical Machining Centers 1 Jun 2016

How Steinway Machines Its Pianos

A custom-designed five-axis dual process CNC router allows a piano builder to machine a critical part more quickly, retaining the quality of tone for which it is known.

Five-Axis 1 Jun 2016

What Does 5-Axis Machining Look Like to You?

Just because a machine offers five axes of movement, doesn’t mean they all have to be moving at once to take advantage of them.

Five-Axis 30 May 2016

Seven-Axis Deep-Hole Drilling Machine Also Performs Milling

Unisig will display its USC-M series of seven-axis deep-hole drilling and machining centers including the USC-M38, with a nominal drilling depth of 59.1", and the USC-M50, with a drilling depth of 72".

Additive Manufacturing 26 May 2016

Hybrid Machine Enables Milling between Additive Passes

Sodick’s OPM250L combines additive metal manufacturing and high-speed milling into the same workspace, enabling single-process production of finished components.

CAD/CAM 23 May 2016

Mills and Lathes with CNC Technology Increase Productivity

Southwestern Industries will exhibit its Trak line of mills and lathes featuring the company’s ProtoTrak conversational CNC language, designed to reduce time-consuming machine setups and enable less-skilled machinists to do higher-level work.

Vertical Machining Centers 23 May 2016

Five-Axis VMC Provides Stable Design, Error-Compensating Technologies

Okuma’s MU-4000V vertical machining center is designed for five-axis multi-sided machining applications in the aerospace and die/mold industries.

Vertical Machining Centers 20 May 2016

Stainless Steel Can Be Heat-Treated to 50-53 HRC

International Mold Steel will introduce S-Star-A, a 420 stainless steel in the annealed condition that can be heat-treated to hardness of 50-53 HRC and will be stocked in plate form to 6" thick.