Tooling
Video: Robot Changes Vise Jaws for Continuous Machining
If a robot can load and unload parts, why can’t it do the same for workholding? Here is video of a robot changing the vise jaws so the same machining center can run different operations in unattended machining.
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Toolholding System Promotes Productivity
The Quick-Change Varia toolholding system from ITI Tooling is designed to improve the productivity of CNC lathes.
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Toolholder Enables High-Production Tapping
Emuge’s SpeedSynchro toolholder features an integrated transmission designed to optimize thread production on CNC machines with synchronous spindles.
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Internal Grooving Tools Promote Process Security
The CoroCut QD system from Sandvik Coromant now includes CoroTurn SL blades for deep grooves in internal machining.
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Five-Axis Trunnion Table Installs into Existing Equipment
KME CNC offers a five-axis trunnion table that it says can be installed on existing equipment, typically without upgrades.
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Range of Superabrasive Tooling Offered
Engis offers a range of superabrasive tooling for use in machining centers.
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Video Highlights Value of Pedestal Workholding
For multi-axis machining, a good workholding fixture gets the part away from the worktable surface, yet holds the part securely for aggressive machining. This video shows a dovetail pedestal doing this job in a 3+2 application.
WatchMachine Tool Peripherals Optimize CNC Performance & Productivity
The company will display its “One-Stop-Shop” approach to peripherals that enable machine tools to operate at peak performance by integrating a Quick Load Servo 80 S2 all-electric, short magazine bar feeder, a Turbo MH Series filtering chip conveyor, an oil mist collector, a steady rest work support system, and a Phasep waste oil removal system with a replica turning center.
Read MoreMini Clamping Nut Resists Slipping
The Rego-Fix IntRlox Mini Nut for Swiss automatic machine tool applications has an anti-slip locking design that is engineered to prevent the locking wrench from slipping off the nut during assembly and disassembly.
Read MoreEnd Mills Enable Hexalobular Shapes
Mitsubishi Materials’ VQ-XL Series three- and four-flute end mills enable the machining of precision hexalobular (T4, T6, T8, T15, T25 and T40) shapes common to bone screws in a two-step process: drill, then helical mill.
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