Vertical Machining Centers
Blade Center Machines Titanium, Stainless Steel
Mitsui Seiki offers the Vertex 550-5XB blade center for producing turbine blades from forgings, castings, barstock or solid billets of titanium and stainless steel.
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Electrode Machining Center Mills Graphite, Copper Electrodes
Sodick’s high speed TT1-400A electrode machining center is designed for high-precision milling of graphite and copper electrodes.
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Three-Axis VMC Limits Vibration
Hwacheon’s Sirius UM three-axis vertical machining center is designed for high-precision performance machining, such as that required by die-mold applications.
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High Speed Machining Center Features Motion Control
Hurco will showcase the high speed VMX42HSi mill equipped with direct-drive servos, an 18-k integral spindle and X/Y/Z travels of 42" × 24" × 24".
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Five-Face VMCs Increase Capacity
Hardinge offers the GX 250 5F and GXR 320 5F Bridgeport five-face (4+1) vertical machining centers designed for increased capacity and performance.
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Ultrasonic Machining Center Uses Non-Contact Electrical Material Elimination
Available from Absolute Machine Tools, Tongtai’s TT51-USA ultrasonic machining center is designed to machine aluminum alloy, hardened steel, glass and ceramic materials.
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VF-1: Then and Now
To commemorate its 30-year anniversary, Haas Automation compares the VF-1 machining center of 1988 with the same model today, illustrating how far the technology has come.
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VMC Designed for Graphite Machining
Absolute Machine Tools will display its TMV-510G machining center from Tongtai Machine & Tool.
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Machining Center for Fixtures
Mitsubishi EDM/Laser’s MCV 1000 machining center is a general-purpose machine for applications such as fixtures, mold base and secondary operations.
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Taking the Long View on Short Runs
Certain jobs require a processing strategy that strikes a balance between the needs of high-volume production and low-quantity toolroom work. Reorganizing material flows and investing in machining centers designed specifically for small lots helped this manufacturer find that middle ground.
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