Workholding
Dovetail Vises Provide Five-Sided Access to Workpiece
Kurt’s new DoveLock dovetail vises are designed for high clamping strength and five-sided access to the workpiece in five-axis, four-axis and palletized CNC machining systems.
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New Workholding Setup Enable Lights-Out Production
For Idex Health and Science, manufacturing glass components was time-consuming on a VMC. Switching to an HMC with a Cluster Tower vise with DoveLock jaws from Kurt Manufacturing enabled more stable, lights-out machining.
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One Next-Step Advancement for Cobots: Specialized Grippers
Grippers and end-effectors developed specifically for collaborative robots represent new advancements in this type of robot technology.
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Kitagawa-NorthTech Hires Senior Manager, Engineering and Quality
Ed Johannesen has worked for over 15 years in the industry.
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Hainbuch Hires Regional Sales Manager, Applications Engineer
Christian Yehle will serve the South Central region, while Jim McCraw will coordinate between sales managers, customers and engineering.
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Clearing Weldment Machining Challenges
Rather than replacing an old horizontal boring mill with a similar model, this manufacturer of stone-cutting equipment now uses a dual-pallet HMC with a quill spindle to provide W-axis extension to reach past weldment obstructions and more effectively machine critical weldment features.
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Economical Clamping System Suits T-Slot, Grid-Pattern Tables
The System 3R Delphin Zero Point system from GF Machining Solutions is designed as an affordable clamping system for use during heavy milling operations on a variety of machine tools.
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Compact, Wireless Trunnion Tables Fit Virtually Any Machine
KME CNC’s compact, wireless five-axis trunnions are said to enable integration on virtually any machine, as the lack of cables frees them up from size restrictions.
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Vise Achieves Flatness, Parallelism Requirements
Kurt’s DX6 CrossOver vise is designed to achieve high workholding strength and performance where flatness and parallelism are critical.
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When a Turn-Mill Doesn’t Turn
LeanWerks uses innovative probing, tooling and workholding strategies to enable its turn-mill to machine castings complete, in effect turning it into a five-axis machining center.
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