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DECIDING BETWEEN A NEW OR USED CNC PLASMA CUTTING SYSTEM
Price alone should never be the determining factor when investing in long-term capital equipment. Here are some important tips from C&G Systems to help buyers make informed decisions on a used CNC plasma cutting system.
FABTECH 2011: LASERS
FABTECH 2011 exhibited CO2, Nd-YAG and fiber optics lasers used to cut, scribe and engrave mild steel, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, exotics, plastics, fabrics and other materials. Now our Show-in-Print brings some of those laser systems and consumables to you!
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PLUS FULL DATA TRACKING – A CNC CHRISTMAS PRESENT!
Randy Pearson of Siemens Industry shows how today’s CNC not only puts a greater degree of energy efficiency at your fingertip, it can also provide you more usable data for running your entire shop or machining department . . . yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus!
ONE SIZE FITS ALL
A Better Idea: At one major aircraft manufacturer, production problems occur in all sizes. This flexible manufacturing system from Bertsche Engineering solves them all by handling parts up to 240 in long and replacing three machining centers – that’s right, three – in a difficult “one off” work environment.
SUPERABRASIVE FINISHING SOLUTIONS FOR GRINDING, HONING, LAPPING, POLISHING
These systems from Engis Corporation produce more consistent surface finishes and more predictable removal rates, which in turn help achieve higher quality, lower reject rates and improved per-piece finishing costs.
MULTI-FEED GEAR BORE HONING
This multi-feed honing technology from Sunnen uses a choice of tool feed methods to optimize cycle time, abrasive life and part finish to suit workpiece geometry, material and tool type/size.
CAM-DRIVEN 6-SPINDLE LATHE FOR SPEED, PRECISION, ACCURACY ON TURNED PARTS
This multispindle from ZPS America includes six frontal slides with up to 142 working strokes, and six cross slides plus four compound slides with clamping, and bar stop in the 6th station.
STATIONARY GRINDER FOR ALL WORKSHOP GRINDING, FINISHING
This multi-purpose benchtop grinder from CS Unitec is ideal for all workshop grinding, blending and finishing jobs on steel, stainless steel, aluminum and more.
U.S.-MADE CARBIDE BURS FOR METAL WORKING
Over 175 individual burs and one 8-piece kit from CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels for use in automotive, aerospace, foundry, power station and engineering applications for mold and pattern making, die sinking, tool making and maintenance.
HIGHLY FLEXIBLE MULTI-PURPOSE MILLING AND BORING MACHINES
The Dynamic CNC Ram Balance System and the Modular Quill Changing System from Soraluce America provide extreme flexibility so that components that once had to be machined on several machines can now be produced in just one set up.
1000 AND COUNTING
Software developer for programming machine tools, GibbsCAM, reaches another landmark by developing its 1000th MTM (multi-task machine) post processor.
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AGENDA
Changing Gears: A 13-year-old student visits gear manufacturer Forest City Gear to explore future career options and, while there, learns about the European education model along with some interesting insights from many women she meets that are already succeeding inside “a man’s world.”
