Machining
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A FIRST: VERTICAL TURNING CENTER INTEGRATES GEAR CUTTING CAPABILITY
One Stop Shop: By turning blanks and cutting gear teeth all in one setup, this multi-process machine tool from MAG increases productivity and return on investment by reducing setups, part transfers, processing time and space requirements. The system uses pallet changing and automatic tool changing for the highest productivity.
LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS FOR MACHINING BIG HEAVY PARTS
Athletic horizontal machining centers from StarragHeckert are ideal for machining large components for wind power stations, aircraft, tractors and agricultural machinery, construction machinery, pumps and compressors.
ULSTRASONIC MACHINING OF GLASS CERAMIC COMPOSITES
A look at how ASML Optics uses DMG machines and Siemens controls to efficiently machine components for the semiconductor industry, including wafer stepper and scanner machines.
NEW OSCILLATING BAND SAW TECHNOLOGY FOR AEROSPACE ALLOYS
SineWave® oscillating band saw technology from Simonds International effectively doubled the square inches cut per blade by Houston Precision Process, saving the Texas-based metal cutting center nearly a million dollars for every 40,000 pieces cut.
How to Pick the ‘Right’ Angle Abrasive
New products have expanded the right angle grinder’s use, but they have also added some complexity to the selection process to match the right product to the right material and application while meeting the criteria most important to the end user. Dave Long of Norton Abrasives shares some helpful selection tools to simplify the process.
$100 MILLION EXPANSION BY TIER ONE AEROSPACE SUPPLIER
Aerospace Dynamics recently purchased two five-spindle MAG Ti profilers to share a 120 ft X-axis rail for multi-part machining of titanium components for increased production of Boeing 777 parts, and to add 787 and Airbus A350 parts. The expansion includes the installation of two U5 universal machining centers and two boring mills.
THE NLRB: THEY JUST DON’T GET IT
Marxism On the March: The labor board’s exiting leader responds to critics and, in doing so, reveals where the Obama administration is taking the U.S.
ULTRA HIGH ACCURACY ON COMPLEX PARTS
The INTEGREX e-1060V/8 II Multi-Tasking Center from Mazak does turning and milling and uses a unique milling spindle that tilts150 deg for both horizontal and vertical machining, angle boring and milling on multiple faces. This machine does full simultaneous 5-axis cutting to reduce throughput time for large parts of substantial complexity.
COMPLETE MACHINING OF COMPLEX PARTS IN ONE SETUP
The compact DZ 12K S Magnum 5-axis double-spindle machining center from Chiron America uses a 2-axis tilt rotary table for milling and turning complex workpieces in one set-up to reduce total machining time and lower costs per piece with less floor space and personnel requirements.
CNC CAN MAKE YOU A MULTI-TASKING ASSET TO YOUR COMPANY
Attention Operators: Today’s advanced CNC can look and feel the same way, whether on grinders, milling machines, lathes or another machine tool, and also on press brakes, lasers, welding systems and other fabrication equipment . . . get the picture? Randy Pearson of Siemens Industry explains how and why.
Probing Thoughts About, Well, Probing
Sophisticated CNC can do much more than just find the edge for you. Randy Pearson of Siemens Industry shows how it also improves part production and repeatability on prismatic and complex 5-axis jobs alike . . . and it keeps score!
ND:YAG LASER USED FOR COMPLEX HOLE DRILLING IN TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS
To meet demands for wider flexibility in hole placement and accuracy, this Laserdyne 5-axis laser machining system from PRIMA North America allows precision job shop Aerofab to process complex turbine engine components along the full travel of the Z-axis at compound angles as shallow as 10 deg to the surface.
