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Two in One: Hybrid Milling/Friction Stir Welding Machine
Mazak expands its line of multitasking machining centers with the VTC-300C FSW, a milling machine with friction stir welding (FSW) package for joining alloys with low melting points. Machine also features full traveling-column design, automatic tool changer, and 40-taper spindle.
Cost-Effective Alternative to Thoriated Tungsten Electrodes
Comprised of three scientifically balanced oxides that promote migration and evaporation rates, Diamond Ground Products’ thorium-free Tri-Mix tungsten electrodes are a cost-effective and safe alternative to Wolfram Industries’ 2% thoriated tungsten electrodes.
Purge Unit Protects Electrical Equipment in Class I Hazardous Areas
When used with the company’s PV-2 spark-arresting vent, the YZ102 from Best Purging Systems expedites purging by supplying, regulating, and monitoring gas supply to an enclosure. Available in three mounting positions.
High-Production, Automatic Billet Saw
Using Advanced Machine & Engineering’s (AME) AMSAW Billet Saw, an operator need only load the table, unload the bins, input the required units into the computer, and change the blade. The saw handles the rest, including separating, transferring, measuring and cutting up to 5 tons of mixed round billets.
Updated Centering Vice for Vertical Machining Centers
Hoffman Group’s Garant Xtric is available with a center jaw, gripper mounting holes, endutec automation interface, and four additional base lengths. The vice provides 25 kN of clamping force.
Vertical Machining Center for Small Parts
Palmgren’s 8.5-inch-by-27-inch vertical machining center (VMC) is an economical way to manufacture small parts. An automatic tool changer and 8-tool magazine make the machine suited for prototyping and short run shops.
Methods Machine Tools Introduces Its Own Line of VMCs
Methods Machine Tools is offering four 3-axis vertical machining centers (VMCs) and a 5-axis bridge-type machining center made by Taiwanese tool builder Litz Hitech. Equipped with Fanuc controls, they provide an accurate and reliable mid-range machining solution.
How Profitable Can You Be With Brass?
Find out using a free machine tool payback calculator created by the Copper Development Association Inc. (CDA). Visit https://highspeedmachiningbrass.com/profit/.
Vertical Machining Center Series for Large Components
Designed for large-volume production of complex structural components for the automotive and aerospace industries, the FZ/DZ 25 series of two-spindle vertical machining centers (VMCs) from Chiron Group delivers 20,000 rpm in a small footprint.
Affordable, Compact Drilling and Tapping Centers
The Tongtai VTX series from Absolute Machine Tools provide speeds up to 2,362 ipm in all axes and acceleration of 1.2 g. Two types of high-speed automatic tool-changing systems are available.
Buy a CNC Press Brake for Less than $100,000
Available in just one configuration, Trumpf’s TruBend 2100 is aimed at fabricators that don’t have enough volume to justify a high-end bending machine. Order the machine online directly from the company for $95,000.
Energy-Efficient Hydraulic Press Brakes
Touted as the “E-standard of the future” for heavy-duty hydraulic press brakes, SafanDarley’s H-Brakes hydraulic press brakes range from 175 tons to 1250 tons in capacity and provide bending lengths from 3,100 mm to 6,220 mm.
