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High Accuracy Turning of Large, Heavy Parts Used in Oil and Gas
For turning large and heavy parts with diameters up to 900 mm, the rugged 4-axis LU7000 EX two-saddle turning center from Okuma uses a high-power spindle for maximum productivity and excellent dimensional accuracy in the 10 in to 15 in chuck class.
Turning the Tables in Heavy Production
OEMs and top tier equipment suppliers to the oil and gas and power generation industries are investing in best-in-class manufacturing technologies from Starrag to help them meet market demands, achieve production savings and improve profitability.
Reproduce a ‘Perfect’ Brazing Flame Over and Over Again
The Perfect Flame from Harris Products is an engineered system for production brazing that removes flame variability and provides data for improved operational and financial performance.
The Next Generation of Diffusion Bonding
Specialized furnaces with integrated hydraulic press systems use superior control of pressure and temperature to create better diffusion bonds when joining similar or dissimilar metals for fuselages, actuator fittings, landing gear trunnions, nacelle frames, nuclear control rods, turbine blades, medical devices, heat exchangers, lithium batteries and more.
Prototype and Low Volume Friction Welding of Dissimilar Materials
Coldwater Machine welds prototypes or small batches of various parts that join bar stock and tubes, rods, cylinders, fasteners, studs, nuts and fittings, as well as drills, rods and hand tools with carbide inserts, heat sinks, air bag inflators, electrodes and shafted components that can be made of dissimilar materials.
Join Materials that Otherwise Could Not be Welded
Superior Joining Technologies uses an LDT welding system to create complex geometries that were once difficult to produce for aerospace and other critical applications.
Multi-Tasking with a Low Cost of Entry
Fabricators can easily switch from strictly 2D laser cutting to punch-laser processing with the economical, compact and automation-friendly TruMatic 1000 fiber combination punch-laser machine from TRUMPF.
Complex Micro-Manufacturing with Multi-Tasking Machining
To cost-effectively meet the increasing demand for complex micro-size parts made of hard materials, the Bumotec s191FTLR 7-axis turn-mill from Starrag combines grinding, milling, turning, drilling and polishing processes without interruption.
Multi-Tasking Machining Reduces Lot Sizes of Complex Part Production
For six-sided complete machining of complex parts in volumes from one to 100,000, highly flexible Stama MT 733 series vertical spindle mill-turn centers from Chiron achieve process stability that can further reduce lot sizes through certainty the first part produced is usable.
Multi-Tasking Machining of Complex Geometries in Hard Solid Materials
For small batch size production of automotive parts, fittings, pneumatics, hydraulics and other precision parts, PC multi-spindle automatics from Schütte deliver turning, tapping, mill cutting, polygon cutting, eccentric drilling and rear-side machining operations in one setup.
Large Format Multi-Tasking: 3D Metal Printing with Hybrid Machining
The LENS Controlled Atmosphere Hybrid System from Optomec supports building, repairing, coating and finishing of metal parts up to 860 mm in size with 5-axis strategies that combine additive and subtractive operations in a single tool path.
Lights-Out Multi-Tasking with 5-Axis Hybrid Machining/Grinding
Vertex Hybrid G 5-axis vertical machining/grinding centers from Mitsui Seiki provide CMM-level precision in critical high speed milling and grinding applications for lights-out machining of die and mold, optical and tooling components.
