February 2009 Issue
February 2009
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
In-Machine Robot Provides Gantry System Alternative
Fortune International offers its VT series lathes with an integrated robot in place of a tailstock, a configuration that is said to significantly reduce part-changeover time compared with an external gantry robot.
Read MoreA Role For Rotary Erosion
A cutting tool manufacturer uses multitasking equipment that combines electrical-discharge grinding and conventional grinding to speed the production of diamond tools.
Read MoreLaser Edge Preparation Improves Diamond Tool Performance
A cutting tool manufacturer uses seven-axis laser machining to create contoured, 3D chipbreaker geometries for its diamond-tipped inserts and tools.
Read MoreHow One Shop Machines Advanced Ceramics
Years of trial and error combined with the appropriate machining technology allow this company to produce custom parts made of alumina, zirconia, boron nitride and other advanced ceramic materials. One example of key machining technology is a five-axis machining center used exclusively to produce the complex, tightly toleranced geometry that fire-hardened workpieces require.
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