Manufacturer Turns Inward for New Machine
The Hardinge Workholding Group needed a heavy-duty machine with a rigid structural design that could perform multiple operations. After scouring the market, the group found the right model closer to home than it expected.
When the Hardinge Workholding Group needed a new turning center to complete the setup of a lean manufacturing cell, it didn’t have to go far. In fact, the machine it needed was being built at another Hardinge facility. The GS 200 MSY offered all the features the company considered most important: fast X- and Z-axis rapid traverse rates, high torque, a subspindle with C-axis indexing capability and sufficient rigidity and repeatability.
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