More Featured Machining Centers Videos

• Video: Five-Axis Machine’s Atypical Pallet Changing System

  Makino’s a61nx-5E five-axis machine features an atypical pallet changing system that brings effective ergonomics to five-axis machining.

• Workholding That Works for Jesel

  The maker of racing engine components produces parts that have many permutations within each product line. Here is how Jesel sets up work for cost-effective, responsive machining.

• Video: Blisk Milling

  The process seen here uses trochoidal tool paths and cryogenic cooling

• Video: Linear Motor Machines at Die Tech

  Machines with linear motors instead of ballscrews have increased productivity for one die maker.

• Video: Five-Axis Machining at Padgett Machine

  A job shop owner talks about five-axis machining and feature-based programming.

• Video: Five-Axis Machining at Chicago Mold Engineering

  This mold maker describes its use of both tilting-spindle and tilting-table five-axis machines.

• Valve Production Machine with 20-inch Turning Capability

  Mazak offers its Orbitec 20 for manufacturers of valves and similar large components.

• Video: Cryogenic Machining of Titanium

  Through-tool liquid nitrogen turns the tool into a heat sink, extending tool life.

• Video: Machining Long Parts Through a Small Machining Center

  Video from Chiron America demonstrates the company’s Multi-Profile System, which combines a machining center with in-feed and out-feed accessories so that the compact machine can mill and drill long parts.

• Video of a Really Cool Bar (-Fed Machining Center)

  See a five-axis, bar-fed machining center creating a complex sample part complete from barstock.