Video: Micro Inspection at Matrix Tooling

The rotating milling head is a defining feature on a turn-mill machine designed for efficient production of complex parts in low volumes.

A robot reaching into a lathe measures along the entire part length in seconds, determining whether additional machining is needed.

Feature-to-feature accuracy for diesel camshaft segments is possible thanks to in-process probing.

This five-axis, two-spindle machining center shows how multitasking machines can be used for production applications.

Part probing isn’t performed as often on turn-mills as it is on conventional machine tools. It does offer advantages for multitasking machines, though. Includes video.

Video shows a multitasking machine milling a turbine blade in a cycle that few machining centers could replicate.

Transfer machines that are flexible rather than dedicated can run large quantities without dedicating labor or floorspace. (Includes video.)

While aluminum molds are commonly used to create prototypes or to serve as stopgap bridge tooling, they are starting to receive greater attention for production work. This shop’s approach to creating aluminum molds in one day to three weeks is the same for each of these situations.

VIDEO. Part of Renishaw’s automated production process, this turning operation uses tools affixed to the machining center’s table while the workpiece is mounted in the spindle.

VIDEO. Valve maker Richards Industries took a part that used to machined at one machine tool and added an additional setup on a vertical machining center. Higher throughput was the result.