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Aluminum Molds In Three Weeks Or Less
10/13/2009 Modern Machine Shop

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.

Form Tools On CNC Lathes
7/10/2009 Modern Machine Shop

VIDEO. Even on a programmable machine, the ability to machine a complex profile with a single plunge can offer a variety of benefits, including both accuracy and speed.

Hobbing On A Turning Center
6/2/2009 Modern Machine Shop

This manufacturer’s use of live-tool lathes overcomes labor cost in various ways. One of the latest sources of savings involves bringing another operation—hobbing—into these machines. INCLUDES VIDEO.

The Part Is Longer Than The Lathe
6/2/2009 Modern Machine Shop

Here is one custom machine builder’s system for producing a 40-foot part that has to be passed through the turning center and out the other side. INCLUDES VIDEO.

A Different Type Of Twin-Turret Lathe
11/10/2008 Modern Machine Shop

The vertical-bed design used on this twin-turret lathe offers accuracy advantages for turning shafts.

Automated From The Start
8/8/2008 Modern Machine Shop

Turning automation helps this shop produce parts more efficiently.

The Multi-Process Machine Mindset
12/19/2005 Modern Machine Shop

Installing a machine tool that combines milling, turning, boring and other processes changed this job shop’s outlook.

Applying Turn-Milling
8/16/2004 Modern Machine Shop

Combining a rotating tool with rotating work produces a machining operation that is distinct from standard turning or milling.

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