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ITAMCO’s new precision grinding room is huge. It covers 33,000 square feet of floor space and has a ceiling 30 feet high. Two overhead cranes have been installed, one with a 40-ton capacity and another with 10 tons.
this part of the plant is striking. Three of the largest Fellows gear shapers in existence are installed here. These machines feature 15-inch strokes. Numerous other gear-gashing machines occupy one of the aisles. These machines are noteworthy because each is equipped with a gear-milling head that ITAMCO designed and built for efficient rough milling of internal gear profiles. The rotary milling tool can cut deep gear profiles in a few passes. An indexing table makes this operation fully automated. Horizontal gear broaching rounds out the collection of gear-making processes.
components, ITAMCO has all of the processes
in place.
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