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It Begins With Belief
This shop’s approach to unattended machining focuses on the big picture.
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Continuous Turning On Turn-Mills
A new CAM feature continuously manages B-axis head rotation to allow turn-mills to completely turn inner and outer workpiece profiles using a single tool.
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Synthetic-Diamond Dressing Tools: Why Not Use Them?
Synthetic-diamond dressing tools are often a superior alternative to natural-diamond dressing tools for conditioning a grinding wheel. The reason is the consistency that the synthetic-diamond tools bring to the process.
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Remote CNC Access And Operation
An all-hardware interface grants real-time access to CNC functions via the Internet without taxing the machine's brainpower.
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Turn, Mill And Laser-Harden In One Setup
A new turn-mill platform combines turning and four-axis milling with integral laser hardening and laser welding in one workpiece setup. This enables shops to bring often-outsourced laser treatment in-house to reduce lead times.
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Automated Production Of Oil-Drill Couplings
A machining cell combines lathes, a robot and a conveyor system to enable automated production of precision oil-drill couplings.
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A Productivity Double-Take
As revealed at EMO 2007, DMG’s line of machine tools has a new look which strengthens the corporate identity of the product line while giving each brand distinctive design elements that differentiate it. The look is part of a “New Design” concept that the company says is based on the interaction among functionality, ergonomics and form. Significantly, a number of elements in the new design reflect attention to the role of the operator, thus indicating that the operator’s role is very important in overall machine tool productivity.
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High Speed Machining ... Without The Speed
Axial chip thinning is often associated with high speed machining, but this shop uses the same effect to increase metal removal rate with a standard-size end mill run on a moderate-speed machine.
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The Case For Synthetic Diamonds In Wheel Dressing Tools
Synthetic-diamond dressing tools are often a superior alternative to natural-diamond dressing tools for conditioning a grinding wheel. The reason is the consistency that the synthetic-diamond tools bring to the process. That is a key point in the case for synthetic diamond dressing tools made by William D. Ja
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The Case For Hydrostatic Ways
Moving on oil can let a grinding machine deliver more power along a smoother pass.
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Getting Centered With Centerless
A job shop that specializes in cylindrical grinding is shifting more of its work from ID/OD grinders to centerless grinders. In understanding the rationale behind this move, other shops can determine where centerless makes the most sense.
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Simulation Software Enables "Lights-Out" Five-Axis Machining
Hall & Stavert has been manufacturing marine hardware for more than 65 years. The company incorporated Vericut machine-simulation software to verify NC programs and shorten turnaround time. Developed by CGTech, the solids-based software system interactively simulates the material-removal process of an NC program. The software depicts three- to five-axis milling/drilling and wire EDM operations as well as multi-axis turning and mill/turn machining.
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