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February 2014 Product Spotlight: Grinding

Click through this slideshow to see the grinding products featured in February's Modern Equipment Review Spotlight section.

Cylindrical Grinding Machine Extends Wheel Life

Jones and Shipman, a subsidiary of Hardinge, offers its Suprema 1000M cylindrical grinding machine, which features a 160-mm center height with a 100-kg weight capacity.

CNC Grinder Features Modular Wheelhead Design

Built on a one-piece bed design, the next generation UltraGrind CNC cylindrical grinding machine from Jones & Shipman features a modular wheelhead design that not only offers multiple wheel spindles, but also more power, more accuracy and increased component weight handling. The machine is also said to be highly modular in configuration.

Surface Grinder Saves Time From Timing Belt Molds

A machine shop recently faced a challenge relating to producing large mold cores for the tooling it uses to manufacture the long-lasting, top-performing timing belts that have made the company a leading supplier of such products to automotive OEMs.

Grinder Helps Medical Developer Transition To Manufacturing

Surgical Innovations (Si) is a pioneer in the development of equipment for endoscopic surgery. The Leeds, England company was established in 1992 by a surgeon and an instrument maker to develop an articulating instrument that could be inserted through a small hole and actuated into a predefined shape to move organs during laparoscopic surgery. Today Si designs, manufactures and supplies a range of products for minimally invasive procedures and autologous blood transfusion.

CNC Grinding Cell Cuts Lead Times For Progressive Die Maker

In a search for ways to to turn grinding work around faster, this company decided to make better use of its CNC surface grinder, which proved successful.

Taking The "Magic" Out Of Grinding

This grinding machine builder has introduced a new CNC surface and profile grinder to help shops bridge the machinists' skills gap.

Machine Boosts Productivity Of Aerospace Component Manufacturer

The purchase of this CNC grinding center to replace a number of large and unreliable reciprocating-type grinders has boosted production and proved invaluable for machining blades, turbine nozzle guide vanes and rotor blades for air- and land-based gas turbine engines at this British aerospace manufacturer.

Grinding Cell Yields Automatic Rewards

Sheffield, United Kingdom-based tool manufacturer Universal Drilling and Cutting Equipment (UDCE) manufactures a wide range of products for the engineering, fabrication and construction industries, including electro-magnetic drilling systems, broaching cutters, tungsten carbide cutters, industrial cutters and specialized engineering tools.

Evolving The Surface Grinder

A creep feed/surface grinder proves a winning combination for airfoil machining cells.

Universal Grinder Takes The Heat Out Of Brake Servo Production

Dunlop Aviation Braking Systems was looking to replace outdated machinery and to gearup the match grind cell of its brake system manufacturing module.