Horizontal Machining Centers

Horizontal Machining Centers 1 Jun 2009

HMC Combined With A Boring Mill

Absolute Machine Tools’ You Ji HMC-1000BP combines boring mill features with a 77,000-lb, moving saddle design HMC. A box-in-box structure confines spindle movement inside the column casting, which reduces moving mass and to allow faster acceleration and rapid rates.

Horizontal Machining Centers 13 May 2009

HMC Reduces Setup Time On Low-Volume Jobs

Producing parts right the first time is especially important for a job shop that pays as much as $10,000 for raw material. Although complex geometries and tight delivery schedules initially made this challenging, a four-axis HMC with pallet changer allowed faster setups and unattended production.

Automation 13 May 2009

Horizontal Leap Helps Shop Change And Grow

Migrating from short-run jobs and prototyping to tackling complex defense compartment components during the past few decades has kept business humming at Proteus Manufacturing. However, increased business led to new production challenges. With a single Kiwa HMC from Methods Machine Tools that can perform the work of three of the shop’s other machines, Proteus has realized substantial cycle time savings and incorporated “lights-out” operations.

Horizontal Machining Centers 13 Apr 2009

HMCs Designed For Flexibility

Heller’s full-color brochure features the MCH line of HMCs. a one-piece, cast iron construction and include Siemens 840D CNCs, swiveling pallet changers, rotary indexing tables and more.

Vertical Machining Centers 9 Apr 2009

VMC, HMC For Productive High Speed Machining

The FH400J is the company’s smallest HMC to date. Designed with a 15,000-rpm spindle, the machine is suited for high speed applications. The 2.

Horizontal Machining Centers 9 Apr 2009

Entry-Level Factory Automation Solution

The compact Kiwa-Japan KH-41 HMC is 60. 2" (1,530-mm) wide and can handle a variety of workpieces, providing an ideal entry-level factory automation solution, the company says. The HMC has a full rotary B axis and can be installed in the same space as a vertical machine.

Horizontal Machining Centers 6 Apr 2009

A Micro Machine Design

This machine has no toolholders and no tombstone—but there is a camera. Here are details of a machining center designed for micromachining.

Horizontal Machining Centers 11 Feb 2009

Compact HMC Provides High Speed, Reliability

The a51 HMC is designed for performance and reliability. According to the company, the simple-to-operate machine is compact, easily maintained and quickly deployable for manufacturing applications that require maximum throughput and dependability. The machine is suited for medium- to high-volume production shops, first- and second-tier automotive parts suppliers and general-contract machining operations.