Turn/Mill
Redesigned Turn-Mill Fits More Performance in Same Footprint
PMTS 2017: Index will demonstrate its G200 turn-mill, a compact machine offering as much as 30 percent greater productivity than its predecessor in the same footprint.
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Backworking Swiss-Type Spindle Promotes Surface Quality in Micro Milling
PMTS 2017: Ibag North America will feature the new 25-mm backworking spindle designed for Star Swiss-type machines that features 60,000 rpm with grease-packed lubrication and 80,000 rpm with oil-mist lubrication.
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Micro-Part Collets Make Subspindles Sing
A proprietary grinding process and the application of clamping force exactly where it’s needed ensure secure, concentric gripping with a collet system that can potentially fit every turning machine in a shop.
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Manufacturing News of Note: February 2017
F. Zimmerman expands U.S. presence, Ganesh appoints new president and other industry news.
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Adding Tilt to Trunnion-Table Turning
A modified gantry structure and other design attributes help consolidate setups even further on these five-axis machining centers. Includes video.
WatchBenefits of Being Social
Social media is becoming a more popular marketing tool for shops. It also offers another avenue for us to identify top shops to cover in our magazine.
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Ganesh Machinery Appoints President
Robert Serrano’s appointment follows the promotion of the former company president to CEO.
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Turn-Mill Machining Tech Improves Industrial Motor Performance
By replacing a welding process to create rotor cooling channels with multitasking machining from a solid forging, Siemens Norwood has realized improved induction motor vibration qualities and much faster overall rotor production times.
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Turning Center Features Direct-Drive Milling Spindle
Mazak’s Quick Turn-250MSY turning center offers several productivity-enhancing features including a direct-drive turret design, a higher-torque main spindle, a faster, more powerful milling spindle, and the Mazatrol SmoothG CNC.
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Multitasking Swiss-Type Lathe Enables Single-Setup Machining
Ganesh Machinery’s twin-spindle, eight-axis SL-20Y2 Swiss-type lathe is designed for “Done-in-One” machining to complete the work without follow-up operations that require fixtures and tie up multiple machines and operators.
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