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Milling On A Grinding Machine
A grinding machine is not a machining center, but it can sometimes take on milling and drilling (or even turning) to make the overall process more efficient.
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Custom Program Instead Of A Custom Fixture
This software rewrites a posted NC file to adapt the program to the location and orientation of the part, potentially eliminating the need for complex fixturing.
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Jig Grinding On A Machining Center
Roughing and finishing on a single machine, using a single setup, has appeal for most shops. The advantages in time savings and accuracy are obvious. Eliminating the transport of workpieces between machines, as well as the setup for those secondary operations, is a boon for throughput. Critical features that need to maintain dimensional relationships can be much more reliably produced if machined complete in one clamping.
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Sliding Headstock Applied To Micro-Grinding
In the world of machining very small parts, what you get isn't necessarily what you can see. Many of the parts being manufactured for medical, electronics and aerospace are too small to be accurately discerned by the human eye.
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Microfinish The Taper Away
Taper plagues manufacturers of precision wear components such as camshaft and crankshaft bearing journals. Taper is a geometric characteristic that most metal removal processes have a hard time dealing with.
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A Lathe That Doesn't Turn The Workpiece
Rather than rotating the workpiece, an Escomatic lathe rotates a toolhead around material that is held stationary in a guide bushing. This configuration allows workpiece stock to be fed as bars or coils for long periods of uninterrupted operation.
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The In-Cycle Enabler
To achieve 144 hours per week of in-cycle time on its machining centers, this plant relies on software that offers a clear, colorful, real-time view of where the time losses are occurring.
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Cylinder Head Porting On A Turn/Mill Machine
This complex milling operation is performed effectively on a machine that does turning.
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Unattended Honing On A Vertical Chucker
An air-gage-monitored honing system added to an inverted vertical spindle chucking lathe allows unattended turning, boring and honing on one machine for greater process flexibility.
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How To Machine Pure Abrasion
Powder metal parts have become the darling of the auto industry, but they can be a demon for the shops that must machine the finishing touches. This shop has found that the keys to success machining such abrasive materials are proper cutting tool selection and continuous tool wear monitoring.
Read MoreWhat Is In a Word?
Moving dirt to suit the needs of construction and development is a challenge as old as civilization. Moving molecules and microscopic components is a challenge that is years or decades old.
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Tecumseh Sets Its Course
A very different kind of CNC software paves the way for creating an integrated manufacturing environment.
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