Tooling

Workholding

Comprehensive Line of Clamping Solutions

Emuge offers a comprehensive line of clamping solutions ranging from low-volume applications in job shops to high-volume applications in automotive production environments.   With its expanding-bush design, System SG is used in such machining operations as hobbing, shaping and shaving for gear production as well as milling and inspection.

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Workholding

Five-Axis Clamp for Complex Parts

Available from Advanced Machine & Engineering, the Triag 5axesClamp is said to help five-axis machine spindles reach all areas of a complex part.

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Holemaking

Vertical Turning Center for Large Part Processing

Chevalier’s vertical turning centers combine hard turning, milling, drilling, tapping and grinding capabilities in a single setup.

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Holemaking

Balancing Act

Lathe spindle balancing enables this shop to turn key features of castings rather than performing boring or facing operations on a mill.

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Holemaking

High-Penetration Drill

Allied Machine’s GEN3SYS XT high-penetration drill combines substrate, geometry and AM300 coating to increase penetration rates and tool life.

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Faster Production of Inside Threads

Modern tools, control and software create a range of options for producing inside threads efficiently.

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Holemaking

Quill-Spindle HMC Delivers Large Work Envelope

Toyoda offers the FH1250SW, a quill-spindle version of the FH1250SX, which combines the original HMC’s speed with the capabilities of a boring mill.

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Workholding

Vise Automates Milling, Eliminates Fixture Setup

A machine tool builder phased in a three-machine robotic cell to improve productivity and automate machining of spindle shafts. A new vise model that provided repeatable clamping and eliminated fixture setups was key to the success of the new project.

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Aerospace

Tool Line Complements Titanium, Stainless Techniques

A notable trend over the past five years or so has been the evolution of techniques for machining hard, difficult-to-cut materials, particularly titanium and stainless steel.

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Holemaking

Missed it by That Much

Check out this video showing large-scale boring of a huge prop housing.

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