-
SPONSORED
-
SPONSORED
-
Tooling
Cool Shrink Fit System
One of the neat things about metalworking is the wide variety of solutions generated for specific challenges. Shrink fit tooling is one such challenge. Much has been written and demonstrated about the advantages in concentricity, balance and ultimately accuracy that such tool-holders bring to the machining process.
Read MoreAccuracy Achieved By Milling On A Magnet
Trilogy Systems ran into a major manufacturing hurdle as the length of its motors increased. The linear motor body comprises a U-section made up of three precision-machined mild-steel plates into which the magnets and coil assembly for the motor are installed.
Read More
It's A Machine Tool Robot
This machine has a dual identity. It looks like an industrial robot. In some applications, such as assembly, it is. However, put a spindle and cutting tool on the end of this five-axis machine and it becomes a machining and drilling center. The inherent stiffness of the machine's tripod design makes it accurate enough to machine aerospace and automotive applications.
Read More
Four Toolholder Quality Factors
Toolholders are a critical link between the machine tool and the workpiece. This article looks at four fundamental toolholder manufacturing parameters that precision metalcutting shops need to consider when tooling for a job.
Read More
Are You Turning Fast Enough?
Let's face it. When most shops go looking for process improvements, turning is seldom at the top of the list. Sure, many shops these days are doing fine work in such areas as reducing lathe setup, combining milling and turning operations on a single machine, and automating workpiece handling functions. But for all the talk of high speed machining and other milling and drilling process improvements, precious little of that kind of thinking is being applied to the turning process itself.
Read More
Big Boring On Smaller Machines
This modular boring system lets you bore holes up to eight inches in diameter on machining centers with 40-taper spindles.
Read More
The Fast Track To High Speed Drilling
Drill more productively by making a few strategic changes to the process. Those same changes may also let you drill dry.
Read More
The Case For Cutting Tool Standardization
It's possible to increase overall machining efficiency at the same time you decrease cutting tool inventory. Here's how.
Read MoreUpgrading Machinery With Power Chuck Results In One Minute Changeover
W. A. Whitney is given as an example of a company that takes selection of machine accessories seriously. Considering that machine speeds are close or at their maximum potential, major productivity increases may only come from elimination of changeover downtime.
Read MoreFace Driver Improves Manufacturing Process Without Raising Price
Logansport Matsumoto Co., (LMC) in Logansport, Indiana, manufactures and repairs hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, international-style high speed chucks, Neidlein face drivers and rotary tables for the machine tool industry.
Read More