Machines
Okuma Hosts 400 at Annual Technology Showcase
The event’s theme focused on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
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Turning Center Grip Force Testing Equipment Eases Analysis
Kitagawa NorthTech offers its Digital Grip Force Analyzer software and kit (PC version) designed to enable users to easily, accurately and quickly analyze and measure grip force performance of their CNC lathes and turning centers via a desktop PC, laptop or tablet.
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Bourn & Koch Acquires Manufacturer of Waterjet Orifices, Nozzles
Diamond Technology Innovations also makes 3D printer nozzles.
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Turning Center Handles 4,500-mm Shafts Requiring Longitudinal Bores
WFL has redesigned its M40 Millturn for turning parts ranging to 520 mm in diameter, featuring an optional 4,500-mm center distance to enable efficient machining of longer, thinner shaft-type parts that require deep, longitudinal bores.
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Manufacturing News of Note: December 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor chooses NIMS to develop more apprenticeships, Siemens and Stratasys form a partnership to promote additive manufacturing, and other industry news.
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Vertical Lathe Precisely Machines Large, Heavy Parts
Okuma’s V920EX single-saddle vertical lathe features a powerful turning spindle and a larger work envelope, making it ideal for cutting a variety of large, heavy parts.
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Sandvik Coromant Becomes DMG MORI Premium Partner
The company is the only tooling maker in DMG MORI’s Premium Partner program.
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Rigid Turning Center’s Y Axis Travel Extends to 150 mm
Methods Machine Tools has expanded its Feeler FT-series high performance CNC turning centers with the FT-250SY.
Read MoreTom Paine Group Represents Fives Cutting Tools, Abrasives
The group represents these Fives products in several Southern states.
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Video: The Impact of a Horizontal Machining Center
A small shop describes the efficiency gains it is seeing now that it has a horizontal machining center instead of solely verticals. One of the shop’s leaders talks through processing of parts then and now.
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