Machines

VMC’s Gear Head Enables Heavy Machining Applications

Available from Yama Seiki, the Awea BM-2500 vertical machining center is equipped with a 6,000-rpm, 50-taper gear spindle powered by a FANUC α22i 35-hp AC spindle motor.

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EDM

Wire EDM Offers Non-Contact Shaft Design

Mitsubishi EDM’s MV1200R wire EDM features improvements over the company’s previous EDM models.

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Workholding

Harnessing the Holding Force

Inserts engineered to augment the vise’s effectiveness allow work to be held rigidly on a tiny clamping area.

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Fiber-Laser Tube Processing System

BLM Group will display its LT5 fiber laser and Elect XL tube bender.

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Grinding

Ceramic Abrasive Range for Aggressive Metal Removal

ATI Stellram offers a range of Garryson Ceramiq abrasive discs engineered for aggressive metal removal and finishing.

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Grinding

Centerless Grinding Machine Grinds Medium-Sized Shafts

Available from United Grinding, the Mikrosa Kronos L 550 centerless external cylindrical grinding machine is designed for machining medium-sized shafts measuring 400 to 545 mm long for automotive applications.

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VMCs Designed for Accurate Multi-Sided Machining

Chiron’s 24 series of vertical machining centers offers spindle clearance ranging to 600 mm and a drum workpiece-changing system to accommodate larger components.

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Five-Axis

Five-Axis HMC Optimizes Spindle

Handtmann’s HBZ Trunnion 160 horizontal machining center offers a 1,600-mm table and is the largest of the company’s HBZ series.

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Laser & Waterjet

Waterjet Machining Center Achieves Zero Taper

Omax’s 60120 JetMachining bridge-style waterjet cutting center handles a range of industry applications in virtually any material.

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Turn/Mill

Spending a Day at the Gear Expo

See a slideshow of equipment spotted at the 2013 edition of Gear Expo, the show’s largest edition in more than a decade.

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