Machines

Five-Axis

DMG MORI Expands, Modernizes Polish Plant

The plant is among DMG MORI’s oldest and largest. It is said that the modernization was necessary, given the machine tool demands of recent years. 

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Workholding

Hardinge Increases Capacity for Swiss-Type Workholding

The company’s expanded product lines and improvements are said to have led to double digit year-over-year growth for its Swiss-type workholding products.

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Turn/Mill

Index Hires 15 in Response to Growth in North America

Several of the hires are for newly created positions. 

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Laser & Waterjet

Waterjet Blasts Away 2D Tedium

A shop finds an alternative for work that does not require advanced CNC machining centers or high levels of moldmaking expertise.  

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Turn/Mill

Swiss-Type Hydraulic Chucks Clamp in Three Turns

Big Kaiser introduces hydraulic chucks for Swiss-type lathes, which is said to be the first improvement to this technology in more than 30 years.

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Automotive

Automotive Manufacturer Works with Supplier to Streamline Lean Machining Cells

After Volvo’s casting supplier switched to a new kind of material process, machining tolerances suffered. Sandvik Coromant stepped in not just to suggest new tools, but to provide an in-depth productivity improvement program. 

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Grinding

Surface Grinders Said to Eliminate Need for Hand Balancing

Chevalier’s FSG-ADIV series of surface grinders has several new features designed to improve productivity and ease of operation.

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HMC Features High Speed, Smaller Footprint

Sold and serviced by Absolute Machine Tools, the HMC is intended to be a low-cost, high-speed machining center meeting the demands of manufacturers with high-volume machining needs.

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Automation

WFL Millturn Technologies Acquires Frai Elektromaschinenbau

Frai, founded in 1984 and focusing on automation solutions in the machine tool industry, will be 100-percent owned by WFL.

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Basics

How to Calculate Wheel Life in a Creep-Feed Grinding Process

For non-continuous-dress creep-feed grinding, the calculation is straightforward. For continuous dressing, the calculation has more steps, but in either case, it is possible to manage the cost of grinding by predicting the life of the wheel.

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