Machining Centers

Three-Axis Bed Mill Designed for Small Lot Work

Fabtech 2017: Southwestern Industries and Trak Machine Tools will showcase the DPMSX3P three-axis bed mill for small lot work, featuring Trak’s ProtoTrak CNC technology.

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VMC’s Components Promote Speed, Accuracy

SMTCL Americas’ VMC850B is designed to provide power, speed and accuracy.

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Five-Axis

Five-Axis HMCs Perform Complex Prismatic Machining

Heller Machine Tools introduces its HF series of five-axis horizontal machining centers for complex prismatic parts.

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Machines with Rotary Tables Increase Productivity While Maintaining Quality

Lie-Neilson Toolworks needed to increase throughput while maintaining quality. Ten FV-2 vertical machining centers, three TR210 rotary tables and an ST-20 turning center with bar feeders from Haas has resulted in a 10- to 15-percent increase in capacity. 

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Automation

Handtmann Group Sells A-Punkt Automation to Managing Director

The five-axis machining center manufacturer will focus on its core business going forward.

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Lathes Feature Modular Design

Gear Expo 2017: Emag will feature its modular VL and VT series for chucked components, including its VL 4 machine, designed for medium- to large-batch runs on standard machining platforms.

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Using Hybrid Additive Manufacturing, GE Leverages Turbine Blade Repair into Efficiency Improvement

An engineering modification that would have been impractical or cost-prohibitive in the past is realized on a machine tool performing metal 3D printing and machining in the same cycle.

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BTA Drilling Machine Reduces Weight of Helicopter Drive Shafts

The DeHoff BTA/STS 2084 drilling machine is designed for drilling on-center holes using the BTA/STS process for applications such as the manufacture of drive shafts for helicopter tail rotors.

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GF Machining Solutions Names Distributor for Indiana

Ellison Technologies, which also distributes the company’s products in a number of other regions, will now serve Indiana customers.

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Basics

Buying an HMC: What Makes Horizontal Machining Centers Different

Is it time to move up to a horizontal machining center? Let’s consider some of the structural, application and design factors that differentiate HMCs from vertical machines.

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