Turning Machines
Turning Centers Yield Solutions With Support
When this process engineer went searching for new turning centers for the Black&Decker plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he knew that he needed reliable machines, but he did not have a specific vendor in mind.
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Multi-spindle Thinking For Machining Center Parts
With 120 multi-spindle screw machines, this job shop naturally looked for technology that applied many of the key principles to non-rotational parts.
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Autoloading For Short Runs
Not too long ago, automatic load-unload was strictly for long production runs. Here is a system that makes it cost effective for short-run turning.
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Mold Machining In Motion
This shop's strategy for limiting lead time on large molds affects the choice of machine tool. It also affects who does the programming.
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Center-Drive Offers A Turning Alternative
An interesting aspect of the metalworking industry is that for a given application there is often more than one way to process the workpiece.
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Machine Improvements Save On Lathes For Oilfield Manufacturer
Some shops would measure a productivity improvement in terms of the extra capacity freed up on a given machine tool. Texas Arai measures its productivity gains in terms of the number of machines it no longer needs.
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Turning Turned On End
Inverted-spindle vertical turning machines take on horizontal chuckers for turning cell applications.
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Manufacturer Takes Innovative Approach To Advanced Manufacturing Processes
Thousands of contract manufacturing shops across North America that produce commodity parts such as shafts, arbors, bearing races, gear splines, and so on, have one problem in common: how to do it faster and less expensively.
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Machining The Majority Of Job Shop Parts
This builder has introduced a compact vertical machining center and a compact lathe, both with the same full CNC functionality as larger machines.
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For most of us, a hobby is what we do outside work. Not so for this New York shop. With the application of multi-process machine tools, a successful metalworking business has grown from a love of radio-controlled race cars.
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