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TWO-SPEED MAGNETIC DRILL WITH QUILL FEED DESIGN ELIMINATES GIB ADJUSTMENTS
Hougen offers its models HMD505 and HMD501 two-speed magnetic drills. These come with a quill feed design that eliminates gib adjustments for a maintenance free operation and fast, smooth feed into and throughout the cut, especially in deep hole drilling. Optional pressurized coolant system aids drilling in horizontal positions and feed handles can be switched to either side without tools.
HEAVY-DUTY BAND SAW WITH QUICK-STOPPING EMERGENCY FOOT BRAKE
Woodstock International, Inc. offers the SHOP FOX®
Model W1770 21 in 5 hp Heavy-Duty Bandsaw with a quick-stopping emergency foot brake. Its main features also include its heavy-duty cast iron fence with removable 6 in extruded aluminum resaw fence attachment.
LEAPS AND BOUNDS: GEAR HOBBING AT WORLD RECORD SPEED
Always As Fast As Possible: This gear hobbing system currently holds the world record in chip-to-chip times for the machining of shafts and pinions with the least number of teeth. At this moment, however, next generation technology is being developed that will once again smash that record.
ATTENTION! DEFICIT DISORDER: THE TRADE BALANCE MATTERS
Import Certificates: Could these be a prescription for our trade imbalance that will lift us out of this recession?
ATTENTION! DEFICIT DISORDER: MACHINE SHOPS HIT 4-YEAR LOW
No Rest For The Weary: Machine shop business has dropped to its worst level in four years due to the worldwide credit problem, extreme conditions in the automotive industry and overall slowing sales.
PUMP UP THE VOLUME
This emergency room physician, who moonlights as the principal trumpet for an orchestra, created the Harrison Wedge mouthpiece on a Tormach 3-axis mill. Rich Silverman explains how he did it.
ANOTHER BITE
TMJ Concepts manufactures custom implants by using unique machining methods on machining centers from Haas Automation to ultimately help ease the pain of those with jaw problems.
CONTROLLING MACHINE VIBRATION
Part Three: Kyndall Brown concludes our series by having our panel of experts compare how machining different types of materials affects vibration, looking at gear-driven vs. direct drive spindles, and comparing hand-scraping mating surfaces vs. other methods.
FIVE AXIS TRUNNION-TYPE VMC IDEAL FOR PRECISION INDUSTRIES
Absolute Machine Tools offers the MDV-551-5AX, a 5-axis trunnion-type VMC suitable for manufacturers in the aerospace, medical, mold/die and other precision industries. It accommodates workpieces from 26 in. in diameter up to 15 in. tall.
BOOST PRODUCTIVITY, EFFECIENCY BY MACHINING LIGHTS OUT
Tornos US offers the EC 08. The EC 08 accepts coil stock, eliminating the need for a space-consuming bar feeder and eliminating downtime caused by bar stock changeover. There is also a rotating toolhead that moves around the material in order to produce the desired part, instead of rotating the coil stock itself.
HIGH PERFORMANCE TURNING/MILLING CENTER BOASTS FASTEST CYCLE TIME IN THE INDUSTRY
Methods Machine Tools Inc. offers the Nakamura-Tome WY-250 Multi-Tasking Turning/Milling Center with unsurpassed milling capabilities. An opposed two-spindle, 2-turret construction features a unique upper and lower Y-axis capability for milling or drilling simultaneously on both turrets and a new Super Mill drivetrain producing high horse power and torque for milling speeds up to 6,000 rpm.
TWIN-TURRETS FOR BENCHMARK PRECISION, ACCURACY AND REPEATABILITY
Okuma’s LU series demonstrates the cycle time efficiency and ROI gained by using 4-axis machines in a broad spectrum of turning and milling operations. The flexibility of the 4-axis advantage not only affords the user with a variety of approaches to cutting, but can also reduce cutting time by 40 percent. Employing the twin-turret approach means that the V12 upper turret and V8 lower turrets can move the full length of the workpiece to increase the service area of each turret.
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