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SHOW STOPPER: THE DEMISE OF THE DOLLAR
Part Two: What’s the end game? Is there a new kid in town? Not yet. But get ready, it’s coming. Mike Riley answers the question no one wants to ask.
MULTI-TASKING: REVOLUTION IN THE EVOLUTION
Variable, high-speed spindles enhance multi-tasking flexibility in CNC machining.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Line of Decline: Machining activity and financial strength fall off moderately in the machine tool business.
NEW TURNING/MILLING CENTERS PERMIT UNCOMPROMISING COMPLETE MACHINING OF PARTS
DMG has set recognized new standards with its universal lathes of the new CTX series. The high degree of innovation manifests itself especially with the turning/milling machines of the CTX beta TC and CTX gamma TC series with turning lengths from 49.2 to 78.7 in, turning diameters up to 24.8 in and a bar capacity up to 3.0 in diameter.
FIVE AXIS VMC FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY, COMPLEX PARTS
Makino adds the D500 to its family of 5-axis machining centers. This 5-axis vertical machining center is designed for complex part production where part quality is paramount.
VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER FOR CUTTING ALUMINUM, TITANIUM AND HARDENED STEEL
MAG Fadal offers high-performance vertical machining centers optimized for job shop, mold & die, and aircraft/aerospace titanium applications. The VMC 3016 FX (with a 10,000 rpm spindle) is powered by the Infimatic Freedom NC200 control. Steel, stainless, and aluminum parts can be cut on the machine.
HMC FOR CLOSE TOLERANCE PARTS FROM THE TOUGHEST MATERIALS
Kitamura’s Mycenter-HX800i Horizontal Machining Center delivers the precision, accuracy and repeatability required to produce close tolerance parts from the toughest materials.
WIRE EDM OFFERS WORLD CLASS SPEED AND COLLISION PROTECTION
GF AgieCharmilles’s FI440CCS wire EDM combines groundbreaking ease of use with maximum reliability, proven performance and world class speed. Flexible and fast, the FI440CCS is capable of machining materials with a wide variety of wire diameters.
HEAVY DUTY, HIGH PRECISION CNC TURNING CENTER
Absolute Machine Tools offers the Ecoca SJ-20, a heavy duty, high precision CNC turning center designed for job shops requiring robust cutting performance and operational flexibility. The SJ-20 is cast from Meehanite iron with a rigid 45 degree slant-bed design.
LARGE PLATFORM VERTICAL MACHINING CENTERS OFFER ADDED STIFFNESS, DAMPING
Bridgeport, a member of The Hardinge Group, offers their GX-Series VMCs: the GX 1300 and GX 1600 Performance vertical machining centers. These performance-focused machines offer mold and die manufacturers, as well as precision engineers in the automotive, aerospace, medical and general engineering sectors, optimum capability and functionality for machining large components.
FIVE AXIS VMC FOR LARGE COMPLEX PARTS
Mori Seiki offers the NMV8000 DCG®, a 5-axis vertical machining center created to meet the needs of manufacturers producing large, complex parts.
VERTICAL CNC HONING SYSTEM PRODUCES CONSTANT CROSSHATCH WITH AUTOMATED BORE GEOMETRY CORRECTION
Sunnen’s SV-500 vertical CNC honing system is the world’s first to offer three-axis servo control of spindle rotation, stroke and tool feed, allowing the machine to produce a whole-bore, constant crosshatch angle to meet the latest requirements for diesel/gasoline engines, cylinder liners, mud pump liners, hydraulic blocks, and similar large parts or MilSpec programs.
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