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SLIDING HEADSTOCK TURNING CENTER MEETS GENERAL ENGINEERING DEMANDS
Tornos (Lombard, IL) offers the Sigma 20 Pursuit, a sliding headstock turning center specifically designed to meet the demands of the North American general engineering industry.
POWER AND ULTRA-PRECISION MOLD WORK
Machine tool supplier GBI Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) built a reputation on providing customer-driven solutions to a broad array of precision milled-part challenges. The Feeler VM Series is yet another step in providing these solutions ever more flexibly.
EXTREMELY FAST & VERSATILE SWISS TURNING CENTERS FOR HIGH VOLUMES
Methods Machine Tools (Sudbury, MA) introduces the new Maier MLK 125 Linear Automatic Series of Swiss-type turning centers that are ideal for the accurate, high volume production of parts for electronic component manufacturing and a broad range of other small part applications.
NEW ND:YVO4 LASER MARKER
Miyachi Unitek (Monrovia, CA) introduces the new LMV700 diode pumped Laser Marker, specifically designed as a cost-effective high quality marker. The Marker is configured with a single expander and a focus lens combination selected to cover most marking applications and two software options that offer basic alphanumeric marking as well as more advanced marking functions.
NC SOFTWARE MARKET GROWS BY 7.2 PERCENT
What Recession? Steady market growth continues and is targeted to reach $1.5 billion this year.
FLAME CUTTING MOTHER LODE
Mine Your Own Business: Advances in cutting technology help leading manufacturer meet demand for large-scale mining equipment.
NEW WIRE EDM DEBUTS
GF AgieCharmilles (Lincolnshire, IL) has announced the debut of the CUT 20, an innovative wire-cutting EDM that combines outstanding performance with remarkable ease of use. The CUT 20 handles wire diameters from .15 mm to .30 mm with ease and offers the flexibility to satisfy the requirements of the most rigorous applications.
HIGH-SPEED, PRECISION HOLEMAKING IN TOUGH ALLOYS
Mitsui Seiki (Franklin Lakes, NJ) has launched the VLD-300, a small, vertical, Nd:YAG laser drilling machine for 12 in cube parts (300 mm x 300 mm x 300 mm in X-, Y-, Z-axes). This machine was developed collaboratively with several aerospace engine component manufacturers who expressed a need for a higher-speed and more accurate laser-drilling machine than what was currently available on the market.
LARGE FORMAT ABRASIVE WATERJET FOR TILE AND STONE APPLICATIONS
OMAX (Kent, WA) presents the FABRICATOR JetCutting Center, a large format abrasive waterjet system that demonstrates how the latest waterjet innovations can benefit those working with tile and stone. The versatile FABRICATOR JetCutting Center supports large format cutting in stone fabrication shops.
VMCS WITH HIGHLY INTUITIVE CONTROL
Vertical machining center producer MAG Fadal (Chatsworth, CA) announced that their FX series of machines will be available with the new Infimatic Freedom NC200?, a digital control designed specifically for metal-cutting machine tool applications, with three highly-intuitive navigation choices. The control is compatible with standard G-codes as well as part programs that have been created for Fadal CNC controls.
NEW INNOVATIVE DIESINKING EDM
The newest innovation in GF AgieCharmilles’ (Lincolnshire, IL) extensive range of diesinking EDM machines is the FORM 20/30, a cost-effective solution that combines ease of use with exceptional performance. Offering consistent reliability, the FORM 20/30 ensures high rigidity, good interference and reduced setup times.
TURNING AND MILLING CENTERS REDEFINE LOWER PRICE SEGMENT
DMG has redefined its range of CNC-controlled turning and milling centres in the lower price segment without compromising high-tech standards. The universal CTX 310 ECO and CTX 510 ECO lathes and the DMC 635 V ECO and DMC 1035 V ECO vertical centers are smoothing the way into the new DMG ECO world, and with market prices of less than ?50,000 they attract a completely new customer segment.
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