Designed for volume production of round and non-round shaft parts, Zeus M has grinding length to 950 mm, max diameter of 430 mm, and center height of 220 mm. Product handles workpieces up to 80 kg and combines cylindrical, non-round, plunge, and high-speed peel grinding (HSP) in one machine. It employs polymer Granitan machine bed, […]

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Accurate, high-speed machining requires far more than a fast spindle. The whole CNC and servocontrol system must be tuned to the rigors of the job. Here are the key factors.
For many years, CNC manufacturers have believed their products were capable of high-speed machining because their CNCs could process part-program data at very high rates. This […]

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Micronor has introduced its MR200 series Feedback Transducers for new equipment designs as well as replacements for machinery no longer supported by the original equipment CNC machine manufacturers. Feedback units can incorporate any combination of encoders, resolvers, potentiometers, tachometers, rotary limit switches, as well as special interface or control electronics. These feedback elements are readily […]

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Obviously, shops in the market for a milling, turning, or multitasking machine want the best system for their money. They also want machines that can handle their applications. But beyond these are several other important considerations — some general and some specific to each machine type. By asking the right questions, shops can better sort […]

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In a demonstration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., the time required to program a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine for a complex multi-axis machining operation was cut from 105 minutes to just 15 minutes. This stunning reduction was made possible with the help of two new software products from STEP Tools Inc., […]

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WHEN IT comes to high technology machines for making electrical components, Indian companies usually rely on foreign vendors.
Unfortunately, these imported machines are expensive and beyond the reach of small-scale component makers.
But there is one Bangalore-based small-scale company, Electromech, founded by C. Raghunath in 1994, which has proved its match for global leaders […]

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By switching to CNC grinders, Moeller Manufacturing Co. of Plymouth, Mich., now produces and delivers virtually any punch from solid within three days of a customer order. The shop, which manufactures punches, die buttons, retainers, and die details for the tool-and-die and metal-stamping industries, runs three Anca PGX CNC punch-grinding machines that each produce over […]

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They just don’t build machine tools like they used to, according to Andy Vigé, president of Machine Specialty and Mfg. (Youngsville, LA).
Vigé couldn’t find a new machine tool that could take the punishment that one of his 20-year-old Warner & Swasey lathes could. He’d been buying used W&S machines for years, then driving them hard […]

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Skills at the Algram Group are concentrated on plastics mould toolmaking and prototyping. The company’s machine tool buying policy is based on removing the routine machining element from the skilled toolmaker’s brief. Which is why Algram has recently acquired an Ingersoll Center 4000 EDM cell.
The Center 4000, supplied by Mitsubishi EDM in Milton Keynes, is […]

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