Milling

Okuma machine tool apps put the power of improving part quality, reducing costs and increasing profitability in your hands.

If moving cables in the workspace of lathes, milling and sawing machines need protecting, cable carriers must be chip tight, while simultaneously guiding the cables with low abrasion. For this purpose, igus has developed its first foldable plastic energy tube, the R68 in the Energy Chain System line of cable carriers.

An upgraded camshaft measuring machine that is designed with a wide diameter offset follower to accommodate larger diameter cams with built-in gears is being introduced by ADCOLE Corp.

When you think of Fastenal, you probably think of fasteners. But soon you might be just as likely to think of cutting tools, abrasives and other metalworking products. Over the past year-plus, the company has invested aggressively to establish itself as a major national supplier to the metalworking industry.

Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. introduces the OTT-JAKOB Position Monitoring System with the Electronic Analog Sensor, which allows you to monitor your drawbar for performance and wear.

Soraluce America presents the KB-150-WR horizontal boring machine.

After years of developing and testing possible solutions, MachineWorks says it has produced a new algorithm for 5-axis swept volume generation.

Machine shops of all sizes continue to seek ways to automate what they do to improve consistency, save time, and reduce cost per piece produced. In response to that need, EMCO Maier has partnered with UltraTech Machinery, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, a leading designer and builder of high production equipment, to offer a modular robotic automation cell that provides cost-effective, flexible part load/unload for its turning machines.

The Hyperturn 65 Powermill from EMCO Maier Corp. offers a large spindle clearance of 1300mm, a powerful counter spindle which also allows 4-axis machining, a B-axis with a direct drive for complex 5-axis simultaneous milling operations, and an additional Y-axis for the lower turret, making it ideal for machining complex parts.

Helical Solutions is introducing the H40ALV and H40ALV-RN, representing a major expansion of its aluminum endmill series.