Flex Machine Tools, an American manufacturer and provider of machine tool solutions worldwide for metal fabrication operations, will host an Open House Event at Flex headquarters in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.
Additionally, appointment times can be reserved for Friday, December 6.
At the complementary event attendees will learn how FLEX technology can boost productivity and transform operations. Several live demonstrations will be featured including:
• FlexJet FLX waterjet with automated cutting via new IGEMS technology with an advanced 5-Axis cutting head.
• Versatile, cantilever-style FlexCNC C-series long-bed machining center for accurate, high-speed drilling, milling and tapping of large parts. Demonstrations will include thermal drilling and milling keyways.
• New, innovative Flexible Tapping Center designed to streamline operations when drilling, tapping, and countersinking sheet metal.
• A range of highly efficient Pneumatic, Electric and Hydraulic Tapping and FlexERGO Arms for safe and ergonomic operations.
Attendees will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience by trying out the FlexArm Tapping Arm to see how easy tapping can be. Also, a tour of the FLEX 115,000 sq. ft. facility will provide an opportunity to see firsthand where FLEX manufacturing happens. Manufacturing professionals are encouraged to attend. Registration is required. To register and for more details, click here.
Related Glossary Terms
- countersinking
countersinking
Cutting a beveled edge at the entrance of a hole so a screw head sits flush with the workpiece surface.
- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- machining center
machining center
CNC machine tool capable of drilling, reaming, tapping, milling and boring. Normally comes with an automatic toolchanger. See automatic toolchanger.
- milling
milling
Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.
- tapping
tapping
Machining operation in which a tap, with teeth on its periphery, cuts internal threads in a predrilled hole having a smaller diameter than the tap diameter. Threads are formed by a combined rotary and axial-relative motion between tap and workpiece. See tap.
