Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Products • March 12, 2012

Value Vision System

Focusing on economy, MultiCam Inc. introduces the manual Value Vision system for low-volume digital finishing without the cost of registration equipment designed for major industrial users.

Products • March 12, 2012

F2000 Machining Center

The versatile Heller F series HMCs for 5-axis simultaneous machining comes with three high performance spindle options for different cutting conditions and part configurations.

Products • March 12, 2012

5-axis DMC 60 H linear horizontal machining center

The new 5-axis DMC 60 H linear horizontal machining center from DMG/Mori Seiki USA Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill., (www.dmgmoriseikiusa.com) is for production runs.

Products • March 12, 2012

MEGAFLEX Machining System

Astraeus Wind Energy's MAG MEGAFLEX machining system has passed its initial supplier qualification by completing "Operation 20" metal cutting processes in record time on a Clipper Windpower C96 turbine hub, one of the industry's largest.

Products • March 12, 2012

VB53 VMC

OKK USA Corp.s VB53 design features help achieve superior surface finish and precision, combined with high speed operation and excellent operator accessibility, to satisfy even the most high end mold application challenges.

Videos • March 10, 2012

Makino Machining Complex

A Makino Machining Complex integrated with two a71 horizontal machining centers is used to produce conveyor chain assemblies for the coal mining industry in this video report shot at Cincinnati Mine Machinery.

Articles • March 1, 2012

Working in a coal mine

END USER: Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co., (513) 728-4040, www.cinmine.com. CHALLENGE: Improve throughput and maintain higher part-quality consistency. SOLUTION: A machining cell with 24 pallets and two horizontal machining centers. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Makino Inc., (513) 573-7200, www.makino.com

Articles • March 1, 2012

Primer on the king of machines

Shop Operations: The manual lathe is the cornerstone of any machine shop because almost all shop workers find themselves working on one when they start. The manual lathe has been called the "king of machines," for good reason. Some can be enormous; you can bet that if you need a forklift and a ladder to put a tool bit in the machine, some fun is bound to happen.

Articles • March 1, 2012

Machine bed support key to accuracy

Machine Technology column: A machine tool bed serves several important functions. It supports the machine's moving elements and supports them in geometric relation to each other. The relationship between the moving elements is more important than the relationship between the moving elements and the ground the machine is based on.

Articles • March 1, 2012 • Kip Hanson

Raising the Bar

Bar feeders, once known as slow and inefficient 'rattle tubes,' are now high-speed, automated units.

Articles • March 1, 2012 • Alan Richter

Soft machine

Robust and stiff often come to mind when considering the characteristics that make for a productive milling machine. However, Juanjo Zulaika, a researcher at the applied-research center Tecnalia Research & Innovation, thought otherwise and developed a "softer" milling machine with reduced weight and stiffness. That's achieved while increasing productivity.

Articles • March 1, 2012 • Michael Deren

Measuring machine productivity

Many large corporations are well versed in total productive maintenance, but smaller companies are probably not. To learn more about the concept, I attended a 1-day seminar about TPM at a local technical college.