Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

The Machine Technology column in the July 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine takes a look at how the precise control of axis position works.

CAM software is often priced in the vicinity of a lower-end motorcycle or compact car—sometimes a luxury car. Michael Deren, who writes the Machinist's Corner column for Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, addresses some alternatives to avert the expense in his July 2011 column.

Video report features the Form 20 sinker EDM machine, the Mikron HSM 400U LP 5-axis milling machine, and the Cut 300 Sp and Cut 200 mS wire EDM machines. This is a CTEplus Video Supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's August 2013 issue. New machines make debut at AgieCharmilles 2013 Open House.

Eric Ostini, product manager with Agie Charmilles LLC, provides an overview of the FO 550 SP machine designed for fast machining and exceptional surface quality. Part of the company's 2011 Technology Days hosted at its facility in Lincolnshire, Ill., the demonstration includes a dry-run operation depicting a 16"-deep rib burn.

The new Nissin HBM BHP130-3.5 Series Horizontal Boring and Milling Machine from SNK America Inc. is rigidly designed for accurate and tough, prolonged cutting.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the new Matsuura MAM72-100H five-axis horizontal machining center, the largest in the MAM72 series.

The DMU 60 eVo from DMG/Mori Seiki USA is the newest model in its successful eVo Series, having already sold more than 3,000 units throughout the world.

DMG/Mori Seiki USA is now taking orders for the NVX5000 Series of high-precision vertical machining centers with a No. 50 taper spindle variation.

Columbia Marking Tools Inc. developed of the double-acting air-operated impact markers and for many years the model 651, 751 851 Slide-A-Mark units have been the preferred choice for applying impact marks in a wide variety of materials, particularly sheet metal parts.

Heimatec announces immediate availability of its newest development, the HT Series quick-change tool adapter system.

The new SR200 Surface Roughness Tester from The L.S. Starrett Co. is a powerful, full featured instrument that can be used either freestanding (on horizontal, vertical or even inverted surfaces) or bench-mounted with fixturing for batch measurement and laboratory applications.

The DATRON M8 PlasticMill is a high-speed CNC machining center designed specifically for plastic machining applications that produce debris such as large and small chips or dust that must be extracted and collected.