Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Products • October 1, 2010

DMU 50 eco

DMG/Mori Seiki USA's DMU 50 eco CNC 5-axis control machining center is designed to be the ideal 5-axis machine tool for low-cost, high-quality parts machining with a shortened delivery time.

Products • October 1, 2010

Heller U-Axis Feed-Out System

Heller Machine Tools announced the development of a technically and economically viable feed-out system that uses an additional axis to provide radial feed movement of the tool cutting edge.

Products • October 1, 2010

D5 Dental Mill

Datron Dynamics Inc. has announced the release of the DATRON D5 Dental Mill.

Products • October 1, 2010

DZ 12K S Magnum

DZ 12K S MAGNUM five axis from Chiron America Inc. is a double-spindle, highly productive, 5-axis complete machining center with 2-axis tilt rotary table for milling and turning complex workpieces in one set-up.

Products • October 1, 2010

NBV 700 MT (Mill/Turn) Machine

Shorter cycle times are one way of reducing costs; another way to be more productive actually involves longer cycle times: complete machining in a single setup. Clamping a part only once means reduced costs for fixtures, less time spent on setups for different machines, while improving quality by avoiding reclamping errors. This is exactly where the new vertical milling machine from MAG comes"

Products • October 1, 2010

Vertical Turning Center Grinding Attachment

A new automatically changed grinding attachment adds surface finishing to the one-stop processing capabilities of MAG's vertical turning centers, allowing finishing of ID, OD and plane surfaces on parts up to 4700mm (185 inches) diameter.

Products • October 1, 2010

AQ1200L Wire EDM

Sodick Inc. is releasing the new AQ1200L Linear Motor Driven Wire EDM. The AQ1200L is Sodick's largest Wire EDM and features our linear motor system.

Products • October 1, 2010

FTR 3500 Boring Mill

MAG's new FTR 3500 floor-type horizontal boring mill (HBM) is a versatile, mid-sized job-shop machine, capable of a full 2 m reach inside parts with a ram-supported spindle.

Videos • September 11, 2010

Powdered metallurgy

Watch a video presentation from Seco Tools LLC about the tools and techniques suggested for machining powdered metallurgy. The company reports that inserts with Seco Tool's Duratomic CVD aluminum-oxide coating can work well for P/M components. The Duratomic technology promotes growth of coating crystals in certain crystallographic directions to improve coating properties.

Videos • September 11, 2010

Product Focus: TriboMAM

Using the TriboMAM compact CNC lathe attachment, M4 Sciences President Jeffrey A. Bougher and Tsugami Rem SalesApplications Engineer Bob Budnovitch demonstrate the production of a stainless steel bone screw at the Tsugami booth during IMTS 2010.

Videos • September 11, 2010

IMTS 2010 Booth Visit with PRAB

Mike Hill, vice president of sales and marketing for PRAB, Kalamazoo, Mich., provides an overview of the briquetting operation featured at the PRAB booth during IMTS 2010.

Articles • September 1, 2010

Accessories in action

Machine tool accessories can offer economical solutions to many tooling and machine setup issues. Used in combination with a machine that delivers the speed and features a shop needs, accessories can help improve productivity and reduce machine failures. This article examines the benefits of several key accessories, including spindle maintenance tools, toolholder maintenance tools, covers, indicator stands, chip fans, tool assembly devices and specialty workholding devices.