Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Machine Technology column for March 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

A rational approach to machine tool selection.

Applications, accuracy issues and infrastructure requirements for large-part machine tools.

Hardinge Inc. has released the T-42 Super-Precision turning centers.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has expanded its turning tool line to include HSK T63 tooling for multitask machines. The line offers modular turning tools for mill/turn applications in either a 45° tilt style or a 90° right-angle style.

Okuma America Corp. says its new M460-VE vertical machining center marries value with high-performance machining technology.

Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. has announced the debut of the NH10000DCG machine tool.

Makino Inc. announces the new F-Series vertical machining center designed to provide stiffness and rigidity for chatter-free cutting, agility for high-speed and hard milling and accuracies for tight tolerance blends and matches typical of complex, 3-D contoured geometry associated with die/mold and medical production.

Eurotech Elite's new Trofeo series offers a design that delivers efficient and fast production of complex components, using live tools, C-axis and Y-axis.

Marking Tools has launched of a new programmable marking machine line.

GF AgieCharmilles' CUT 1000 wire EDM is for micromachining and ultraprecision applications.

Knuth Machine Tools USA offers the DL E Series universal lathes for handling heavy-duty fabrication and single-part production.