Tool Changers & Turrets

Automatic tool changers, type CTM from Indexing Technologies Inc. are suitable for applications on NC milling machines, vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, transfer machines, laser and plasma cutting machines.

Available from ITI Tooling Co. Inc., the SAUTER family of crown-type live tool turrets, typically used on multi-station and in-line transfer machines, has recently been upgraded and expanded, with the largest having a standard drive motor rating of up to 20 hp.

Hwacheon Machinery offers its VT-450/VT-650 single spindle and VT-450/-650-2SP twin-spindle vertical CNC lathes designed for mass production, reducing cutting times for automotive parts such as brake discs, brake drums, hubs and valves.

The new QC-160 Robotic Tool Changer, recently developed by ATI Industrial Automation, has a high moment capacity in a lightweight and compact design and utilizes the same proven Locking Mechanism as ATI's QC-200 Series.

Automatic tool changers, type CTA — HSL from ITI Tooling Co. Inc. are suitable for applications on CNC milling machines, vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes and multi-tasking machines.

Automatic tool changers, type CTM are suitable for applications on NC milling machines, vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, transfer machines, laser and plasma cutting machines.

Kistler has introduced the Type 9129A, a three-component system, designed to offer high-precision measurements of cutting tool machinery forces of up to 8 kN, when turning outside and inside turret lathe diameters, in support of critical manufacturing process monitoring requirements.