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Tim Espy, plant manager at V W Broaching Service Inc., Chicago, provides the play-by-play as an internal spline is created on a 24" dia. ball valve for a water utility. The broaching shop uses a Colonial horizontal broaching machine to produce the spline in the stainless steel valve in just a few seconds.

July 5, 2013
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Tim Espy, plant manager at V W Broaching Service Inc., Chicago, provides the play-by-play as an internal spline is created on a 24″ dia. ball valve for a water utility. The broaching shop uses a Colonial horizontal broaching machine to produce the spline in the stainless steel valve in just a few seconds.

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    Machine designed specifically to run broaching tools. It is typically designated by operating characteristics (pull, push, rotary, continuous, blind-spline), type of power used (hy…
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