Wicks chooses combination machine from XYZ
June 10, 2011 – 8:00 am | No Comment

A combination machine from XYZ Machine Tools has enabled subcontractor Wicks Engineering to improve productivity at its facility in Leeds. Wicks specialises in prototype work as well as repair and maintenance projects that can demand a significant amount of reverse engineering. Wicks Engineering specialises in prototype and repair and maintenance The company’s work has included film props for movies including ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code’

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How Center Rock Sees Setups
March 16, 2011 – 1:58 pm | No Comment
How Center Rock Sees Setups

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Improving Surface Finish During High Speed Machining
March 14, 2011 – 5:09 pm | No Comment
Improving Surface Finish During High Speed Machining

Click Image to Enlarge Tom Delio is one of the nation’s leading authorities on high speed machining and machine tool dynamics. He answers questions from readers on challenges related to high speed machining. To ask your question, visit our High Speed Machining Zone and click on “Ask an Expert.” A reader recently used the “Ask an Expert” feature of our High Speed Machining Zone to ask a series of questions aimed at better understanding high speed machining

Speeding Up Aluminum Milling, with No Trade-Off in Finish
March 8, 2011 – 1:54 am | No Comment
Speeding Up Aluminum Milling, with No Trade-Off in Finish

The Ingersoll Aluminator cutter delivers a 4 RMS finish on the gasket channel of a sensing device at Excel Machine and Fabrication, in Baltimore. Retooling with the new cutter eliminated a quality-control …

PCBN Grades Facilitate Complete Process Revamp
March 7, 2011 – 8:05 pm | No Comment
PCBN Grades Facilitate Complete Process Revamp

The shop’s previous cutters wore out quickly during initial attempts to machine this Acme 2 thread in 70-Rc chilled white iron. The thread’s pitch, depth and surface finish exacerbated the bottleneck

Tips for Tapping Titanium Alloys
February 23, 2011 – 8:26 pm | No Comment
Tips for Tapping Titanium Alloys

Regardless of the workpiece material, special care is needed when cutting threads with a tap in a CNC machining center. Signs that a smooth tapping operation is underway, such as the even, continuous chips produced in other materials, may be absent when tapping titanium. When tapping titanium, chips packing in the flutes and hole can be a problem if variables are not properly controlled

Manual/CNC toolroom miller introduced
February 17, 2011 – 3:21 am | No Comment

Toolroom milling machine combines the simplicity of a manual mill with the power and flexibility of an easy-to-use CNC system in an affordable machine that offers a competitive advantage.
Prototypes, one-off parts and tooling often require …

US machine tool builder company claims is largest
February 17, 2011 – 3:21 am | No Comment

The largest machine tool manufacturer in the world, Haas Automation designs and builds a full range of metal-cutting machine tools including CNC machining centres, lathes and rotary tables.
The largest machine tool manufacturer in the world, …

Five-axis trunnion VMC simplifies complex jobs
February 17, 2011 – 3:21 am | No Comment

A 5-axis vertical machining centre with a rotating trunnion table allows the machining of complex multi-sided parts in a single set-up, thus reducing set-up time and increasing accuracy.
One of the most time-consuming and costly components …

Toolroom CNC lathe is powerful, flexible, simple
February 17, 2011 – 3:20 am | No Comment

Toolroom Lathe has a proprietary conversational operating system that makes cutting parts and creating part programs nearly effortless, and operation ranges from manual to CNC.
With a functional range from manual turning to full CNC, the …

Vertical machining centre has high speed CNC
February 17, 2011 – 3:19 am | No Comment

A high-performance vertical machining centre features a generous 1016 x 660 x 635mm work cube, a 12,000 rev/min inline direct-drive spindle and a high-speed control with full ‘look-ahead’.
Haas Automation’s VM-3 is a high-performance vertical machining …