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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
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 …
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
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
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 …
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, …
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 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 …
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 …
