Charles Bates11/10/2005
Emag HSC series systems optimize crankshaft-oilhole drilling through special machine designs that allow using short tooling, multiple-part drilling and self-contained work handling.
Because HSCs drill crankshaft …

Horizontal index trunnions from Royal Machine and Tool Co., Berlin, Conn., (www.royalworkholding.com) provide access to three sides of workpieces. Trunnion fixtures are manually or automatically indexed by machine control, and the workholding systems hydraulically clamp. …

Mori Seiki’s NT Series machines combine the built-in milling motors and symmetrical structures of the company’s lathes with the Driven at the Center of Gravity (DCG) technology and boxinbox constructions of its machining centers for …

Lothar Koerner12/01/1998In both Europe and the U.S., vertical turning machines and cells are increasingly producing many automotive brake systems and components, often to remarkably tight tolerances and, in many cases, completely finished. …

Bridgeport is introducing the GX 1000 B boxway machining center with an introductory price of $59,990. Bridgeport says the new rigid boxway design significantly dampens vibration at the cut to achieve excellent surface finishes, longer …

Toyoda Machinery’s new AF-series of vertical machining centers is designed for high-speed machining applications. The rigid cast iron base and column provide long-term accuracy and durability. The direct-drive, 12,000 rpm, temperature controlled spindle is paired …

Transportation design student Gary Ragle from the University of Cincinnati School of Design receives feedback from General Motors Educational Relations Consultant Stuart Shuster. This student model was milled on the School of Design’s 5-axis Tarus …

Melissa Lewis02/01/1998Shop flexibility and product quality are establishing Spanish manufacturers as world leaders in the automotive machine-tool market.
This fixed-table machining center is a typical product of Spanish manufacturer Anayak, but the …

Melissa Lewis03/01/1998Five research projects are shaping the future of machine-tool technology.
This poster illustrates the 1996 advances made with cluster spindles. The research was done through the Strategic Machine Tool Technologies:Spindles project. …

Charles Bates04/01/1998One company’s radical new design—a non-reciprocating table— demonstrates a fundamental rethink of grinding-machine technology.
An upper-mounted carrier/wheelhead executes X-axis movement for both creep-feed and reciprocating operations on a Dominator surface grinder. …