StarragHeckert’s HEC 500 D XXL horizontal machining centers (HMCs) feature large work areas that the company says can handle two cylinder crankcases for a four-cylinder in-line engine. The work areas have 1,000-millimeter interference range diameters …

Charles Bates01/24/2007
Rotary bushings guide and support line-boring bar tools and help to facilitate accurate cutting while controlling heat, wear and chatter during such operations as boring the aligned holes for camshafts and crankshafts on …

The SME’s premier annual West Coast exposition, Westec, has become the centerpiece of a manufacturing trade event the SME is calling the “Total Manufacturing Experience.” Along with Westec, the SME will host its annual meeting …

By Preston J. McCreary

The best way to reduce machining lead time is to establish a “flow” from one process to another, using cells to link, synchronize, and eliminate excessive material handling, excess …

Charles Bates05/09/2006
Technologies exhibited at the Westec Exposition and Conference were targeted at expanding the capabilities of traditional CNC machine tools either through software enhancements or by using new techniques to increase the speed and efficiency …

Charles Bates10/13/2009 A nine-pallet system, special tombstones, and a Mori Seiki NH4000 give Straitline Components the flexibility to switch quickly from machining one mountain bike component to the next.

Straitline Components is …

AM Staff 05/09/2006
CNC Engineering integrated systems range from open system GE Fanuc retrofits to complete machine remanufacturing, whether for milling machines, lathes or grinders. Other machine enhancements include rotary tables, probes, laser tool setters, …

AM Staff 07/07/2010 The Bates CNC hone tool and air gage. Bates manufacturers and supports hone tooling and abrasive products used in bore finishing and honing applications worldwide, and it specializes …

Gregg Langenhorst06/01/2000A SINKER EDM MAY JUMP FAST, BUT IT NEEDS A TRULY ACTIVE CONTROL FOR TOP MACHINING SPEED.
Mitsubishi’s EA 12 sinker EDM partners high-speed jumping with an intelligent, active adaptive …

AM Staff 12/01/2010 A good example of a fine-hole drilling fixture is the Fine Drill module for GF AgieCharmilles’ Form 20 die sinking EDM. It’s capable of deploying small-diameter electrodes as …