Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Angle Heads",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Manufacturingtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Five axis machining of aerospace components from
Dugard, which we summarised at the time by saying "A Hedelius RS 125-K supplied by C Dugard to Oldland CNC Engineering, using five-axis technology, enables machining of larger aluminium and titanium aerospace components".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release King Automotive invests in machining centres from
NCMT: "UK Tier One automotive supplier has invested over GBP 3 million in three automated machining lines based on gantry robot-fed twin-pallet machining centres to produce steering knuckles".
In January 2007, we covered the news from Bruce Engineering
concerning its Machining units - special purpose machines
- take a look at Machining units made to high standards
which says: "Machining units and components for special purpose machines of exacting standards, can achieve high levels of automation in drilling, tapping, milling and grinding operations".
Take a look also at the news release from Desoutter Sales, Offset geared heads for customised solutions,
as well as One pendelum VMC machines 3- and 5-axis cycles from Dugard,
and Russian machining seminar generates orders from Manufacturing Technologies Association.
See also:
News on the Multi-spindle drilling and tapping, angle heads from CTL Centreline
(October 2005)
Multi-spindle drilling and tapping heads, angle heads and speeders produced by CTL Centreline can be repaired in most cases within one working day at the Coventry factory
Mill/turn investment halves toolholder lead times
(August 2005)
Users of high-speed machining may be interested to learn that Coventry Toolholders is halving the lead-time from order to delivery for its flange- and taper-contact HSK toolholders
Right-angle machining heads stored in ATC magazine
(July 2005)
Two right-angle heads - one for milling-intensive work and the other for drilling and tapping - can be exchanged automatically from a machining centre's tool magazine
Centreline tooling products re-born in Coventry
(February 2005)
Agreement has been reached under which the Coventry Engineering Group has acquired Centreline products and will be manufactured by a new company, CTL Centreline
News on the Modular boring, right angle heads, keyway cutters from Command Tooling Systems
(July 2004)
Three tool products - a modular boring system, right angle heads and keyway cutter - eliminate secondary operations, slash floor-to-floor times and speed machine changeovers
Aluminium Tube Turned To Close Tolerance
(May 2004)
Contract machinist, Holifields, which specialises in work for the medical sector, was recently asked to produce eight, high accuracy coil formers for electromagnets to be used in body scanners
Angle heads and speeders to be introduced
(February 2004)
New and improved angle-heads and speeders will be unveiled at MACH 2004 alongside a range of multi-spindle drilling / tapping heads and rotary coolant adaptors for prismatic machining
Tooling partnership to show new systems at EMO
(September 2003)
A new tooling partnership will show high performance driven and static tooling, tooling presetters, modular boring systems, backspotfacing tools, and workholding systems at EMO 2003
Special milling heads double thread die output
(April 2003)
Special double-sided right-angle heads are able to mill a pair of flat thread rolling dies simultaneously on any of six Cincinnati Arrow VMCs instead of machining singly as before on HMCs
Right-angled heads drastically reduce setups
(November 2002)
Using right-angled milling and drilling heads in a machining centre enabled key features on a component to be completed in two set-ups instead of, traditionally, six or seven
Five-axis M-C ups Inconel machining productivity
(September 2002)
By using a five-axis machining centre, a subcontractor was able to increase productivity five-fold when machining components, including Inconel, for a large commercial gas turbine
Five axis M-C ups turbine productivity five times
(August 2002)
A five-axis machining centre reduced the lead time and cost of a machined cast aluminium intermediate casing for gas turbines and increased productivity five-fold
Machines offered for all tool making applications
(August 2002)
A wide range of milling machines and machining centres are being offered at attractive prices from germany and the Czech Republic for toolmaking purposes
Large defence industry fabrications machined
(July 2002)
Two large and powerful gantry-type machining centres have been recently installed in the UK for machining large welded constructions for the defence industry
Heavy right-angle heads go to USA energy plant
(June 2002)
Centreline, has manufactured two very heavy duty right angle heads, each weighing 750kg, for a nuclear energy equipment manufacturer in the USA
Fixed angle drilling heads accept tools from ATC
(October 2001)
At Trelleborg Automotive, UK, two Centreline fixed angle drilling heads are helping to ensure a production rate of 40 spacer blocks per hour from a vertical machining centre
CNC lathe favoured for local programming facility
(August 2001)
When High Wycombe-based Hempstead and Johnson needed to replace an ageing CNC lathe a few years ago, it chose a Gildemeister CTX 500
HUD chassis lead-time cut by more than one half
(May 2001)
The lead time for machining a head-up display (HUD) chassis has been reduced from 53 days to 20 by Thales Optics after installing an Okuma MA50 half-metre-cube, horizontal machining centre
Drill, mill and tap head lightened for ATC usage
(May 2001)
The Centreline RAD-120 right-angle milling, drilling and tapping head has been redesigned with a fabricated rather than a cast aluminium body and weighs 10 per cent less at 4.1 kg