‘Machine Control’

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Start with the news release Schaublin CNC turning centre for medical machining from Schaublin Machine Tools, which we summarised at the time by saying "Schaublin Machines has announced that Clada Medical and Alta Science have selected the 102TM CNC turning centre for intricate micro-machining.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Sigma 20 lathe machines scaled model racecar parts from Tornos Technologies: "Titanium Racing has installed a Tornos Sigma 20 CNC automatic sliding headstock lathe, which it says is leading to growing orders for its range of scaled parts for model racing cars.".
 
In March 2010, we covered the news from FDB Panel Fittings - take a look at Snap-Line compression latch enables IP65 sealing which says: "FDB Panel Fittings has launched the Snap-Line compression latch, which combines quick snap-in design and planetary roller cam motion, enabling soft compression of door gaskets from 10-20mm.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Roemheld, Roemheld vices eliminate distortion problems, as well as Mahr Federal showcases MMQ 200 with probing system from Mahr Federal, and Auma brochure supports SA range of actuators from Auma.
 

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Data and report capture systems for food companies (March 2010)

Loma Systems is now offering an accurate and flexible data capture system and an Ethernet report capture system for food manufacturers.

Bearing gantry system uses Renishaw encoder (March 2010)

Steinmeyer-FMD's multi-axis air bearing gantry system is achieving speed and accuracy with the help of Renishaw's Tonic optical incremental encoder.

Muffle ovens are capable of temperatures to 760C (March 2010)

Lucifer Furnaces has shipped two dual-chamber atmosphere muffle ovens to a customer for the purpose of heat-treating superconducting wire used in medical, pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

Floyd to present tooling for sliding-head machines (March 2010)

On stand 5281 at Mach 2010, Floyd Automatic Tooling will be demonstrating its ability to supply a wide and specialised range of tooling to users of sliding-head turning centres.

Insert grades for titanium milling performance (March 2010)

Sandvik Coromant has launched two coated insert grades - S30T and S40T - for Coromill cutters that are said to provide higher levels of titanium milling performance.

Mill-turn centre features three-station changer (March 2010)

Okuma's mill-turn centre combines the power of a 45kW CNC lathe with that of a 37kW machining centre capable of removing 610cm3/min of S45C steel using a f100 face mill.

Briggs supplies fleet management for food company (March 2010)

Briggs Equipment has secured a major contract after demonstrating how it could reduce costs for a supplier of fresh produce.

Mill-turn centre enables guide-brush support (March 2010)

Traub has introduced a CNC sliding-head mill-turn centre on which it is possible to select whether to turn a component with the support of a guide bush, or without it.

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