Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Slideway",
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 Three turning centres give a racing advantage from
Mori Seiki UK, which we summarised at the time by saying "Three CNC turning centres installed at a motor sport Formula One's workshop have produced a ten fold improvement over their previous manufacturing capability".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release Metalworking fluids management meets HSE rules from
Houghton Plc: "Metalworking fluids supplier is able provide a service package, which enables users to meet the new HSE Guidelines for management of metalworking fluids".
In May 2007, we covered the news from Dugard
concerning its Vertical machining centre
- take a look at Vertical machining centre has acceleration of 2G
which says: "The new C Dugard agency for Akira-Seiki vertical machining centres will include one of the fastest rapid traverse rates of 96 m/min available on a vertical machining centre with an acceleration of 2G".
Take a look also at the news release from 600 Centre, Hydrostatic grinder uses linear motor drives,
as well as Programmable bearings raise grinding accuracy from 600 Centre,
and CNC turning centres offer power, precision from Leader CNC.
See also:
CNC-controlled universal grinding machine
(February 2007)
A CNC-controlled Hardinge Kellenberger Kel-Viva universal grinding machine is helping precision engineering specialist, Burcas, to increase productivity
Laser machining processes thicker materials
(October 2006)
The need to process materials whose thickness is outside the scope of its current manufacturing plant was the main reason why Beakbane investing in its new Trumpf L3030 2D laser-machining centre
Slideway lubricant has even higher performance
(August 2006)
An improved version of a high-performance machine slideway lubricant is especially effective in grinding processes, such as eliminating judder and protecting slideways from wear and corrosion
News on the Machine Tool Hydraulic Oil and Slideway Oil from Oiluk
(July 2006)
Machine tool hydraulic and slideway oils have special anti-emulsifier additives to keep tramp oil separate from the coolant to prevent lubricants leaking into the coolant system
Tough, hard railroad steels production machined
(April 2006)
Railroad switches (points) maker sought very rigid, long table machine to mill Grade A rail steel, which, at 260BHN is tough and a German machining centre gave best tool life:metal removal ratio
CNC sliding head turn/mill auto is backlash-free
(March 2006)
Latest linear motor technology is being used to remove any likelihood of deflection and backlash and to optimise slideway structure of the most recent CNC sliding head turn/mill centre
Heavy duty CNC lathes can be customised
(March 2006)
A range of heavy duty, CNC, flat-bed lathes include one customised with a gap bed facility, allowing an exceptionally large swing of 865mm and is fitted with Siemens 810D CNC
Lathe load/unload system integrates with handling
(February 2006)
Multi-function CNC lathe builder has developed an integrated loading and unloading system within the existing machine footprint and it integrates with user specified material handling systems
CNC sliding head automatic lathes get smarter
(February 2006)
CNC sliding head automatic lathes focus on the development of high speed processing and the substantial reduction of idle and non-cutting times in machine cycles with better flexibility
Lubricants and fluids change to save GBP 500,000
(January 2006)
With thirteen central systems on a new engine line, it is estimated that a dramatic reduction in production fluids use and waste will save and automotive plant GBP 500,000 a year
Re-manufactured VTLs are very competitive
(December 2005)
Machine tool company is putting more investment into re-manufactured VTL's - having acuired more 'carcasses' to offer competitive CNC vertical borers to the aerospace and turbine industry
HMC + lathe equals integrated mill/turn centre
(August 2005)
Three years of research and development have gone into a new range of integrated mill turn centres, which are a combination of the power of HMCs and a successful series of lathes
Rotary table grinder is super-precise
(July 2005)
Able to grind to a flatness and parallelism tolerance of less than one micron, a rotary table grinding machine will be demonstrated for the first time in Europe at EMO 2005
Two advanced machining centres to go on show
(July 2005)
Kitamura will show a VMC with a 30,000 rev/min spindle and Fanuc 16iMB CNC control with 500 block look ahead and a high accuracyt production HMC at EMO 2005
CNC lathe has exceptional swing and bed length
(April 2005)
Exceptional swing capacities and bed length - ideal for demanding turning applications within the oil and gas production sector - feature a heavy duty, flat bed CNC lathe
High speed VMC machines graphite and plastics
(March 2005)
High-speed machining centre is specifically for engraving and machining graphite, plastics and light metals and is ideal for detailed machining operations with small cutters
Rotary table grinder combines hydrostatics and air
(March 2005)
Able to grind to a flatness and parallelism tolerance of less than one micron, a rotary table grinding machine combines variable hydrostatic slideway and air bearing technologies
Grinding machine builder focuses on nano-machining
(February 2005)
The world's largest manufacturer of grinding machines sees the next five years as being most critical and regards the business 'front end' as nanometre machining technology
HMC cycles speedily through dry or wet cutting
(January 2005)
Developed to accommodate high throughput using multiple part/multiple pallet loadings under both dry and wet machining conditions, a HMC offers extremely short production cycles
News on the Linear air bearing slideways from Loadpoint
(December 2004)
Direct drive, linear air bearing slideways provides straightness of motion better than 0.1 micron in 100mm of travel, and resolution on position accuracy better than 0.1 micron
High speeds provided for fine drilling, milling
(October 2004)
Spindle speeds up to 50,000 revs/min can now be customised on a VMC for drilling with ultra-fine tools down to 0.1mm diameter while pere-hardened steels can be finished at high speeds
Castrol means business for merged distributor
(October 2004)
The recently merged JSL Bearbreak Limited is now the largest independent engineering solutions distributor in the West Midlands
Duplex bed absorbs heavy milling thrusts
(August 2004)
Duplex bed design of apowerful, compact machining centre absorbs the thrust when drilling and milling using up to 22kW and allows the machine to accept workpieces up to 2 tonnes
Lubricants company makes special offer to BTMA
(July 2004)
Castrol Industrial, is making a special offer to fellow BTMA members consisting of a 'package' of metalworking fluids and lubricants for use in sliding-head stock machine tools
High stock removal grinding ousts eight set-ups
(July 2004)
Using 'Viper' grinding to produce turbine blades and nozzle guide vanes has reduced multiple operations on up to 10 different machines to just one or two set-ups on a HMC
Turbine blade re-processing time to be cut by half
(May 2004)
Adaptive 5-axis reverse-engineering and machining of complex aerospace compressor blades enables blade re-processing time to be cut by half, with production of a more consistent aerofoil surface
Latest aerospace machining developments shown
(May 2004)
Milling of aircraft structural parts and grinding of engine components using the Viper process developed by Rolls-Royce will be demonstrated at the UK's Farnborough International Airshow
Colchester and Rocol set up technical partnership
(April 2004)
Extending its customer support operation from its three technical centres, Colchester Sales has formed a technical partnership for metalworking fluids with Leeds, UK, based Rocol Lubricants
Machining centres and CNC millers introduced
(March 2004)
Among 10 machining centres, CNC lathes and a VTL making their debut at MACH 2004, the machining centres and CNC milling/boring machines all feature higher performance and latest CNCs
Linear motion system keeps tapes in check
(March 2004)
Linear motion system enables a fully automatic Class 1 laser tape measurement bench to measure within +/-20 microns with a base accuracy of 1.1 micron per metre
CNC sliding head auto quickens one-hit pace
(February 2004)
Carrying up to 21 tools, CNC sliding head automatic has more flexible setting options will enable machining cycle times to be reduced further for producing complex milled and turned parts
High spec VMCs machine small aerospace parts
(October 2003)
Compact, high specification vertical machining centres attain high levels of geometry, tolerance and surface finish on aerospace parts, such as blisks, while minimising floor to floor times
Name change for Toyoda in UK
(October 2003)
The Coventry subsidiary of machining centre and cylindrical grinding machine manufacturer, Toyoda, has changed its name from Toyoda Machinery and Engineering Europe to Toyoda Mitsui Europe, UK
Websites make hard turning easier
(October 2003)
Hardinge has launched two websites to help customers understand the requirements of super precision turning and hard turning technologies