‘Turret Mill’
A Manufacturingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Mill-turn centre features three-station changer from
NCMT, which we summarised at the time by saying "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. ".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Mill-turn centre enables guide-brush support from
Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools: "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. ".
In March 2010, we covered the news from WNT
- take a look at WNT shows tool-vending system at MACH 2010
which says: "WNT will launch several cutting tool products, unveil its latest catalogue and promote its Tool-O-Mat tool-vending system at the MACH 2010 exhibition.".
Take a look also at the news release from Kasto, Kasto supplies automated storage system to Aesseal,
as well as DP showcases Esprit 2010 at Mecspe Eurostampi from DP Technology,
and Citizen debuts four mill/turn centres at Mach 2010 from Citizen Machinery.
Latest stories...
Schuler press dishes railway wheels in one process (March 2010)
Spanish railway vehicle manufacturer, Contrucciones Y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), has replaced its wheel manufacturing equipment with machines from Schuler.
Renishaw to demonstrate products at Westec 2010 (March 2010)
At Westec 2010, Renishaw will display products that increase machine-tool automation and process control, as well as a wireless device for assessing the performance of machines before metal cutting.
Mach 2010 to feature Open Mind product debuts (March 2010)
At this year's Mach event, Open Mind will present its Hypermill 2009.2 with CAD-integrated solutions for Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, Thinkdesign and its own Hypercad package.
ITC drill-mill cutters reduce tooling inventory (March 2010)
ITC Tooling has added the 2141 Cyber series range of two-flute drill-mill cutters to its drilling and chamfering tool line.
Sharpcam solves programming issues (March 2010)
Sharpcam has supplied low-cost CAM software to Kingston-based subcontractor Tromec, giving the company the functionality it required without the expense of a high-end system.
Haas milling machine avoids outsourcing (March 2010)
Soul-Kozak has invested in Haas CNC machine tools to enable it to produce several different high-performance bicycle components.
ITC to showcase tooling solutions at Mach 2010 (March 2010)
Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) will exhibit a variety of new products at the upcoming Mach 2010 event.
Blum Novotest shows tool-setting system at Mach (March 2010)
Blum Novotest will be exhibiting its Laser Control NT-H 3D at Mach 2010.
Further reading
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Manual/CNC turret mill and lathe bring flexibility
In a steady replacement of its second-hand machine tools, a growing subcontracting operation has invested in manual.CNC turret mill and lathe for small batch work to free up its VMCs.
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Turret millers redefine 'low-cost CNC' meaning
For machine shops wishing to make their first cost-effective first step into CNC prismatic machining, a machine tool company is offering a 3HP/4,200 rev/min milling machine from GBP 10,000.
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