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Machining centre designed to machine graphite
To high speed machine graphite, protection includes a fully enclosed machining area with a roof and a highly effective dust and particle extraction and filtration package.
News from OCN and PPL Services (28 April 2003)
Easy set-up, flexibility, determine machine choice
User application article With volumes seldom more than 20 off, a subcontractor needs flexible, easy-to-use and quick to set-up machining centres and turning machines.
News from Yamazen (UK) (17 March 2003)
CNC flexibility avoids taking the bitter pill
User application article CNC's power and flexibility allows complex milling and machining centre programs for tablet blister pack tooling to be created with ease on the shop floor. Brochure available
News from Hurco Europe (12 March 2003)
Keeping ahead of assembly demands reliability
User application article When production is just 4 days ahead of assembly at an indirectly supplied automotive customer, uptime is paramount, and machine tool reliability and good quality back-up service are essential.
News from Mills Manufacturing Technology (10 March 2003)
Machining centres halve production time
User application article Two four-axis machining centres are machining forged titanium pintles for the Airbus A320 series of civil airliners in around half the time without any compromise on quality or accuracy.
News from Toyoda Mitsui Europe, UK (10 March 2003)
High-speed M-C speeds up graphite die machining
Designed to speed up the manufacturing and efficient redressing of graphite complex RAM EDM dies, the compact design of a high speed machining centre lets it be parked next to a RAM EDM m/c.
News from Datron Dynamics (25 December 2002)
Buy-back scheme for vertical machining centres
With a growing business selling its remanufactured VMCs in the United States, machine tool builder Fadal is operating a generous buy-back scheme for its vertical machining centres
News from Yamazen (UK) (12 November 2002)
Tomorrow's machine tool shown this week
Multi-axis machining workshops held this week saw the UK debut of the world's fastest machining centre, offering axis accelerations up to 3G and traverse rates up to 120m/min.
News from Chiron Werke UK (28 October 2002)
Centre machines bar components on six sides
A bar machining centre mills, drills, bores, parts off and back end machines precision cubical parts from 1100mm bar delivered by a bar feed magazine.
News from DMG (UK) ( 9 October 2002)
Running what may be the fastest M-C yet
An ultra-fast machining centre, a test bed for future machine tool design concepts, will show the reality of what can already be achieved, at an open house event in the UK during October.
News from Chiron Werke UK (12 September 2002)
Put a bid in for incredible machine tool bargains
Machine tool distributor puts up stock clearance machines on its website for auction in September. Brochure available
News from C Dugard ( 1 August 2002)
Titanium orthopaedic implants milled reliably
User application article The continuous production milling and drilling of forged titanium orthopaedic surgical implants requires a strong, rigid and reliably accurate machining centre to maintain working tolerances. Brochure available
News from Fredk. Pollard and Co (23 July 2002)
Linear drive powers moving column M-C
Believed to be novel in the market of travelling column machining centres - is the use of a linear drive in the long X-traversing column to provide travel speeds up to 100m/min.
News from DMG (UK) (19 July 2002)
Machining centre accelerates axes at 2.5G
With acceleration of 2.5G, a maximum feed rate of 80m/min and spindle speeds up to 60,000rpm, this machining centre is heralded as a "breakthrough" in high speed machining.
News from Mikron (Birmingham) ( 9 July 2002)
Super-fast machines do not use linear motors
An "amazing response" was given at MACH 2002 to the UK launch of CNC machines offering production times that are significantly faster than current machines, but costing less than GBP 50,000! Brochure available
News from C Dugard (21 May 2002)
Double-acting ballscrew cuts machine downtime
Very fast-moving mill-tap centres, zippy machining centres and a very nippy pick-up spindle vertical turning lathe are the results of applying a double-acting ballscrew axis drive. Brochure available
News from C Dugard (14 May 2002)
Business improving said MACH exhibitor
Genuine interest was shown in a new low cost vertical machining centre at MACH 2002, which was encouraging and we definitely detected signs that business is getting better, said Yamazen.
News from Yamazen (UK) (13 May 2002)
Five face MC speeds up cylinder head manufacture
A 5-face machining centre is proving particularly suited to a subcontractor's manufacture of prototype automotive cylinder heads or components with compound angles. Brochure available
News from Yamazaki Mazak UK ( 9 April 2002)
MCs slash lead times and bring work in-house
User application article Acquisition of a universal machining centre, quickly followed by a second, has reduced lead times on gear sets from 12 weeks to 8 weeks as well as eliminating subcontract-out work.
News from DMG (UK) ( 5 April 2002)
Truly high speed, five-axis M-C is world first
Described as the world's first truly high-speed five axis machining centre, it has been designed to give mould and die makers a competitive edge in world markets.
News from Mikron (Birmingham) (15 March 2002)
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