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Portable drill press offers improved drilling
A powerful portable hand-held drill press has dramatic 5 to 1 leverage advantage and provides improved drilling ability in a durable, lightweight tool.
News from GloTech (31 March 2008)
UK drilling machine maker adds on Web site
A complete range of bench top and pedestal type drilling machines is described in a new Web site, which also includes mill/drill machine tools and sawing machines.
News from Meddings Flott (28 March 2008)
Drilling bowls for a good grip
User application article Perhaps one would not readily associate machine tools with bowling, but a special machine has been supplied to drill dimples or grips on the crown green type of bowls.
News from Bespoke Machines (30 July 2007)
Drilling machines upgraded, capacity raised
Latest drilling machines have had their specifications upgraded to include a work light and table raising mechanism and drilling capacities increased.
News from Meddings Flott (21 February 2007)
Fiftieth medical gundrilling machine sold
Gundrilling machine for medical components and tools are designed to highly accurate drill holes as small as 0.027in in surgical stainless steels and titanium.
News from TBT Division/Nagel Precision ( 3 January 2007)
Cutting tool field sales additions
Allied Maxcut has extended its technical field sales operations with the appointment of four new regionally based sales engineers to support its national distribution network.
News from Allied Maxcut Engineering Co (11 December 2006)
Multiple simultaneous holes drilled for hinges
User application article An AutoDrill designed system recently helped a customer fabricating doors, custom door hinges and cabinets significantly increase their production.
News from AutoDrill (23 October 2006)
Compact drill/tap/milling centre has high capacity
Compact and affordable high speed drill/tap/milling centre has a very small footprint of just 2.4m by 1.5m yet provides a large machining capacity. Brochure available
News from Dugard (19 October 2006)
Drilling complex patterns in one step properly
User application article By drilling all the holes on a hinge or door at once using multiple spindle drill heads, a door fabricator now performs a former multi-step operation in a single step.
News from AutoDrill (19 October 2006)
CNC system speeds steel profiles drilling
CNC steel profiles/sections drilling system is equipped with three simultaneously operating drilling units, one for drilling in the profile's web and the other two drilling units for the flanges.
News from Voortman Automatisering BV (25 September 2006)
Precision gundrill spindle reaches 35,000 rev/min
Specially designed for gundrilling of high-precision holes in ejector sleeves, medical and aerospace components, a deep-hole gundrilling machines achieves speeds from 1,000 to 35,000 rev/min.
News from TBT Division/Nagel Precision ( 5 September 2006)
Machining centres go young at heart
The BC series of machining centres which include the 30 elite / 40 super have been "rejuvenated".
News from Meddings Flott ( 5 June 2006)
Repetitive drilling and tapping made easier
Drilling systems remove time consuming and labour intensive work by providing the means of swiftly and accurately drilling all holes via a pre-defined user program.
News from Meddings Flott (26 May 2006)
Electronic drill/tap machines have chip breaking
In addition to the comprehensive range of features already offered with electronic drilling and tapping machines, the standard specification now includes a chip breaking mode for both models.
News from Meddings Flott (26 May 2006)
High speed drill units can verify drill return
A very small drill allows drilling of holes at high rev/min rates on existing units, which can be equipped to have a proof of return signal provided by the drill itself.
News from AutoDrill (22 May 2006)
Simple drill and tap charts are on-line
The sales staff at AutoDrill recently put together a Web page that they believe will be useful to many when they have a question about drilling and/or tapping.
News from AutoDrill ( 8 March 2006)
Off-set spindles increase drilling production:
A fast low cost method to drill off-center hole patterns is available for drilling equipment including all common drill presses, Bridgeport-style milling machines and direct motor mounts.
News from AutoDrill (13 February 2006)
Drilling units stroke hydraulically, pneumatically
Drilling units, operating at up to 9,000 rev/min and using compressed air or hydraulics, can be semi-automated or fully automated, using programmable logic control.
News from Blackalloy Co. Of America ( 6 December 2005)
High speed action offered for drilling/tapping
Drill/tap centre, using 48m/min rapid traverse rates and 14 position turret-type tool magazine, offers high speed, short cycling performance for drilling, tapping and milling.
News from Hardinge Machine Tools ( 5 October 2005)
Single spindle beam driller is fast worker
Single-spindle, 3-axis, high-speed CNC programmable drilling machine can be as fast as a multi-spindle drill, which makes it highly cost-effective, says the manufacturer.
News from Kaltenbach (16 June 2005)
Three-spindle head drills thousands under CNC
Applying a three spindle drill head to the existing programmable machine tool the total operation time per component - to drill thousands of holes - was reduced over 50%.
News from AutoDrill (18 April 2005)
System automates beams drilling for SMEs
Drilling system is designed for small and medium steel fabricators to automate the time consuming manual drilling process of beams and are limited by floor space in their workshop.
News from Voortman Automatisering BV ( 6 April 2005)
Multiple spindle heads drill faster
Affordable multiple spindle heads can increase drilling production by drilling complex patterns in one single operation, while virtually eliminating set-up and operation errors.
News from AutoDrill ( 7 December 2004)
High speeds provided for fine drilling, milling
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.
News from 600 Centre (20 October 2004)
Automatic multi-spindle drill ups hinge production
User application article By drilling all the holes on a hinge or door at once by using multiple spindle drill heads, a door and cabinet fabricator now performs a multi-step operation in a single step.
News from AutoDrill (28 September 2004)
Self-feeding drill units offer faster cycle times
Self-feeding drill units are designed to produce simultaneously one or many accurate holes in production parts offering cycle times faster than some CNC equipment with less operator training.
News from AutoDrill (27 September 2004)
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