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Compact gear shaving machine is productive
A compact, highly productive machine for the fine finishing of soft spur and helical gears performs plunge as well as diagonal and parallel shaving processes.
News from Gleason Corporation ( 4 January 2008)
Gear wheel tester and grinder introduced
During EMO 2007, Gleason introduced a thread wheel grinder for finishing hardened gears and a CNC gear testing machine for production or quality laboratory use.
News from Gleason Corporation (30 November 2007)
Multi-axis carbon fibre laying machine developed
User application article A multi-axis robotic carbon fibre tow laying machine, opeating at up to 8m/s, will dramatically accelerate production, improve strength and reduce waste. Brochure available
News from Festo (30 November 2007)
Low-cost units bring CNC capabilities to all users
A high specification, low cost CNC 3-axis machine, beginning at under GBP 7,000, can perform routing and engraving, drilling and milling, dosing and sign making, prototyping and modelling. Brochure available
News from Unimatic Engineers (29 November 2007)
Machine deep-hole drills up to 30m depth
A large deep-hole drilling and boring machine can produce holes of up to 10m long and 300mm diameter using its BTA drilling, BTA skiving-burnishing and trepanning facility.
News from Precihole Machine Tools (27 November 2007)
Highly flexible hobber cuts gears up to Module 4
Equipped with flexible stock-handling system and integrated automation, a universal production gear hobbing machine cuts gear and gear-shaft type components up to module 4. Brochure available
News from Emag UK (19 November 2007)
Centre combines turning and gear hobbing
A gear manufacturer can benefit from a vertical pick-up spindle hobbing and turning centre that combines hobbing and turning and so reduces work-in-progress/production inventory stocks. Brochure available
News from Emag UK (17 October 2007)
Hobbing machine cuts gears without coolant
Designed for dry machining of gears, a gear hobbing machine has its work area is completely isolated from the machine bed to minimize thermal expansion caused by contact with hot chips.
News from Gleason Corporation (27 September 2007)
Plier manufacturer benefits from waterjets
Jet machining centre results in improved manufacturing efficiency and flexibility at Maun Industries
News from Omax (13 June 2007)
Modules build machining/production centres
From a standard range of modules - light aluminium structural elements and a range of attachments for machining, cutting and welding - a bespoke machining/production centre can be specified. Brochure available
News from Unimatic Engineers (15 May 2007)
Engraving machine uses YAG laser too
Italian manufacturer of engraving machine tools and equipment has introduced a multi-tasking machining/laser engraving centre and a very novel self-loading workholding system for engraving machines.
News from Cielle (17 April 2007)
Cutting systems on show at Euromold
At EuroMold 2006, the themes of the KMT Cutting Systems display at Stand Number H175 in Hall 8.0 are Flexibility and Customer Focus. Brochure available
News from KMT Cutting Systems (26 October 2006)
Robotised system machines large models
User application article A modelling and protoyping company's machining cell uses a KUKA robot for 5-axis milling and Gudel linear floor slide to give machinists a complete and economical large format machining capability. Brochure available
News from KUKA Automation + Robotics (16 August 2006)
EDM turning produces small, precise parts
A high speed rotary spindle combined with variable speed AC control, has made the production of miniature round parts with small diameters and finer finishes possible using EDM turning.
News from Hirschmann Engineering UK (14 August 2006)
French tape layers build 787 wings in Japan
User application article French machine tool builder has installed four 40m long tape-laying machines in Japan to began to make the first wing panel for the new 'star' plane of Boeing, the 787 'Dreamliner'.
News from Forest-line ( 2 August 2006)
Coiled bar-fed machine uses rotary tooling
At the IMTS 2006, a rotary cutting machine has a rotary toolhead working at up to 12,000 rev/min and four independent tools to machine parts from 6.35mm coiled bar.
News from Tornos Technologies UK (26 July 2006)
Open gantry gives routing robots optimum reach
'Open gantry' concept applied to a CNC milling/routing system features inverted robots mounted on a gantry frame to provide optimum reach for trim applications in a variety of materials. Brochure available
News from KMT Cutting Systems (26 July 2006)
Large optics grinding system introduced
A ultra precision large optics grinder has been developed in response to the significant increase in the number of large mirror segments and machines them in hours, not days.
News from Cranfield Precision (26 May 2006)
Depth tolerance compensation used in routers
A tolerance compensation system, based on using a sensor, is for use with 6-axis robotic routing systems to ensure that depth cuts are carried out to the required tolerances on critical workpieces. Brochure available
News from KMT Cutting Systems AB ( 1 May 2006)
Handling system determines end-working efficiency
User application article A system for delivering forgings from a manually-fed input conveyor to a special fixture in a double end-working machine ensures that the shaft ends are milled, drilled and tapped accurately.
News from Kasto ( 3 March 2006)
One machine drills and saws profiled beams
A drilling system with two horizontal and one vertical drilling units - with automatic tool changers - also has saw: it drills simultaneously in web and flanges and cuts profiles to length at 90 deg.
News from Voortman Automatisering BV (30 January 2006)
Fine turn and grind centre redesigned
A vertical fine machining center has an improved design for chip removal and a new cover for the working area and a retracting guard for the hydrostatically driven X-axis slides.
News from Schleifring UK (24 January 2006)
Ultrasonics and milling make hard machining easy
For micro, precision machining of carbide, glass and ceramics, a linear motor ultrasonics system combines hard machining of advanced materials and conventional HSC-milling on a single machine
News from DMG (UK) (19 December 2005)
Effective CNC machining at an economical price
Compact CNC milling, drilling and engraving machine M25 efficiently machines of non-ferrous metals and plastics, and there are several machining spindles to choose from.
News from Datron Dynamics (10 November 2005)
Raise quality and reduce transmission part costs
Power honing system hones hardened gears of between 20 and 160mm diameter and uses the in-process feedback of measured values to maintain tolerances and records the results. Brochure available
News from Emag UK ( 7 November 2005)
Soft gears turned, hobbed and deburred in one
Gear hobbing centre combines turning, drilling, gear hobbing and deburring of soft gears - up to 240mm diameter - in one machine, so reducing unit costs and overall cycle times. Brochure available
News from Emag UK ( 2 November 2005)
Mould machining system combines HSC and EDM
Mould machining system combines high speed cutting and EDM technology in one system to significantly reduce mould-making production lead times and costs.
News from HK Technologies (28 October 2005)
End-working machining centre cuts shaft costs
User application article Robostised cell equipped with an end working machining centre has solved a problem of machining a wide range of shafts for alternators, reducing costs and raising quality.
News from Caorle (11 October 2005)
CNC bevel gear cutter has small footprint
CNC bevel gear cutting machine has a design that permits the shortest possible structural overhang of both cutter and work for maximum stiffness and thermal stability.
News from Gleason Corporation ( 7 October 2005)
Grinding and hobbing done in one machine
Universal CNC gear grinding machine uses high speed, direct drive spindles for different grinding methods such as profile or generating using a worm-type wheel.
News from Gleason Corporation ( 7 October 2005)
Hardened gears finish ground at high speed
High-speed finish grinding of hardened gears is performed in a CNC threaded wheel grinding machine using dressable, vitrified-bonded grinding worms as tools.
News from Gleason Corporation ( 7 October 2005)
Gear shaper reduces changeover times
For gear-shaping, 'Electronic helical guide technology' eliminates time consuming procurement and changeover of mechanical guides from the production of helical gears.
News from Gleason Corporation ( 7 October 2005)
Gear tester also checks tooling
CNC gear tester with 3D probe head provides high accuracy and flexibility for measuring bevel gears and cylindrical gears as well as gear cutting tools.
News from Gleason Corporation ( 7 October 2005)
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